Rites Of Passage [Remaster]

Performer: Indigo Girls
Artist: Lisa Germano; The Roches; Jackson Browne; Sara Lee; David Crosby
Engineer: Pat McCarthy
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Indigo Girls: Amy Ray, Emily Saliers (vocals, guitar). Additional personnel: John Jennings, Cooper Seay (guitar); Donal Lunny (mandolin, bouzouki, bodhran); Lisa Germano, Nollaig Ni Chathasaigh (fiddle); Martin McCarrick (cello, accordion); Ronan Browne (Uilleann pipes, low whistles); Sandy Garfinkle (harmonica); Jerry Marotta (piano, drums, percussion); Maggie Roche (piano, background vocals); Jai Winding (piano); Benmont Tench (organ); Edgar Meyer, Sara Lee (bass); Kenny Aranoff (drums, percussion); Simone Simontow, Talvinde Singh, Budgie (percussion); Sue Owens (handclaps); David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Terre Roche, Suzzy Roche, Michael Lorant (background vocals). Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York. Indigo Girls: Amy Ray, Emily Saliers (vocals, guitar). Additional personnel: John Jennings, Cooper Seay (guitar); Donal Lunny (mandolin, bouzouki, bodhran); Lisa Germano, Nollaig Ni Chathasaigh (fiddle); Martin McCarrick (cello, accordion); Ronan Browne (Uilleann pipes, low whistle); Sandy Garfinkle (harmonica); Jerry Marotta (piano, drums, percussion); Maggie Roche (piano, background vocals); Jai Winding (piano); Benmont Tench (organ); Edgar Meyer, Sara Lee (bass); Budgie (marimba, drums, claves); Kenny Aranoff (drums, percussion); Simone Simontow, Talvinde Singh (percussion); Sue Owens (handclaps); David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Terre Roche, Suzzy Roche, Michael Lorant (background vocals). Producer: Peter Collins. Reissue producer: Bruce Dickinson. Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York. Originally released on Epic (48865). Includes liner notes by Emily Saliers. Digitally remastered by Scott Hull (Classic Sound Studios, New York, New York). This is a limited edition packaged in a recycled paper digipak. Indigo Girls: Amy Ray, Emily Saliers (vocals, guitar). Additional personnel: John Jennings, Cooper Seay (guitar); Donal Lunny (mandolin, bouzouki, bodhran); Scarlet Rivera (violin); Lisa Germano, Nollaig Ni Chathasaigh (fiddle); Martin McCarrick (cello, accordion); Jane Scarpantoni (cello); Ronan Browne (Uilleann pipes, low whistles); Sandy Garfinkle (harmonica); Jerry Marotta (piano, drums, percussion); Maggie Roche (piano, background vocals); Jai Winding (piano); Benmont Tench (organ); Edgar Meyer, Sara Lee (bass); Kenny Aranoff (drums, percussion); Simone Simontow, Talvinde Singh, Budgie (percussion); Sue Owens (handclaps); David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Terre Roche, Suzzy Roche, Michael Lorant (background vocals). Producer: Peter Collins. Reissue producer: Bruce Dickinson. Engineers: Pat McCarthy, Don McCollister. Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York and live at Eddie's Attic, Atlanta, Georgia on April 4, 1993. Includes liner notes by Emily Saliers. Digitally remastered by Scott Hull (Classic Sound, New York, New York). Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have been playing music together since they met as young girls. RITES OF PASSAGE marks a creative and artistic watershed for the duo. The album strikes a fine balance between politics and romance, rhythm and melody, and acoustic and electric musicianship. RITES OF PASSAGE features special guests and memorable songs and performances. The album's standout tracks demand attention. The political "Three Hits" is classic Amy Ray. "Galileo" finds Saliers exploring philosophical matters (again) and features backing vocals by Jackson Browne and David Crosby. "Ghost" is a haunting reminder of the power of lost love. Indigo Girls cover Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet," and The Roches guest on the original fear-of-flying hymn "Airplane." Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer Budgie, bassist Sara Lee, and fiddler Lisa Germano also lend strong musical support. The depth and breadth of the Indigo Girls' songwriting on RITES OF PASSAGE will keep even the most discerning listeners happy. This is one for Indigo novices and fans alike.

Entertainment Weekly (5/22/92, p.74) - "..Indigo Girls' honey-blond harmonies are lustrous.." - Rating: B- Q (1/01, p.124) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Rocks harder and includes a spooky cover of Dire Straits' 'Romeo & Juliet'....The Indigo Girls are well worth wallowing in." Down Beat (8/92, p.47) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "..shows a new level of maturity...good music, pure and simple, which is to say it's neither pure nor simplistic.."

Since the late-1980s, the Athens, Georgia, duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, collectively the Indigo Girls, have been creating gentle, yet furious harmonies, gloriously un-fragile folk crafted with an uncompromising DIY aesthetic. In 1989, MTV caught wind of the pair and, while the outlet's sensationalist nature harped on the lesbian angle, the station also pushed the single "Closer to Fine" onto the pop charts. The fanbase remained, even after any wisp of novelty faded, and the 1990s saw the Indigo Girls release a constant stream of critically praised records, highlighted by RITES OF PASSAGE and SWAMP OPHELIA.

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