Retrospective

Performer: Indigo Girls
Artist: Michael Stipe; Lisa Germano; Steve Earle; The Roches; Joan Osborne; Luka Bloom; Sara Lee
Producer: David Leonard; Indigo Girls; John Keane; John Reynolds; Peter Collins; Scott Litt
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Indigo Girls: Amy Ray (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin); Emily Saliers (vocals, guitar, banjo). Additional personnel includes: Steve Earle (vocals, harmonica); John Jennings (electric guitar); Lisa Germano (mandolin, violin, pennywhistle); Carol Isaacs (accordion, piano, organ, Moog synthesizer); Jerry Marotta (piano, drums, bongos, percussion); Chuck Leavell, Jai Winding (piano); Peter Holsapple (keyboards); Danny Thompson (acoustic bass); Sara Lee, Clare Kenny (electric bass); Jay Dee Daugherty, John Reynolds, Kenny Aronoff, Blair Cunningham (drums); Dawson Miller, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Joan Osborne, The Roches, Michael Stipe, Luka Bloom (background vocals). Producers includes: John Keane, John Reynolds, Peter Collins, Scott Litt, Indigo Girls. Engineers include: Tim Oliver. Recorded between 1987 & 2000. Includes liner notes by Susan Faludi. All tracks are digitally remastered. This is a limited edition packaged in a recycled paper digipak. Indigo Girls: Amy Ray (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin); Emily Saliers (vocals, guitar, banjo). Additional personnel includes: Steve Earle (vocals, harmonica); John Jennings (electric guitar); Lisa Germano (mandolin, violin, pennywhistle); Carol Isaacs (accordion, piano, organ, Moog synthesizer); Jerry Marotta (piano, drums, bongos, percussion); Chuck Leavell, Jai Winding (piano); Peter Holsapple (keyboards); Danny Thompson (acoustic bass); Sara Lee, Clare Kenny (electric bass); Jay Dee Daugherty, John Reynolds, Kenny Aronoff, Blair Cunningham (drums); Dawson Miller, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Joan Osborne, The Roches, Michael Stipe, Luka Bloom (background vocals). Producers includes: John Keane, John Reynolds, Peter Collins, Scott Litt, Indigo Girls. Engineers include: Tim Oliver. Recorded between 1987 & 2000. Includes liner notes by Susan Faludi. All tracks are digitally remastered. Personnel: Emily Saliers (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, hand claps); Amy Ray (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, hand claps, background vocals); Peter O'Toole (vocals, mandolin, background vocals); Fiachna O'Braondin (vocals, tin whistle, background vocals); Steve Earle (vocals, harmonica); Liam O Maonla� (vocals, bodhran, background vocals); Dallas Austin, Michael Lorant, Michael Stipe, Joan Osborne, Sam "Shake" Anderson (vocals, background vocals); John Jennings (electric guitar); John Keane (electric 12-string guitar, 12-string guitar); D�nal Lunny (bouzouki, bodhran); Lisa Germano (mandolin, violin, fiddle, pennywhistle); Jane Scarpantoni, Caroline Dale (cello); Ronan Browne (Uilleann pipe); Bill Newton (harmonica); John Painter (accordion, flugelhorn); Carol Isaacs (accordion, piano, organ, Moog synthesizer); Jo-El Sonnier (accordion); Jerry Marotta (piano, drums, bongos, percussion); Maggie Roche (piano, background vocals); Chuck Leavell, Jai Winding (piano); Peter Holsapple (keyboards); Danny Thompson (acoustic bass); John Reynolds, Kenny Aronoff, Budgie (drums, percussion); Blair Cunningham, Jay Dee Daugherty (drums); Simone Simonton (cymbals); Paulinho Da Costa, Talvin Singh (percussion); Sam Anderson, Luka Bloom, Suzzy Roche, The Roches , Terre Roche (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Amy Ray. Recording information: Doppler Studio, Atlanta, GA (09/2000). Photographers: Susan Alzner; Lee Walker; Amy Ray; Peter Buck; Larry Ray. Arranger: Michael Kamen. The feminist Everly Brothers? You get to make the call with this well chosen best-of, featuring 14 career-spanning tracks from all their albums (beginning with their debut, originally released as an indie, STRANGE FIRE) and concluding with two previously unreleased new tunes. Highpoints include the Girls' initial MTV hit "Closer to Fine," (still their anthem) and "Galileo," a Beatles-esque meditation on reincarnation. "Shame on You" is probably the hardest rocking song they've ever done, perhaps because both Girls play electric guitar for a change, or perhaps (just as likely) due to the presence of alt country god Steve Earle on harmony vocals.

Q (1/01, p.124) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...Takes the story up to date....Solidly selected. Obviously it's the place to start....Indigo Girls are well worth wallowing in."

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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