| Indigo
Girls - Retrospective (CD) |
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One of Alive Network's favourite albums, the stunning
'Retrospective' album from acoustic duo 'The Indigo Girls'. |
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Track Listings
1. Strange Fire
2. Closer To Fine
3. Kid Fears
4. Water Shed
5. Three Hits
6. Galileo
7. Ghost
8. Reunion
9. Power Of Two
10. Least Complicated
11. Shame On You
12. Get Out The Map
13. Go
14. Trouble
15. Devotion
16. Leaving
Amazon.co.uk Review
Try to think of an enduring, widely respected, artistically
progressive female song-writing duo. Now, try to think of
one besides the Indigo Girls. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have
been pounding the folk-rock pavement since the early 1980s,
filling the ears of eager listeners with their ethereal harmonies,
lush arrangements and evocative lyrics. Retrospective traces
their progression from budding singer-songwriters to stunning
musicians, arrangers, activists and artists. Progressing chronologically,
the album allows the listener to appreciate the depth and
breadth of the pair's musical growth--from the reedy, passionate
plea of "Strange Fire" to the blithe bounce of "Least
Complicated" to the dark electricity of "Go".
As time passes, more instruments are added, more sensitive
political topics are addressed, and more experimental techniques
are incorporated. The two new cuts--Ray's up-tempo but slightly
turbulent "Devotion" and Salier's heartfelt road
ballad "Leaving"--are reminiscent of the Girls'
younger days for their simplicity but simultaneously reflect
their artistic growth through subtle lyrical turns and deft
melodic variations. --Sally Weinbach
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