Indigo Girls (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	^[3]
Q	^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]
The Village Voice	C−^[7]

Indigo Girls is the second studio album and first major label release by the Indigo Girls. It was originally released in 1989 on Epic Records. It was reissued and remastered in 2000 with two bonus tracks.

The album received mostly excellent critical reviews, went gold after six months and eventually went platinum. The duo was nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy (losing to Milli Vanilli), and won one for Best Contemporary Folk Recording.

Michael Stipe sang on "Kid Fears", and the other members of R.E.M. performed on "Tried to Be True". In addition, the Irish band Hothouse Flowers backed the duo on several tracks, notably "Closer to Fine".

"Closer to Fine" is one of their most frequently performed songs, and is often their closing number.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Closer to Fine"	Emily Saliers	3:59
2.	"Secure Yourself"	Amy Ray	3:34
3.	"Kid Fears"	Ray	4:33
4.	"Prince of Darkness"	Saliers	5:22
5.	"Blood and Fire"	Ray	4:37
6.	"Tried to Be True"	Ray	2:56
7.	"Love's Recovery"	Saliers	4:21
8.	"Land of Canaan"	Ray	3:55
9.	"Center Stage"	Ray	4:46
10.	"History of Us"	Saliers	5:20

2000 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Land of Canaan" (Radio Single Remix)	Ray	3:06
12.	"Center Stage" (Live)	Ray	4:04

Personnel

Indigo Girls

Amy Ray – lead vocals, guitars
Emily Saliers – lead vocals, guitars, twelve string electric guitar on 2, lead electric guitar on 6

Additional personnel

Peter O'Toole – mandolin on 1 2, backing vocals on 1
Fiachna Ó Braonáin – tin whistle on 1, backing vocals on 1, Hammond organ on 2
Liam Ó Maonlaí – bodhrán on 1, backing vocals on 1
Luka Bloom – backing vocals on 1
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion on 1, 2, 4, 8
Dede Vogt – bass on 2, 3, 7, 10
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums on 2, 4, 8
John Keane – twelve string electric guitar on 3, bass on 4, shaker on 6, slide guitar on 8, 9, bass drum on 9
Michael Stipe – backing vocals on 3
Bill Berry – drums on 6
Peter Buck – electric guitar on 6
Mike Mills – bass on 6
Jai Winding – piano on 7
Kasim Sulton – bass on 8
John Van Tongeren – keyboards on 10

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	22
1989	Australia ARIA Charts ^[9]	64

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Closer to Fine"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	26
1989	"Closer to Fine"	The Billboard Hot 100	52
1989	"Closer to Fine"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	48
1989	"Closer to Fine"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	48

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	September 11, 1989
RIAA – U.S.	Platinum	April 16, 1992
RIAA – U.S.	Double Platinum	June 3, 1997

References

^ McCartney, Kelly. "Indigo Girls – Indigo Girls". AllMusic. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
^ Moon, Tom (March 12, 1989). "Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls (Epic)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
^ "Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls". Q (172): 124. January 2001.
^ Guterman, Jimmy (May 4, 1989). "Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
^ Berger, Arion (2004). "Indigo Girls". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 404–05. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Christgau, Robert (November 28, 1989). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
^ Indigo Girls: Setlist statistics
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[1] McCartney, Kelly. "Indigo Girls – Indigo Girls". AllMusic. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.

[3] Moon, Tom (March 12, 1989). "Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls (Epic)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.

[4] "Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls". Q (172): 124. January 2001.

[5] Guterman, Jimmy (May 4, 1989). "Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2013.

[6] Berger, Arion (2004). "Indigo Girls". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 404–05. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[7] Christgau, Robert (November 28, 1989). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

[8] Indigo Girls: Setlist statistics

[9] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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