Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 696998510722
EAN: 0696998510722
ASIN: B00004Z3SU
Release Date: 2000-10-03
Retrospective (Limited Edition Digipack)
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Artist: Indigo Girls
Label: Sony Category: Music Average customer rating:
Format: Limited Edition Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 696998510722 EAN: 0696998510722 ASIN: B00004Z3SU Release Date: 2000-10-03 |
Retrospective (Limited Edition Digipack)
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Try to think of an enduring, widely respected, artistically progressive female songwriting 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. <I>Retrospective</I> 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 uptempo but slightly turbulent "Devotion" and Saliers's heartfelt road ballad "Leaving"--are reminiscent of the Girls' younger days but also reflect their artistic growth through subtle lyrical turns and deft melodic variations. <I>--Sally Weinbach</I>Customer Reviews:
Loved it!.......2002-06-26
Indigo Girls Greatest Hits...kind of..........2002-04-06
voice from Italy.......2001-08-26
Shows why it's hard to do an IG greatest hits CD.......2001-06-11
Okay, really I wanted the two new songs. I own the albums with the rest of the tunes on them, with the exception of the studio version of Strange Fire. I can't argue too strenuously with the songs that were picked for this CD -- they're fine -- but they're not the ones that mean the most to me. Great songs that could have been included instead:
Love's Recovery, Language or the Kiss, Welcome Me, Love Will Come to You, and The Wood Song.
But anyway. For the most part, the songs picked for this CD show the essence of the IG sound, with a nod to the way in which it has evolved over the years. Buy it if you need an introduction to the girls. But do yourself a favor and don't stop with this CD.
Get Swamp Ophelia for a sense of the musical complexity they're capable of, get their self-titled CD for a sense of their folk roots, and move on from there.
Fits the Title.......2001-05-09
That said, there are some things missing...where's Joking? Hammer and a Nail? Hey Jesus? But some of the best songs Emily and Amy wrote would probably be under appreciated for the mainstream audience that this seems to be intended for. This collection does seem to skim the surface a bit, but takes all the best and well-loved songs from their past albums...its impossible not to sing with all the songs from beginning to end!
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