Indigo Girls Album: “Indigo Girls/Strange Fire/Nomads Indians Saints [B”

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Originally released as three separate albums, INDIGO GIRLS (1989), STRANGE FIRE (1987) and NOMADS INDIANS SAINTS (1990). INDIGO GIRLS: Indigo Girls: Emily Sailers, Amy Ray (vocals, guitars). Additional personnel: Luka Bloom (vocals); John Keane (electric guitar, slide guitar, shaker, bass drum); Jai Winding (piano); John Van Tongeren, Dede Vogt, Kasim Sultan (bass); Jay Dee Daugherty (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion). Producer: Scott Litt. Engineer: Scott Litt. Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, California; Can Am Studios, Tarzana, California; John Keane Studios, Athens, Georgia. STRANGE FIRE: Indigo Girls: Emily Sailers, Amy Ray (vocals, guitars). Producer: John Keane. Engineer: John Keane. NOMADS, INDIANS, SAINTS: Indigo Girls: Amy Ray, Emily Saliers (guitars, vocals). Additional personnel: Michelle Malone, Gerard McHugh (vocals); Chris McGuire, Cooper Seay, John Jennings (guitars); Craig Edwards (fiddle); Bruce Dukov, Joel Derouin, Robert Becker, Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama, Armen Garabedian, Michelle Zivahl, Fox, Sid Page, Berj Garabedian, David Campbell, Ilene Novi Novog, Daniel Smith (strings); Bryan Lilie, Jay Dee Daugherty, Michael Lorrant, Scott Bland (drums); The Louies (percussion); Peter Buck, Benmont Tench, Jim Keltner, Paulinho Da Costa, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Sara Lee, Kenny Aronoff, Peter Holsapple. Producer: Scott Litt. Engineer: Scott Litt.

I had the first three albums on cassette tape only and they were in terrible shape. This boxed set replaced just what I needed. I learned to love the Indigo Girls from these albums. My favorite songs include one from each album; World Falls, Closer to Fine, and Strange Fire.

I don't think you can get the 3 albums in this collection seperately anymore, so this is the only way to get what I consider one of their best of the best albums of their long career-Nomads, Indians, Saints. So much good stuff on that album, but the 2 earlier albums are also worthy of ownership. It is fun to listen to what is going on musically from album to album and see just how far the girls have come. The early 2 albums are primarily 2 girls with guitars then they got picked up by Sony/Epic and began their longstanding career with them. The difference shows in the production of the albums. Not that the 2 earlier were bad, just not quite as good production wise as NIS. Very good collection to get started with if you are just getting into the girls.

For the price, this is an excellent introduction to the Indigo Girls' work. The first album in the set is a must-own for anyone who is interested in this group, with "Closer to Fine" and "Tried to Be True" being staples of their live sets. The remainder of this album provides a solid underpinning for these standout tunes. Overall, it is an album you can put on and listen to in its entirety over and over and still enjoy years later.

"Strange Fire" is, in my estimation, a throwaway album with one or two decent tunes on it. Aside from the acoustic "Land of Canaan" and the cover of "Get Together", the rest is filler.

"Nomads, Indians, Saints" shares time in my Best Indigo Girls Album rotation with Rites of Passage and Swamp Ophelia. The album is thouroughly enjoyable, and highlights Emily's Voice better than the other two albums in this set. The duo's musical evolution between "Strange" and "Nomads" is incredible - it's like hearing the band for the first time again.

All in all, I would recommend this album on the price point - for the price of 2 discs, you get "Indigo Girls" and "Nomads, Indians, Saints"; "Strange Fire" is thrown in as a freebie, and there are some tunes on there that you will want to have if you are in love with their music the way I am.