The Essential Indigo Girls

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The Essential Indigo Girls Review

by James Christopher Monger

As career retrospectives go, it's hard to argue against Epic/Legacy's Essential Indigo Girls being anything other than the last word, especially after less meaty trips down the "greatest-hits" aisle like 1999's 4.5: The Best of the Indigo Girls, 2000's Retrospective, and 2009's Playlist: The Very Best of Indigo Girls. The two-disc, 37-track set dutifully charts Amy Ray and Emily Saliers' ascension from an affable yet feisty Athens, Georgia-based folk duo to uncompromising, politically active D.I.Y. icons who would go on to sell millions of records, offering up a slew of radio hits ("Closer to Fine," "Hammer and a Nail," and "Galileo") and fan favorites ("Power of Two," "Fugitive," "Become You") culled from between 1985 and 2011 and perfectly encapsulating their pop, folk, and roots rock acumen.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Crazy Game	Indigo Girls	03:27
2	Everybody's Waiting (For Someone To...)	Indigo Girls	05:13
3	Land of Canaan	Indigo Girls	04:12	Amazon
4	Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls	04:01	Amazon
5	Kid Fears	Indigo Girls	04:34
6	Love's Recovery	Indigo Girls	04:22
7	Hammer and a Nail	Indigo Girls	03:50
8	Watershed	Indigo Girls	05:46
9	Welcome Me	Indigo Girls	04:37
10	Love Will Come to You	Indigo Girls	04:36
11	Galileo	Indigo Girls	04:12
12	Ghost	Indigo Girls	05:15
13	Three Hills	Indigo Girls	03:10
14	Least Complicated	Indigo Girls	04:12
15	Power of Two	Indigo Girls	05:24
16	Fugitive	Indigo Girls	04:36
17	This Train Revised	Indigo Girls	04:38

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Get Out the Map	Indigo Girls	03:25
2	It's Alright	Indigo Girls	03:04
3	Shed Your Skin	Indigo Girls	04:10
4	Trouble	Indigo Girls	04:51
5	Peace Tonight	Indigo Girls	04:12
6	Go	Indigo Girls	04:03
7	Moment of Forgiveness	Indigo Girls	03:12
8	Become You	Indigo Girls	03:47
9	You've Got to Show	Indigo Girls	04:43
10	Starkville	Indigo Girls	04:21
11	Fill It Up Again	Indigo Girls	03:49
12	Free in You	Indigo Girls	03:47
13	Dairy Queen	Indigo Girls	03:48
14	Heartache for Everyone	Indigo Girls	03:17
15	Three County Highway	Indigo Girls	03:44	Amazon
16	What Are You Like [Band Version]	Indigo Girls	02:51
17	Love of Our Lives [Band Version]	Indigo Girls	03:52
18	Sugar Tongue [Band Version]	Indigo Girls	03:39
19	Share the Moon	Indigo Girls	03:36	Amazon
20	Clampdown Joe Strummer	Indigo Girls	03:15