Indigo Girls

The Indigo Girls are an American folk-rock duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They got their start as part of the Athens, Georgia alternative rock scene that included The B-52's, Pylon, R.E.M., the Georgia Satellites, and Love Tractor.

Major Label Years

Their first major-label release, also self-titled, included a new version of Land of Canaan, which was also on their 1985 EP and on Strange Fire. Also on the self-titled release was Closer To Fine, their first hit single, which got into the top 30 on the charts.http://www.horizonmag.com/1/amy-ray.asp In 1990, they won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording.

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Self-titled - Grammy Award

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The second album, Nomads*Indians*Saints, went gold in December 1991, but was not as successful as their first, which was certified platinum at about the same time. They followed it with the live Back on the Bus, Y'all. 1992's comeback album Rites of Passage was an enormous success, as was Swamp Ophelia in 1994, going platinum in September 1996.

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Nomads*Indians*Saints - Back on the Bus, Y'all - 1992 - Rites of Passage - Swamp Ophelia - 1994

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In 1995, they released a live, double-CD, 1200 Curfews, followed by Shaming of the Sun in 1997 and Come on Now Social in 1999. Shaming of the Sun debuted at number seven on the Billboard charts, driven by the duo's high profile contribution to Lilith Fair.

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1200 Curfews - Shaming of the Sun - Come on Now Social

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2000 saw the release of Retrospective, a compilation album with two new tracks, and in 2002 the Indigo Girls released Become You, a full album of new songs which gained much critical acclaim and became a fan favorite. Their last Epic studio album is All That We Let In, released in 2004 with an accompanying tour. On June 14, 2005 they released Rarities, a collection of b-sides and rare tracks partially decided by fan's input, which fulfilled the album count for their Epic contract.

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Retrospective - Become You - Epic - All That We Let In - 2004 - June 14 - 2005

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