Retrospective Music Cd

Indigo Girls - Retrospective

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Retrospective      Artist : Indigo Girls      List Price : $9.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2000-10-03      Studio : Sony      Label : Sony      Avg. Customer Rating : (32 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Retrospective      Listen, if not Just for the New Music!      Rating:      I'm a huge Indigo Girls fan, and I'm always skeptical about "Best Ofs," but this one really is fantastic. It has most of my faves, and the new songs alone are amazing. Devotion is My favorite song they do, and had Inever bought this album, I'd never know that. I really enjoy albums that have input from the artist(s), and this album made me think these were hand picked by Emily and Amy themselves. Nice work, Girls!     Customer Reviews for Retrospective Cd      Love the new songs      Rating:      I usually hate it when bands add new songs to "greatest hits" albums, but the last two tracks on Retrospective are great. (I know it's not technically a greatest hits album, but these are undoubtedly some of their better known songs.) If anyone's on the fence about buying this album because of the new songs, I would highly recommend it... they are right up there with the classics. Editorial Reviews for Retrospective Audio Cd      Amazon.com essential recording      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. Retrospective 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. --Sally Weinbach