Looking to capitalize on the popularity of 10,000 Maniacs, Tracy Chapman, and Suzanne Vega, Epic Records found, and signed, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, AKA Indigo Girls in 1988. While the duo had released music prior to this under their own self-publishing label, their venture with Epic would prove to be far more successful. Their self-titled "debut" would quickly garner attention, going 2x platinum. Striking while the iron was hot, Epic would remix, edit, and re-release the girl's previous album, Strange Fire. But now we're going backwards to previously covered territory.
Based on its success, the girls were nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards, ironically losing to Milli Vanilli. While that award slipped away, until faux Vanilli gave up the award, they did win one for Best Contemporary Folk Recording.
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It's pretty much more of the same from what I talked about yesterday. Minimal instrumentation. While Strange Fire stayed confined to acoustic guitars and harmonicas, this album does build on that a bit, and very sparsely, with drums, and bass. Still, it's not enough to make me a fan of the folk country style of music.
I will give Kid Fears an honorable mention for it being a duo with R.E.M. alum, Michael Stipe. As I heard his voice come through, it was immediately recognizable, making the track something that piqued my interest, but also not something I necessarily need to ever hear again.
Overall, I'm not walking away from this a fan of Indigo Girls, and frankly, I didn't expect to. As I noted yesterday, I only ended up with their two 80's albums because they were constantly crammed into the dollar bins of the various used CD shops I went to. I'd never heard anything off them leading up to yesterday and today, nor did I necessarily want or need them. Just more 80's fodder for the ever expanding shelfs of music from that decade.
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