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Become You Artist: Indigo Girls Label: Epic Records Length: 12/48:11 Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have comprised one of the few female acts in music that consistently made me sit up and pay attention. They have always been at their best when concentrating on lyrics, harmony, and playing acoustic guitar. In this regard, Become You is a very satisfying project in that it is more stripped down than Come On Now Social or Swamp Ophelia. Strained relations and the problems of peaceful coexistence seem to dominate the lyrics here. Nine of the twelve songs deal in some way with a painful situation, or a rift that has developed between two people. “Moment of Forgiveness,” the album’s first single, takes on a Bonnie Raitt/Sheryl Crow sound and features the harmony that has become characteristic of this band. “Hope Alone” showcases the blending of Ray’s alto with Saliers’ soprano to its fullest. “Bitterroot” takes a country/newgrass direction, and “Yield” is a country/rock tune in the Neil Young/VOL vein. “Deconstruction” describes the end of a relationship: We get to decide what we think is no good“You’ve Got to Show” depicts two people interested in each other, but hesitant to act upon it: Why don’t we both agree we’re afraidThe usual cast appears on Become You Michelle Malone sings backup, Clare Kenny plays bass, and Brady Blade is the drummer. Carol Isaacs pulls the Phil Madeira duty on this album playing Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer, piano, accordion, pennywhistle, recorder, and some percussion. All of these talents combine with Saliers and Ray to form an album that will fall somewhere in the middle of the Indigo Girls pantheon not quite up to the first three albums, but definitely above the last two. Brian A. Smith 5/19/2002
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