Come on Now Social by Indigo outlet Girls NEUF

Tracks:
Go
Soon Be to Nothing
Gone Again
Trouble
Sister
Peace Tonight
Ozilline
We Are Together
Cold Beer and Remote Control
Compromise
Andy
Faye Tucker/Sister (Reprise)/Philosophy of Loss

Performer Notes:

• Indigo Girls: Emily Saliers (vocals, acoustic, electric & slide guitars, banjo, bazouki); Amy Ray (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin).
• Additional personnel: Natacha Atlas (vocals); Ozilline Walker, Meridel Le Sueur (spoken vocals); Caroline Dale (cello, background vocals); John Reynolds (kazoo, drums, percussion); Carol Isaacs (accordion, Wurlitzer piano, organ, Moog synthesizer); Tim Green (tenor saxophone); Reginald Houston (baritone saxophone); Renard Poche (trombone); Malcolm Burn (piano, beat box); Ian Stanley (organ); Garth Hudson (keyboards); Clare Kenny (bass, background vocals); Rick Danko, MeShell Ndegeocello (bass); Jerry Marotta, Brady Blade Jr., Kate Schellenbach (drums); Dawson Miller (percussion); Pamela Stickney (Theremin); Joan Osborne, Sheryl Crow (background vocals); Justin Adams.
• Principally recorded at The Ghost Rooms, London, England; Southern Tracks Recording, Atlanta, Georgia; Jerrsville Studios, Woodstock, New York.
• COME ON NOW SOCIAL picks up where its predecessor, SHAMING OF THE SUN, left off. Emily Sailers and Amy Ray continue to bring electric guitars into play in the Indigo Girls idiosyncratic, folk-based musical stew. The opening "Go" is one of their more blistering offerings to date, while "Trouble" seethes with almost equal vitriol. Pleasant and upbeat diversions such as the banjo and mandolin-tinged "Gone Again" and the pop-scented "Peace Tonight" leaven the mix.
• An all-star cast of singers and instrumentalists lends its talents to COME ON NOW SOCIAL, including Sheryl Crow, Joan Osborne, and MeShell Ndegeocello. One of the most remarkable contributions comes from Natacha Atlas, who adds a stunning vocal performance on the sprawling, Celtic-flavored "Fay Tucker." The song was written as a tribute to Karla Fay Tucker, who, in 1998, became the first woman executed by the State of Texas since the Civil War. COME ON NOW SOCIAL is a thoroughly ambitious and rewarding effort and offers a good entry point into the Indigo Girls catalogue.

Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (9/30/99, p.84) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...hits a career peak by simplifying the purple poetry into far more effective emotional reds and blues while bolstering the duos acoustic strum....This is the culmination of everything warm and mighty about the Lilith Fair aesthetic..."

Entertainment Weekly (10/15/99, p.83) - "These earnest neo-folkies emerge as modern-rockers on this artfully crafted effort. Confidently electric tunes like Go boast surging choruses while Gone Again works a rustic vibe with uncontrived ease..." - Rating: B+

Q (12/99, p.134) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...finds the duo mining this productive seam once again. Theyre on good form....a skilful outing..."

Producer: John Reynolds, Malcolm Burn

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Joan Osborne; Garth Hudson; Sheryl Crow; Kate Schellenbach; MeShell NdegeOcello; Natacha Atlas; John Reynolds

Release Date: 28 September, 1999

Label: Epic

Dimensions: 14 x 12.5 x 1.1 centimeters (0.10 kg)