Customer Reviews

Playlist: The Very Best of Indigo Girls

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This is a cheap attempt by the Indigo Girls' former record company to make some cash. This does not represent the best of IG, nor is it even a good beginner's collection. If you are looking at this product, check out "Retrospective" or "4.5" or even "1200 Curfews." Or go on iTunes and handpick your song collection. This collection is not put out by Amy or Emily, so it is not approved by the Indigo Girls.

OK, I will admit I was disappointed as a seasoned fan to see this rather meager selection. But I cannot give any Indigo Girls CD less than 3 stars - these ladies are just too talented and anyone glossing over the rating without moving to the bottom of the page to read the explanation might mistakenly think poorly of their music. Besides, the selection is not bad except for the last track, which although has been played at numerous concerts, is not even an Indigo Girls song but a cover of the Gladys Knight and the Pips Grammy-winning original. Amy and Emily are such prolific and consistently creative songwriters that it is hard to imagine the last track of a "best of" CD not being Indigo material. Other important songs under the Epic label were left out -- Land of Canaan, Ghost, Let It Be Me, Mystery, The Wood Song, Gone Again, and many, many more. Their more electric rock that was very innovative in terms of harmony and melody was also left out: Trouble, Go, Shed Your Skin, Tether, to name a few. But if this CD gives the newbie the urge to migrate to their other albums (honestly, unlike many artists, every song on their albums are worth hearing) then this CD will have achieved its purpose. Definitely, though, Retrospective is a better starting choice. Better yet, see them live. Amazingly, after more than 20 years, they are still going strong.

Based on my very limited experience with Playlist, DO NOT PURCHASE this CD. It is awful and does NOT represent the best of Indigo Girls as anyone who is familiar with their musical collection will testify. If "Playlist" is a new product/phenomenon, based on my personal extensive knowledge of the artists and my experience with this single CD, I would NOT purchase anything Playlist produces.

While I agree with the above reviewer that 1200 Curfews or Retrospective would be better choices, my beef with this CD isn't the song selection -- which is ok in all. I think every IG fan would pick a slightly different songlist, so there's not going to be pleasing everyone there.

My beef is with the sound quality. In a word, it's terrible. Tinny, hiss-y, shallow, draggy in some places. Half the tracks sound like they were recorded by holding a cell phone toward the stage or with a casette player. (Do those still exist?)

This cd is cheap in price for a reason, folks. The quality is just not there. Spend the extra couple of bucks and get one of the real IG collections.

Alright, maybe this isn't the best of the best, and is unappealing to the purists. BUT-there is plenty of great harmony and enjoyable, singable music on this CD. I love it and my old CDs are sort of scattered right now.

Don't sell this short by comparing the artists to themselves! The Indigo Girls are wonderfully talented on every CD. You won't go wrong, the price is right, and it serves to promote the next release in March.

I'm all ears.

I absolutely love this CD. If you're a first time Indigo Girls fan, start with this CD, and you will be hooked!

Not knowing any of the history that other folks described,I bought this because I had just seen them for the first time and this album had a lot of songs that I liked. I loved this CD. One song that I especially liked doesn't seem to be on anything else -- or at least I can't find it.
Does anyone know what album "fill it up again" is on?