Strange Fire [Original recording reissued]

Indigo Girls | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 1989)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026WO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,737 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Back to basics, January 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Strange Fire (Audio CD)

To me, this album epitomizes the work of the Indigo Girls. It's rare and bare boned, and not a lot of people appreciate acoustic music, which is why I enjoy this album all the more. It's wonderful to hear these women's soaring harmonies and vocals without having to swim through all the extra instruments. It seems with every new album, they added more and more, until their lyrics and voices were awash in the background noise (this is why I'm not a fan of their newest album). If you admire clarity, then this is the album for you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remastered Version Adds an Old, Rare Amy Ray Gem, April 16, 2001

By 

Kele Douglas Perkins (Whittier, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strange Fire (Audio CD)

Much has been said about this CD, although not about this remastered version. The real difference has less to do with the remastering and more to do with the two tracks that were added to this version: 1) an old version of "Crazy Game", which stands up fairly well; 2) a rare Amy Ray gem entitled "Everybody's Waiting for Someone to Come Home." It's a simple, haunting, and beautiful ballad that captures Amy's best early songwriting abilities (which, unfortunately, have not improved much in the decade-plus since this album was released). A must-have for Indigo Girls fans who don't already have high-quality (illegal?) bootleg recordings of this great Amy Ray song.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Indigo Girls Album!, November 15, 2006

By 

Paul "Music Lover!" (Lansing, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strange Fire (Audio CD)

Thank goodness I came across the previous customer reviews of this album. I was beginning to think I was crazy. All over the internet, one can find many references to the review of this album by the "All Music Guide" (for what that's worth!), that gives this album 2.5 stars. I was beginning to doubt my taste or something.

Certainly, there are many other songs by the Girls that I like at least as well as the songs here, but this is - truly - the only IG album I can listen to from top to bottom without programming-out at least one track. ("Chickenman." Are you kidding me? ~shudder~)

Believe me; if I was told I was going to have to live in some limited space and could only take one album from each of my favorite artists, this is the Indigo Girls album that's going with me!