[.ca] Rites of Passage

The best of the best:
Just about the most amazing album in my collection. I've got music from rap to country, from indie to pop, from alternative to new wave-- and everything in between. I have lots of folk albums in my collection too.... but this one... this one just tops them all. This is the album I can listen to when I can't decide what to listen to... when I can't figure out what kind of mood I'm in. This is the album I listen to when I need to be lifted up. Or when I need to sing at the top of my lungs in the car. Or when I need to revel in melancholy. THIS IS THE ALBUM. In my humble opionion, this album beats out every other IG album. If you buy only one IG album, make it this one. I think Rites of Passage is about more than death and rekindling, it's about GROWTH. It's about moving on, and acknowledging your past in order to move forward with your life. No one here has touched on the song "Nashville," which describes the pain felt when being shut out (ie being a lesbian, attending Vanderbilt University, which is quite the conservative school). Shut out of a community, shut out of a city... when your hopes clouded your vision, thinking your dreams could fill up the place and you could change peoples' views... I could probably write an essay on every song on this album, but the most important thing you know is-- you've gotta buy it. And LISTEN to it... it's infectious... and the melodies, the brilliant lyrics, will take you over. And wash over you, and make you feel enlightened and refreshingly awakened from a long and restless slumber.

The best of the best.:
Just about the most amazing album in my collection. I've got music from rap to country, from indie to pop, from alternative to new wave-- and everything in between. I have lots of folk albums in my collection too.... but this one... this one just tops them all. This is the album I can listen to when I can't decide what to listen to... when I can't figure out what kind of mood I'm in. This is the album I listen to when I need to be lifted up. Or when I need to sing at the top of my lungs in the car. Or when I need to revel in melancholy. THIS IS THE ALBUM. In my humble opionion, this album beats out every other IG album. If you buy only one IG album, make it this one. I think Rites of Passage is about more than death and rekindling, it's about GROWTH. It's about moving on, and acknowledging your past in order to move forward with your life. No one here has touched on the song "Nashville," which describes the pain felt when being shut out (ie being a lesbian, attending Vanderbilt University, which is quite the conservative school). Shut out of a community, shut out of a city... when your hopes clouded your vision, thinking your dreams could fill up the place and you could change peoples' views... I could probably write an essay on every song on this album, but the most important thing you know is-- you've gotta buy it. And LISTEN to it... it's infectious... and the melodies, the brilliant lyrics, will take you over. And wash over you, and make you feel enlightened and refreshingly awakened from a long and restless slumber.

INDIGO GIRLS...CLOSER TO FINE..:
several years ago i was in a record shop and as i was browsing i couldnt help notice a chap alongside me scrutinizing a copy of RITES OF PASSAGE.I couldnt help myself i had to engage him in conversation.'excuse me 'i said 'but can i ask if you are familiar with the INDIGO GIRLS?' he looked at me rather puzzled and replied that he had never heard of them and was just about to slot the cd back in the rack,as he did so,i pulled it out again and offered it back to him.'look'i said 'your here in this store because you like good music yes?'he nodded in reply'well let me tell you life is short and you could spend a whole day in here ,pay a great deal of money for something that when you get it home turns out to be somewhat less than the masterpiece you were expecting,correct?' ''suppose so ''right so here ''and i placed the cd case firmly in his grasp.''hmm and this is good music''he said as he began reading the sleeve again..i said ''NO,my friend,its not good music..its GREAT music!! i smiled as he took it to the counter made his purchase and left the store.. i strolled home a little later safe in the knowledge that i had really made someone's day.What a wonderful world..

• Three Hits
• Galileo
• Ghost
• Joking
• Jonas & Ezekiel
• Love Will Come to You
• Romeo and Juliet
• Virginia Woolf
• Chicken Man
• Airplane
• Nashville
• Let It Be Me
• Cedar Tree
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• Love Will Come to You \oLive from Eddie's Attic, Atlanta, GA\c\o*\c