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The story began in the early '80s in Decatur, Georgia USA where Amy Ray
and Emily Saliers started out as Folk-Rock act playing under the names
Saliers & Ray and The B-Band.
In 1986, the re-christened Indigo Girls, released an independent EP
and the following year the duo completed work on their debut full-length
album "Strange Fire".
Then followed a recording contract with Epic Records and their 1989 eponymous
second album enjoyed a 35-week chart run on The Billboard 200 chart peaking
at #22; the single "Closer To Fine" cracked The Billboard Hot
100 and reached the #26 spot on The Modern Rock chart propelling the full-length
disc to platinum sales. At the 32nd Grammy Awards ceremony, Indigo Girls'
self-titled album, won for Best Contemporary Folk Recording.
In September 1990 the duo released "Nomads Indians Saints",
it also was a success, although its numbers didn't match those of its
predecessor; in U.S. the record reached #43 on the National Top 200 Albums
chart while its lead single, "Hammer And A Nail", became a huge
hit on The Modern Rock chart peaking at #12.
The fourth effort, "Rites Of Passage", which appeared in early
1992, hit #21 on The Billboard 200 Albums list going platinum and "Galileo"
rose to #10 on The Modern Rock Tracks, their highest chart placing to
date.
One and a half years later, "Swamp Ophelia", managed to break
into the top 10 of The Billboard 200 chart, but the main single, "Least
Complicated", missed the top 20 of The Modern Rock chart.
In October 1995 Indigo Girls issued a double-CD live set entitled "1200
Curfews", which was followed by the sixth studio-album, 1997's "Shaming
Of The Sun"; the CD peaked at #7 on The Billboard Top 200 chart,
highlighted by the Adult-Contemporary hit single "Shame On You".
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers invited a host of guest musicians including
Sheryl Crow, Joan Osborne, Sinéad
O'Connor's backing band Ghostland, to contribute to their their next
album, "Come On Now Social", which was released in September
1999; it stuttered at #34 in U.S. and also marked a drop in sales.
March 2002 saw the release of Indigo Girls' eighth album, "Become
You"; it peaked at #30 on The Billboard Top 200 list.
The duo returned two years later with the ninth studio-effort of their
lengthy career; "All That We Let In" climbed into the top 40
of The Billboard Top 200 chart and included the single "Perfect World".
Indigo Girls will be back on September 19 with the release of their debut
for Hollywood Records. "Despite Our Differences", according
to Emily Saliers, captures much of what makes her and co-songwriter Amy
Ray's compositions so distinct from one another, the set includes their
new single "Little Perennials".
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