One Lost Day

I have been an Indigo Girls fan for over 20 years, and I know that new album steak a little while to get into. I actually see that is one of the best things about Emily and Amy. This album however has left me puzzled. I'm not sure what it is, but I just haven't been able to get into it. So far not single track has stuck with me or made a big impact. The production is clean, & I don't think there's a problem per se with the recording itself. I just don't connect to this album. I will leave it in my CD player and try to make friends with it as I've done with all of their other albums, but it's not looking so good right now. I will definitely update this review if that changes.

This 13 song record shows the further advancement of Indigo Girls as musicians. Some songs are "typical" Indigo Girls songs but, many are advanced with their beautiful harmonies moving in and out throughout the songs. There is passion and love and pain and hope all wrapped in one fantastic record. If you are a fan, you won't be disappointed. If you are new to the "Girls" you will find them to enhance each other through their songs.

I debated whether or not to buy the Indigo Girls' new album but am so glad I did! I was iffy on "Beauty Queen Sister" (their last release) but loved "Poseidon" (the release before that) so figured I'd take the chance. Wow! Amy Ray has really become the band's forefront presence in recent years, with the three highlights on this album all featuring Amy's powerful vocals: "Olympia Inn", "Black Messiah" (featuring a repeated screeching howl from Amy at the end of the song that gives me chills), and "Fishtails". Don't get me wrong, Emily's voice is still as lovely as ever ("Findlay, Ohio 1968" is incredibly touching) but Amy is really packing the punch that keeps me replaying this album.

I'm very disappointed in this CD. I ordered it just before I took a trip. When I got back I tried to play it and it didnt work, it was too late to return to Amazon. The manufacturer refuses to reply to multiple emails.

The things that have always distinguished the Indigo Girls--interesting lyrics, great harmonies, and good instrumentals--are here, but the album also feels new. The content of the songs is varied and thought-provoking. There are some new musical touches. The Indigo Girls do not have a history of repeating themselves on studio albums, but this one feels newer than usual. It is excellent.

This is by far my favorite Indigo Girls album in many years. It's one I listen to over and over again. The lyrics and music are fantastic, and in typical IG style, the songs get stuck in my head. There are beautiful moments and haunting piano sounds, lovely guitar, bare vocals. It's produced very well - sounds complete while not over done. It's refreshing and gritty and leaves me wanting even more. Thanks, IG!

I am an indigo girl fan since the late 80's. Yes I am old. I have every album they have released, and have an impressive collection of IG items. With that said this record did not leave a great impression on me. If you are a fan of Amy and Emily then buy it. If you are new to IG start with the older stuff.

Great Album by the 2 Most impressive & talented Women I've Ever Heard & had the pleasure of seeing 25+ times. Every Song has Something that Everyone can connect with,They compliment each other's talent & It Stays With You. Every word, Every note are Stories for each of Us to read differently But Always Leave a Mark on Me...

I've been an Indigo Girls fan for a while and, while I'd have to say that their best days are behind them, I also have to admire their recent - and mostly successful - attempts to keep things fresh and interesting, without going all hip-hop on us. My attention started to fade during what I call their Trilogy of Slough in the early part of the millennium, but they made me sit up and take notice with "Poseidon and the Bitter Bug" and, if "Beauty Queen Sister" was a bit disappointing, there were still some interesting things bubbling away at the fringes indicating that they were still reaching for something else and pushing - ever so gently - at their boundaries.And now we have "One Lost Day", in which they work with a new producer and a new set of musicians and, on the whole, it works brilliantly. I'd be wary of calling it their best since "Swamp Ophelia", but it does come awfully close to being up their with their best, hampered only by one small factor: for all the fresh sounds, for all the great playing and singing, the songwriting often isn't up to the challenge, and has a tendency to fall back on the customary Indigo Girls tropes. "Elisabeth", while a really nice song in itself (with some beautiful vocal harmonies) seems a rather slight number to kick off with: It's a charming portrait of a friendship from the past, but it's not the statement of intent this album needs to announce itself with. Amy's "Happy in the Sorrow Key" ups the game considerably, with a false start, distorted guitars and some high-octane singing, and while the title pretty much says it all, the lyrics tend towards the obscure. "Southern California is Your Girlfriend" offers up some lovely, sunshine-drenched vocals and harmonies, but it's a familiar tale of lost love and regret from Emily. Beautiful, but familiar. Occasionally they hint at something darker and richer: "Alberta" is, apparently, based on a real-life 1903 landslide, but I had to read that in a review, and "Black Messiah" brings welcome fire and anger and a roaring, fury-filled vocal from Amy that makes me go "Wow" every time I hear it. It's followed by "Findlay, 1968", which encapsulates both the album's strengths and weaknesses: it has an uncharacteristically brave instrumental introduction consisting of the tinkling of a barroom piano, a low cello note and a keening violin, and eventually resolves itself into a slow, stately series of snapshots of the narrator's childhood in...well, Findlay, Ohio in 1968. The music and arrangements are brilliant and atmospheric, but the song itself feels rather banal. It also suffers somewhat by being followed by Amy's "Fishtails" which itself kicks off with another reminiscence ("You know all them sweaty boys hanging out at the copper mines/You watched them growing up the bridge on the river shoals off GA 9") . This song does deepen into something more sinister, but it still calls attention to the fact that the album has a plethora of blue-remembered hills. The album ends, however, with the forward-looking, celebratory "Come A Long Way" which sparkles with energy and, again, some lovely vocal work from the girls. I should also mention Emily's "If I Don't Leave Here Now" which is given some serious heft by a nicely delicate piano backing, and "Learned It On Me" which, on the face of it, is another Emily song of love and regret, but which has real brio and some nice and very interesting keyboard jabbing going on. As I say, this in itself - a repeated note on a synth - is unusual for the Girls, and shows admirable signs of them trying to shake things up a bit.While it may have its faults and may not quite be up there with "Swamp Ophelia" or "Shaming of the Sun", "One Lost Day" is a thoroughly enjoyable album and, even, often thrilling. Again, if you're one of those fans (like me) whose faith has started to falter, this is definitely worth a try

It's taken a while but I now appreciate this album for the beautiful work of art that it is and my life feels lifted for it. Admittedly I've not instantly taken to an Indigo Girls album since the brilliant "Poseidon and the Bitter Bug" but then I have less time to get into music than I once did.First time around I didn't quite get the point of the opening track "Elizabeth" so everything that followed sounded more dissonant as a result (the reverse is often true - a good opening song can forgive the flaws of its successors), which is a shame because it's actually a wonderful song that perfectly captures a period of time at some point in the 1980s without explicitly saying so. So the rest of the album was drip-fed into my ear over time by my music player's shuffle, until one day listening to "Learned it on me" I realised that it's the sort of post-relationship song that Taylor Swift might write when she's older - with just the right mix of cynicism, edge, and melody."Olympia Inn" soon followed, as any song where Amy Ray plays mandolin with that kind of raw energy and strumming (think a happier "Johnny Rottentail") is worth listening to. By the time the perfect sound of "Texas Was Clean" had seeped into my mind I was hooked.Sometimes it feels a bit more melancholy than it actually is, but that's probably because the rich picture that it paints draws you in. The narrative arc is like a scrapbook of a journey through space and time, so it hangs together much better as a whole album - although that's not to say the songs aren't brilliant in of themselves. I also noticed that I'm leaning more towards the Amy tracks this time around (despite usually being an Emily person). Perhaps it just speaks to me perfectly right now, but this is the sort of music that many of today's artists could only dream of producing three decades into a career.Not instantly gratifying but ultimately satisfying - this is well worth buying.

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Another brilliant album by the Indigo Girls.

Awesome