Beauty Queen Sister

Beauty Queen Sister
Studio album by Indigo Girls
Released October 4, 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Folk rock
Length 50:08
Label Vanguard
Producer Peter Collins, John Reynolds
Indigo Girls chronology
Holly Happy Days
(2010)		 Beauty Queen Sister
(2011)		 One Lost Day
(2015)
Singles from Beauty Queen Sister
  1. "Making Promises"
  2. "We Get to Feel It All"
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(63/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
Allmusic[3]
American Songwriter[4]
The A.V. ClubC+[5]
The Independent[6]
Paste(6.6/10)[7]
Uncut[1]
USA Today[8]

Beauty Queen Sister is the 13th studio album by Indigo Girls, released on October 4, 2011 on Vanguard Records.

Track listing

  1. "Share the Moon" – 3:34
  2. "John" – 4:22
  3. "Beauty Queen Sister" (featuring The Shadowboxers) – 3:11
  4. "We Get to Feel It All" (featuring The Shadowboxers) – 3:32
  5. "War Rugs" (featuring Lucy Wainwright Roche) – 3:23
  6. "Gone" – 3:02
  7. "Mariner Moonlighting" – 3:36
  8. "Birthday Song" – 4:19
  9. "Feed and Water the Horses" – 4:30
  10. "Making Promises" – 3:19
  11. "Damo" (featuring Damien Dempsey) – 4:07
  12. "Able to Sing" (featuring Lucy Wainwright Roche) – 4:02
  13. "Yoke" – 5:09

Personnel

Indigo Girls
  • Amy Ray – Vocals, songwriting, electric guitar (1–5, 7, 8, 13), acoustic guitar (6, 10, 12), electric mandolin (9), mandolin (11)
  • Emily Saliers – Vocals, songwriting, ukulele (1), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 6, 8–12), electric guitar (3), slide guitar (6), classical guitar (7)
Additional Musicians
  • Carol Isaacs – Wurlitzer (1, 4, 12), Hammond B3 (1, 2), vibes (1, 4, 5, 7–9, 13), piano (3, 6–9), accordion (10, 13)
  • Brady Blade – drums (1–4, 6, 9, 10, 12), loop (2)
  • Jim Brock – percussion (1–10, 12, 13), loop (2), drums (5, 7, 8, 13)
  • John Reynolds – drums (11)
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar (10)
  • John McLoughlin – acoustic guitar (11), mandolin (11)
  • Luke Bulla – violin (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9, 13), mandolin (2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12)
  • Allison Brown – banjola (2, 8, 9, 12), banjo (5–7)
  • Frank Stwart – bass (1–4, 6, 9, 10, 12)
  • Clare Kenny – bass (11)
  • Viktor Krauss – upright bass (5, 7, 8, 13)
  • Eamonn de Barra – whistles (11), flute (11)
  • Allen Parker – synth loop (8)
Additional Vocalists
Production

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Folk Albums chart, No. 14 on Top Rock Albums, and No. 36 on the Billboard 200, selling 11,000 in its debut week. The album has sold 42,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.[9]

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 36
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[11] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 9
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[13] 23
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] 14

References

  1. 1 2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ About.com review
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ American Songwriter review
  5. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  6. ↑ The Independent review
  7. ↑ Paste review
  8. ↑ USA Today review Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Indigo Girls Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  11. ↑ "Indigo Girls Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
  12. ↑ "Indigo Girls Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  13. ↑ "Indigo Girls Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
  14. ↑ "Indigo Girls Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
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