"Like a pinprick to my heart"

Review Score: (10/10)
I first learned about Indigo Girls from my brother, who had this cd and their self titled album and had made a tape with both cds on it. I used to listen to the tape in high school, driving to school and singing along to "Closer to Fine," "Land of Canaan" only at first listening to the songs from the self titled album. Then, upon switching the tape around and listening to the other side, I discovered what made me love the Indigo Girls: songs like "Galileo," "Love Will Come to You," and even "Romeo and Juliet" which was originally written by Dire Straits. However, my favorite song, "Ghost" (from which the title line of my review comes) didn't really hit me until later, after I had listened to it many times and let it sink in. In fact, at first I didn't even like the song. What makes the Indigo Girls so talented in my opinion is not only Amy Ray's guitar ability, but also the skills they have in writing lyrics like poetry, like truth put to music, like a part of my heart thrown out there and verbalized. Rites of Passage will always be my favorite album because, except for the song Chickenman, I can listen to the whole thing through and enjoy it, marvelling at the way they seem to know me personally, but maybe it's just that they are tapping at something that everyone has in common.

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