''Poseidon and the Bitter Bug'' is the 11th studio album by
Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. The two met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part o ...
, released on March 24, 2009 by
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Recording Society is an American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City. It was a primarily classical label at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but also has a catalogue of recordings by a n ...
. The title is drawn from lines in tracks "Fleet of Hope" and "Second Time Around" – "You're all washed up when
Poseidon
Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ch ...
has his day" and "I've been bitten by the bitter bug."
As of 2010 album has sold 70,000 copies in US.
Track listing
#"Digging for Your Dream" (
Emily Saliers) – 3:57
#"Sugar Tongue" (
Amy Ray
Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American alto singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemo ...
) – 3:37
#"Love of Our Lives" (Saliers) – 3:51
#"Driver Education" (Ray) – 2:18
#"I'll Change" (Saliers) – 3:23
#"Second Time Around" (Ray) – 4:12
#"What Are You Like?" (Saliers) – 2:51
#"Ghost of the Gang" (Ray) – 3:17
#"Fleet of Hope" (Saliers) – 4:27
#"True Romantic" (Ray) – 4:11
Deluxe Version bonus tracks
#
"Ghost of the Gang" (Acoustic Version) – 3:10
#"I'll Change" (Acoustic Version) – 3:58
#"Sugar Tongue" (Acoustic Version) – 3:47
#"Love of Our Lives" (Acoustic Version) – 3:46
#"Salty South" (Ray) – 4:17
#"Digging for Your Dream" (Acoustic Version) – 3:22
#"Second Time Around" (Acoustic Version) – 4:43
#"What Are You Like?" (Acoustic Version) – 2:50
#"Driver Education" (Acoustic Version) – 2:21
#"Fleet of Hope" (Acoustic Version) – 4:31
#"True Romantic" (Acoustic Version) – 3:56
Personnel
;Indigo Girls
*Amy Ray
Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American alto singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemo ...
– Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, harmonica
* Emily Saliers – Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
;Additional musicians
* Mitchell Froom – Keyboards
*Clare Kenny
Clare Kenny is a British musician who was a bassist for a number of artists and bands from the 1980s to the present day, including:
* Amazulu
* Shakespears Sister
* Orange Juice
* Coming up Roses
* Indigo Girls
* Sinéad O'Connor
* Damien Demp ...
– Bass guitar
* Matt Chamberlain – Drums, percussion, programming
*Alison Brown - Banjo
*Missy Higgins - Background vocals on "Digging For Your Dream" & "True Romantic"
;Production
*David Boucher
David Boucher (born 17 March 1980) is a Belgian road cyclist, who currently rides for Belgian amateur team Acrog–Tormans.
Personal life
Midway through the 2013 season, Boucher – previously a French rider – became a naturalised B ...
– Engineer
*Mitchell Froom – Producer
References
External links
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Blog posting by Emily on the making of the album
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2009 albums
Albums produced by Mitchell Froom
Indigo Girls albums
Vanguard Records albums