Beauty Queen Sister

Beauty Queen Sister
Studio album by Indigo Girls
Released	October 4, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Folk rock
Language	English
Label	Vanguard
Producer	Peter Collins
Indigo Girls chronology
Holly Happy Days (2010) Beauty Queen Sister (2011)
Singles from Beauty Queen Sister
"Making Promises" "We Get to Feel It All"

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(63/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
American Songwriter	[4]
The A.V. Club	C+[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

• The Shadowboxers - backing vocals (3, 4)
• Lucy Wainwright Roche - guest vocals (5), additional backing vocals (12)
• Damien Dempsey - backing vocals (11)

Production

• Peter Collins  – Producer

References

External links

• http://publicity.vanguardrecords.com/?p=3680
• Beauty Queen Sister at Metacritic