Poseidon and the Bitter Bug

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(76/100) ^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[2]
Allmusic	^[3]
The Austin Chronicle	^[4]
BBC Music	(positive) ^[5]
Billboard	(favorable) ^[6]
Blurt	^[7]
The Boston Globe	(positive) ^[8]
Consequence of Sound	^[9]
Metromix Atlanta	^[10]
The Music Box	^[11]
Prefix Magazine	(7.5/10) ^[12]

Poseidon and the Bitter Bug is the eleventh studio album by Indigo Girls, released on March 24, 2009 by Vanguard Records. The title is drawn from lines in tracks "Fleet of Hope" and "Second Time Around" – "You're all washed up when Poseidon has his day" and "I've been bitten by the bitter bug."

Track listing

"Digging for Your Dream" (Emily Saliers) – 3:57
"Sugar Tongue" (Amy Ray) – 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 – Vocals, songwriting, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, harmonica
Emily Saliers – Vocals, songwriting, acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Additional musicians

Mitchell Froom – Keyboards
Clare Kenny – Bass guitar
Matt Chamberlain – Drums, percussion, programming
Alison Brown - Banjo
Missy Higgins - Background vocals on "Digging For Your Dream" & "True Romantic"

Production

David Boucher – Engineer
Mitchell Froom – Producer

References

↑ Critic reviews at Metacritic
↑ About.com review
↑ Allmusic review
↑ The Austin Chronicle review
↑ BBC Music review
↑ Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived March 27, 2009)
↑ Creech, Brian (2009-03-25). "Indigo Girls - Poseidon and the Bitter Bug". Blurt. Archived from the original on 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
↑ The Boston Globe review
↑ Consequence of Sound review
↑ Metromix Atlanta review
↑ The Music Box review
↑ Prefix Magazine review

External links

Indigo Girls

Amy Ray Emily Saliers

Studio albums	Indigo Girls (EP) Strange Fire Indigo Girls Nomads Indians Saints Rites of Passage Swamp Ophelia Shaming of the Sun Come On Now Social Become You All That We Let In Despite Our Differences Poseidon and the Bitter Bug Holly Happy Days Beauty Queen Sister One Lost Day

Other albums	Back on the Bus, Y'all 4.5 1200 Curfews Retrospective Perfect World Rarities Staring Down the Brilliant Dream

Singles	"Crazy Game" "Closer to Fine" "Hammer and Nail" "Galileo" "Ghost" "Least Complicated" "I Don't Wanna Talk About It" "Power of Two" "Shame on You" "Get Out the Map" "Shed Your Skin" "Peace Tonight" "Go" "Dear Mr. President" (with Pink) "What Are You Like"

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