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All That We Let In [DualDisc]
Release Date: 2004 02 17
Label: Epic
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Nearly 20 years on, and Indigo Girls are still spinning their dualistic tales of love, anger, and life. Over the years, the formula has had its bouts with rigidity -- for a while there, it even threatened to reach obsolescence (think of the phoned-in late-'90s effort Shaming of the Sun). But Emily Saliers and Amy Ray did a wise thing with 2002's Become You, returning to the threads of personal experience that had made their folk-rock tapestry so strong in the first place (and reducing their sound). All That We Let In continues Indigo Girls' throwback arc, opting for just their longtime band with a few well-placed guests. (For example, pedal steel player Mark Van Allen and cellist David Henry make Saliers' darkly searching "Come On Home" a particularly velvety moment.) All That We Let In has some fun before getting to the serious stuff, opening with a pair of strong tracks taking different routes to a rootsy hook. Carol Isaacs' organ shines on the warm and inviting "Fill It Up Again," which despite musing about getting dumped does so with the promise of refueling and hitting the open road. And despite it being the same old trick, darn it if it isn't comforting to once again hear the intertwined yearn of Saliers and Ray's harmonies. Ray's "Heartache for Everyone" opts for a skipping ska off-beat, in its own way suggesting the 1986 Housemartins jingle "Happy Hour." "Perfect World" is a well-crafted Indigo Girls single, broadcasting its message of universal hope with earthy lyrical allusions and tasteful touches of accordion and recorder. There are still demons in their world, which they take on with typical pluck. "Dairy Queen" deals again with relational drama, while "Tether" is live-wire raw with its Crazy Horse distortion and desperate foment. "Do we tether the hawk, do we tether the dove?" Ray and guest vocalist Joan Osborne wonder. A neighbor spits out his chaw. "We need a few less words dear," he says. "We need a few more guns." Like the best Indigo Girls work, All That We Let In continually dwells on the dynamic of internal, emotional tumult and outward-looking, world-wondering fervor. Its strongest example of this comes in the album's twilight. As Saliers' inner Joni Mitchell resurfaces for the heartening but bittersweet prodigal friendship number "Something Real," Ray's trademark activist fire smolders mournfully in "Cordova"'s darkness. It's the album's truest stretch, and proves Indigo Girls haven't lost a step even as they look back to their musical roots. [Epic issued a DualDisc edition in 2005.] Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Fill It Up AgainSaliers3:48
2Heartache for EveryoneRay3:16
3Free in YouSaliers3:46
4Perfect WorldRay3:35
5All That We Let InSaliers4:38
6TetherRay6:17
7Come on HomeSaliers4:39
8Dairy QueenRay3:47
9Something RealSaliers4:08
10CordovaRay3:47
11Rise UpSaliers4:08
12Fill It Up Again [DVD]Saliers3:47
13Heartache for Everyone [DVD]Ray3:16
14Free in You [DVD]Saliers3:45
15Perfect World [DVD]Ray3:35
16All That We Let In [DVD]Saliers4:38
17Tether [DVD]Ray6:14
18Come on Home [DVD]Saliers4:39
19Dairy Queen [DVD]Ray3:47
20Something Real [DVD]Saliers4:07
21Cordova [DVD]Ray3:45
22Rise Up [DVD]Saliers4:08
23Dairy Queen [DVD][Live]Ray
24Fill It Up Again [DVD][Live]Saliers
25Come on Home [DVD][Live]Saliers
26Perfect World [DVD][Live]Ray
27Galileo [DVD][Live]
28Kid Fears [DVD][Live]
29Bonus Material [DVD][*]







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