Rites of Passage (album)

Rites of Passage
Studio album by Indigo Girls
Released	May 12 1992
Recorded	1992, Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, NY
Genre	Rock
Length	55:38
Label	Epic Records
Producer	Peter Collins
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Indigo Girls chronology
Back on the Bus, Y'all (1991) Rites of Passage (1992) Swamp Ophelia (1994)

Rites of Passage is the fourth studio album by Indigo Girls, released in 1992. It was remastered and reissued in 2000 with two bonus tracks.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus tracks (2000 reissue) 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts 4 Certifications

Track listing

1. "Three Hits" (Amy Ray) – 3:10
2. "Galileo" (Emily Saliers) – 4:12
3. "Ghost" (Saliers) – 5:16
4. "Joking" (Ray) – 3:33
5. "Jonas and Ezekial" (Ray) – 4:08
6. "Love Will Come to You" (Saliers) – 4:37
7. "Romeo and Juliet" (Mark Knopfler) – 4:46
8. "Virginia Woolf" (Saliers) – 5:27
9. "Chicken Man" (Ray) – 5:44
10. "Airplane" (Saliers) – 3:21
11. "Nashville" (Ray) – 3:57
12. "Let It Be Me" (Saliers) – 3:54
13. "Cedar Tree" (Ray) – 3:48

Bonus tracks (2000 reissue)

1. "Three Hits" (Live) (Ray) – 3:17 Live from Eddie's Attic, Atlanta
2. "Love Will Come to You" (Live) (Saliers) – 4:51 Live from Eddie's Attic, Atlanta

Personnel

• Amy Ray – vocals, guitars
• Emily Saliers – vocals, guitars

Additional personnel

• Sara Lee – bass on 1 2 3 4 8 9 11 12 13 & bonus 1 2
• Budgie – drums on 1 9, percussion on 1 9, marimba on 8, claves on 8
• Lisa Germano – fiddle on 1 2 11 12
• Ronan Browne – uilleann pipes on 1 13, low whistle2 on 12
• Dónal Lunny – bouzouki on 1 13, bodhran on 1 13
• Jerry Marotta – drums on 2 3 6 9 11 12 13 & bonus 1 2, percussion on 2 3 6 9 10 11 12 13 & bonus 1 2, piano on 2
• Talvinde Singh – percussion on 2 6 11 12
• Martin McCarrick – cello on 2 8 11 12, accordion on 2 8 11 12
• Jackson Browne – backing vocals on 2 12
• David Crosby - backing vocals on 2 12
• John Jennings - electric guitar on 3 9 12, slide guitar on 13
• Simone Simonton – cymbals on 3, sidestick on 3
• Jai Winding – piano on 3
• Michael Kamen – string arrangements on 3, conductor on 3
• Kenny Aronoff – drums on 4, percussion on 4
• Benmont Tench – organ on 4
• Edgar Meyer – acoustic bass on 6 8 9
• Maggie Roche – backing vocals on 8 10, piano on 10
• Terre Roche – backing vocals on 8 10
• Suzzy Roche – backing vocals on 8 10
• Michael Lorant – backing vocals on 9
• Sandy Garfinkle – harmonica on 11
• Nollaig Ní Chathasaigh – irish fiddle on 12 13
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello on bonus 1 2
• Scarlet Rivera - violin on bonus 1 2

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1992	The Billboard 200	21

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1992	"Galileo"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	10
1992	"Galileo"	The Billboard Hot 100	89

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	August 10 1992
RIAA – USA	Platinum	November 18 1994

•  • e Indigo Girls
Amy Ray · Emily Saliers
Albums and EPs	Strange Fire · Indigo Girls · Nomads Indians Saints · Back on the Bus, Y'all · Rites of Passage · Swamp Ophelia · 4.5 · 1200 Curfews · Shaming of the Sun · Come On Now Social · Retrospective · Become You · All That We Let In · Rarities · Despite Our Differences
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