Become You

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Become You
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 12, 2002 (2002-03-12)
Genre Folk rock
Length48:11
Label Epic
Producer Peter Collins
Indigo Girls chronology
Come on Now Social
(1999)
Become You
(2002)
All That We Let In
(2004)
Singles from Become You
  1. "Moment of Forgiveness"
  2. "Become You"
  3. "Hope Alone/Bitteroot"
  4. "Our Deliverance"
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (69/100) [1]
Review scores
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The A.V. Club (average) [3]
Billboard (favorable) [4]
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Chicago Tribune (average) [5]
E! Online B [1]
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Become You is the eighth studio album by American folk rock duo the Indigo Girls. It was released on March 12, 2002 by Epic Records.

Contents

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moment of Forgiveness" Amy Ray 3:13
2."Deconstruction" Emily Saliers 4:15
3."Become You"Ray3:46
4."You’ve Got to Show"Saliers4:44
5."Yield"Ray2:48
6."Collecting You"Saliers4:31
7."Hope Alone"Saliers, Annie Roboff3:56
8."Bitterroot"Ray2:46
9."Our Deliverance"Saliers4:12
10."Starkville"Ray4:22
11."She's Saving Me"Saliers5:04
12."Nuevas Señoritas"Ray4:34

These bonus tracks were only available when the album was purchased at Borders Books. The original version of Everything In Its Own Time was released on the album Shaming of the Sun and credited to Emily Saliers only.

Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Our Deliverance (Alternate Version)"Saliers4:12
14."Everything in Its Own Time (Live)"
  • Ray
  • Saliers
5:12
15."Johnny Rottentail"Ray2:00

Personnel

Indigo Girls
Additional musicians

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