Come On Now Social

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Come On Now Social
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1999 (1999-09-28)
Recorded1999
Genre Folk rock
Length57:20
Label Epic
Producer John Reynolds
Indigo Girls chronology
Shaming of the Sun
(1997)
Come On Now Social
(1999)
Become You
(2002)
Singles from Come On Now Social
  1. "Go"
  2. "Peace Tonight"
  3. "Cold Beer and Remote Control"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The A.V. Club (mixed) [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
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People (favorable) [5]
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Come On Now Social is the seventh studio album by the Indigo Girls, released in 1999.

Track listing

  1. "Go" (Amy Ray) – 4:05
  2. "Soon Be to Nothing" (Emily Saliers) – 4:29
  3. "Gone Again" (Ray) – 3:27
  4. "Trouble" (Saliers) – 4:51
  5. "Sister" (Ray) – 4:58
  6. "Peace Tonight" (Saliers) – 4:11
  7. "Ozilline" (Ray) – 4:43
  8. "We Are Together" (Saliers) – 3:25
  9. "Cold Beer and Remote Control" (Saliers) – 4:17
  10. "Compromise" (Ray) – 2:50
  11. "Andy" (Saliers) – 4:01
  12. "Faye Tucker" (Ray) – 12:01
    • Includes a brief outtake of "Sister" and the song "Philosophy of Loss" (Saliers) as hidden tracks.

The song "Go" has a spoken passage inspired by Meridel Le Sueur's "I Was Marching". [8]

Notes

  1. Allmusic review
  2. The A.V. Club review
  3. Entertainment Weekly review
  4. The Music Box review
  5. People review
  6. Album reviews at CD Universe
  7. Rolling Stone review
  8. "Meridel LeSueur, Kansas author". Map of Kansas Literature. Retrieved 2014-06-06.


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