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Rites of Passage is the fourth studio album by American folk rock duo the Indigo Girls, released on May 12, 1992 by Epic Records.[3] It was reissued and remastered in 2000 with two bonus tracks.

Rites of Passage
Studio album by Indigo Girls
Released	May 12, 1992 October 3, 2000 (Reissue)
Recorded	Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY, 1992
Genre	Rock
Length	55:38
Label	Epic[1]
Producer	Peter Collins[2]
Indigo Girls chronology
Nomads Indians Saints (1990) Rites of Passage (1992) Swamp Ophelia (1994)
Singles from Rites of Passage
"Galileo" "Ghost"

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Chicago Tribune	[5]
Down Beat	[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[7]
Q	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]

The Washington Post wrote that "the arrangements ... are more colorful and punchy, and every now and then the duo even manages to inject a little welcome humor into its otherwise dreary musings."[2] Trouser Press wrote that producer Peter Collins expunges "the folk patina to reveal a crystalline mainstream pop center around the snappy, subtle rhythms of bassist Sara Lee and drummer Jerry Marotta."[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Indigo Girls

• 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
• Talvin 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

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[9]	21

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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