Nomads Indians Saints is the third studio album by Indigo Girls, released in 1990. It was reissued and remastered in 2000 with three bonus tracks.
Reception NME said, "The Indigos clearly want to update their genre with modern attitudes and poppy production, avoiding both Nashville's cheesy sentimentalism and Greenwich Village's wordy worthiness. Not every song pulls off this tricky balancing act. The Indigos bury their brightest qualities in clothes which are too often dreary and dated."
Track listing "Hammer and a Nail" (Emily Saliers) – 3:50 "Welcome Me" (Amy Ray) – 4:36 "World Falls" (Ray) – 3:44 "Southland in the Springtime" (Saliers) – 4:19 "1 2 3" (Ray, Chris McGuire, Cooper Seay, Bryan Lilje, Scott Bland) – 4:12 "Keeper of My Heart" (Ray) – 4:22 "Watershed" (Saliers) – 5:44 "Hand Me Downs" (Ray) – 3:41 "You and Me of the 10,000 Wars" (Saliers) – 4:10 "Pushing the Needle Too Far" (Ray) – 4:12 "The Girl with the Weight of the World in Her Hands" (Saliers) – 4:21
2000 reissue bonus tracks "Welcome Me" (Live) (Ray) – 4:35 (Live at the Hopi Civic Center on the Hopi Reservation, Kyostmovi, AZ, May 24, 1995) An Interview by Shawn Colvin – 8:51 (Unknown Radio Studio, New York, NY, August, 1990) "You and Me of the 10,000 Wars" (Live) – 4:21 (Live at Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO, October 21 and October 22, 1990)
Personnel Indigo Girls Amy Ray – vocals, guitars Emily Saliers – vocals, guitars
Additional personnel Sara Lee – bass (1–4, 6, 7 & bonus 1) Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 7, 9) Kenny Aronoff – drums (1, 2, 7), African drums and percussion (8, 9) Peter Holsapple – accordion (1 10), keyboard (8) John Jennings – slide guitar (2), acoustic guitar (4), electric guitar (7) Benmont Tench – fake accordion (1) Mary Chapin Carpenter – backing vocals (1, 4) Gerard McHugh – backing vocals (2) Peter Buck – Appalachian dulcimer (3) The Louies – percussion (3) Michelle Malone – backing vocals (3) Craig Edwards – fiddle (4) Jim Keltner – drums (4) Jay Dee Daugherty – drums (9) Michael Lorant – drums (10) Bill Meyers – string arrangements (11) Jerry Marotta – percussion (bonus 1) Jane Scarpantoni – cello (bonus 1)
Ellen James Society (track 5) Chris McGuire – electric rhythm guitar (5) Cooper Seay – electric lead guitar (5) Bryan Lilje – bass (5) Scott Bland – drums (5)
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