Beauty Queen Sister

Beauty Queen Sister is the 13th studio album by Indigo Girls, released on October 4, 2011 on Vanguard Records.

Track listing

 * 1) "Share the Moon" – 3:34
 * 2) "John" – 4:22
 * 3) "Beauty Queen Sister" – 3:11
 * 4) "We Get to Feel It All" – 3:32
 * 5) "War Rugs" – 3:23
 * 6) "Gone" – 3:02
 * 7) "Mariner Moonlighting" – 3:36
 * 8) "Birthday Song" – 4:19
 * 9) "Feed and Water the Horses" – 4:30
 * 10) "Making Promises" – 3:19
 * 11) "Damo" – 4:07
 * 12) "Able to Sing" – 4:02
 * 13) "Yoke" – 5:09

Personnel

 * Indigo Girls
 * Amy Ray – Vocals, songwriting, electric guitar (1–5, 7, 8, 13), acoustic guitar (6, 10, 12), electric mandolin (9), mandolin (11)
 * Emily Saliers – Vocals, songwriting, ukulele (1), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 6, 8–12), electric guitar (3), slide guitar (6), classical guitar (7)
 * Additional Musicians
 * Carol Isaacs – Wurlitzer (1, 4, 12), Hammond B3 (1, 2), vibes (1, 4, 5, 7–9, 13), piano (3, 6–9), accordion (10, 13)
 * Brady Blade – drums (1–4, 6, 9, 10, 12), loop (2)
 * Jim Brock – percussion (1–10, 12, 13), loop (2), drums (5, 7, 8, 13)
 * Stuart Mathis – electric guitar (10)
 * Luke Bulla – violin (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9, 13), mandolin (2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12)
 * Allison Brown – banjola (2, 8, 9, 12), banjo (5–7)
 * Frank Howard Swart – bass (1–4, 6, 9, 10, 12)
 * Viktor Krauss – upright bass (5, 7, 8, 13)
 * Allen Parker – synth loop (8)


 * Additional Vocalists
 * The Shadowboxers – backing vocals (3, 4)
 * Lucy Wainwright Roche – guest vocals (5), additional backing vocals (12)


 * Track 11 (Damo)
 * Eamonn de Barra – whistles, flute
 * Damien Dempsey – backing vocals
 * Clare Kenny – bass
 * John McLoughlin – acoustic guitar, mandolin
 * John Reynolds – drums


 * Production
 * Peter Collins – producer (1–10, 12–13)
 * John Reynolds – producer (11)

Chart performance
The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Folk Albums chart, No. 14 on Top Rock Albums, and No. 36 on the Billboard 200, selling 11,000 in its debut week. The album has sold 42,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.