5 Classic Albums

Tracklist

• CD 1: Suzanne Vega
• 1
  Cracking
  2:52
• 2
  Freeze Tag
  2:36
• 3
  Marlene On The Wall
  3:41
• 4
  Small Blue Thing
  3:55
• 5
  Straight Lines
  3:49
• 6
  Undertow
  3:28
• 7
  Some Journey
  3:41
• 8
  The Queen And The Soldier
  4:51
• 9
  Knight Moves
  3:37
• 10
  Neighborhood Girls
  3:25
• CD 2: Solitude Standing
• 1
  Tom’s Diner
  2:10
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Luka
  3:51
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Ironbound / Fancy Poultry
  6:19
  4.4 ★
• 4
  In the Eye
  4:15
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Night Vision
  2:48
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Solitude Standing
  4:49
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Calypso
  4:14
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Language
  3:56
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Gypsy
  4:04
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser’s Song)
  5:14
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Tom’s Diner (reprise)
  2:42
  4.0 ★
• CD 3: Days of Open Hand
• 1
  Tired of Sleeping
  4:24
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Men in a War
  4:47
• 3
  Rusted Pipe
  4:16
• 4
  Book of Dreams
  3:23
• 5
  Institution Green
  6:16
• 6
  Those Whole Girls (Run in Grace)
  3:08
• 7
  Room Off the Street
  3:01
• 8
  Big Space
  3:47
• 9
  Predictions
  4:59
• 10
  Fifty-Fifty Chance
  2:37
• 11
  Pilgrimage
  5:12
• CD 4: 99.9F°
• 1
  Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)
  3:32
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Blood Makes Noise
  2:28
  4.5 ★
• 3
  In Liverpool
  4:40
  5.0 ★
• 4
  99.9 F°
  3:16
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Blood Sings
  3:17
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Fat Man & Dancing Girl
  2:19
  2.0 ★
• 7
  (If You Were) In My Movie
  3:05
  2.0 ★
• 8
  As a Child
  2:55
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Bad Wisdom
  3:23
  5.0 ★
• 10
  When Heroes Go Down
  1:54
  3.0 ★
• 11
  As Girls Go
  3:27
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Song of Sand
  3:06
  5.0 ★
• CD 5: Nine Objects of Desire
• 1
  Birth-day (Love Made Real)
  3:37
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Headshots
  3:07
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Caramel
  2:53
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Stockings
  3:30
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Casual Match
  3:10
  2.0 ★
• 6
  Thin Man
  3:38
  3.0 ★
• 7
  No Cheap Thrill
  3:09
  3.0 ★
• 8
  World Before Columbus
  3:26
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Lolita
  3:33
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Honeymoon Suite
  2:56
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Tombstone
  3:04
  2.0 ★
• 12
  My Favorite Plum
  2:49
  2.0 ★

More by Suzanne Vega

Flying With Angels

Flying With Angels 2025

Lover, Beloved: Songs From an Evening With Carson McCullers

Lover, Beloved: Songs From an Evening With Carson McCullers 2016

Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles

Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles 2014

Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican

Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican 2012

Close-Up, Volume 4: Songs of Family

Close-Up, Volume 4: Songs of Family 2012

Close-Up, Volume 3: States of Being

Close-Up, Volume 3: States of Being 2011

Release credits

• Alfred Brown
  viola [10]
• Anton Sanko
  Hammond organ [1-2], additional [9], classical guitar [3.7, 2.5], electric guitar [9], harmonium [8], producer [1-11], sampler [2, 11], strings [5], synthesizer [2-6, 8-9, 11], tiple [7]
• Barry Finclair
  solo [10], violin [10]
• Bob Ludwig
  mastering [11]
• Bruce Thomas
  bass [1-4, 7-11], bass guitar [1-3, 5, 7-9]
• Cecilia Sparacio
  flute [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Dave Collins
  editor [1-12]
• Dave Douglass
  trumpet [3, 6-7, 9]
• David Hidalgo
  electric guitar [1-4, 7-8, 11]
• Don Byron
  bass clarinet [7], clarinet [3, 7]
• Erik Sanko
  fretless bass [7]
• Eugene Napati
  assistant [1-11]
• Frank Christian
  electric guitar [9]
• Frank Vilardi
  brushes [5], cymbal [9], drums (drum set) [1, 4], membranophone [2-3, 5, 11], percussion [8], shakers [8], snare drum [9], synthesizer [6], tom-tom [9]
• Frederick Zlotkin
  cello [10]
• Geoff Keehn
  engineer [1-11]
• Glen Velez
  frame drum [7]
• Greg Smith
  baritone saxophone [8, 11]
• Hae-Young Ham
  violin [5]
• Hearn Gadbois
  goblet drum [7]
• Hugh Padgham
  mix [1-11]
• Jane Scarpantoni
  cello [7, 12], strings [4]
• Jeff Lippay
  assistant [1-11]
• Jerry Marotta
  drums (drum set) [4.1-4, 4.7-11, 5.1, 5.3-7, 5.9-12], percussion [4.6, 5.1, 5.3-5, 5.7, 5.9, 5.12]
• Jerry Scheff
  bass [6], double bass [12]
• Joe Warda
  assistant [1-12]
• Joel Derouin
  violin [12]
• John Linnell
  accordion [1]
• John Paterno
  assistant [1-12]
• Jon Goldberger
  assistant [1-11]
• Jon Gordon
  guitar [2], solo [2]
• Kurt Munkacsi
  additional [10]
• Lenny Kaye
  producer [1-11]
• Marc Shulman
  12 string guitar [4], bouzouki [5], electric guitar [1-5, 9, 11], tiple [1, 6, 8]
• Maria Kitsopoulos
  cello [5]
• Maria Newman
  viola [12]
• Mark Feldman
  strings [4]
• Matthew Pierce
  strings [4]
• Michael Blair
  bass drum [9], cymbal [3-4], marimba [3], percussion [2, 5], shakers [7, 11], tambourine [2, 4]
• Michael Visceglia
  additional [11], bass [4.5, 3.1-4, 3.6, 3.9, 3.11], fretless bass [5], synthesizer [11]
• Mitch Easter
  co [9], guitar [9]
• Mitchell Froom
  Moog [6], brass [3, 6], keyboard [4.1-11, 5.1-12], producer [5.1-12, 4.1-12], strings [4, 12]
• Pat McCarthy
  engineer [1-11]
• Patrick Dillett
  assistant [1-11]
• Percy Jones
  bass [9]
• Pete Thomas
  drum machine [5], drums (drum set) [1-3, 7-9, 12], percussion [1, 3, 6-9, 12]
• Philip Glass
  strings [10]
• Rebecca Young
  viola [5]
• Richard Horowitz
  flute [7]
• Richard Pleasance
  electric guitar [1, 3, 10]
• Richard Thompson
  guitar [11]
• Robin Danar
  sound [1-11]
• Rod O’Brien
  engineer [1-11]
• S. “Husky” Höskulds
  assistant [1-12]
• Sandra Park
  violin [5]
• Sebastian Steinberg
  acoustic bass guitar [10-12], bass guitar [4, 7]
• Shawn Colvin
  background vocals [2.2, 3.2-4]
• Shelly Yakus
  mix [1-11]
• Sid Page
  violin [12]
• Steve Addabbo
  engineer [1-11], guitar [9], producer [1-11], solo [9]
• Steve Donnelly
  electric guitar [1-3, 6-9, 12], slide guitar [11]
• Steve Rosenthal
  engineer [5]
• Sue Evans
  drums (drum set) [9], percussion [7]
• Suzanne Vega
  acoustic guitar [5.4, 5.6-8, 5.10, 3.1-2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.9, 4.1, 4.3-5, 4.7-12], background vocals [1-3, 7, 11], electric guitar [4], guitar [3.10, 5.1, 5.7], handclaps [7], lead vocals [3.1-3, 3.7, 3.11, 5.1-12], producer [1-11], synthesizer [3, 8], vocal [2.1-10, 3.4-6, 3.8-10, 4.1-12]
• Tchad Blake
  electric guitar [5.7, 5.10-11, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.10], engineer [1-12], guitar [5], mix [5.1-12, 4.1-12], recording [1-12], sampler [2]
• Ted Falcon
  strings [4]
• Tim Baker
  violin [10]
• Yuval Gabay
  drums (drum set) [11]
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Issues

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  5
  (Combined release view)
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  5
  5 Classic Albums

  5x CD
  2017