Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Luka
  3:53
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Tom's Diner

  DNA feat. Suzanne Vega
  3:50
  3.9 ★
• 3
  Marlene on the Wall
  3:42
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Caramel
  2:54
  5.0 ★
• 5
  99.9F°
  3:15
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Tired of Sleeping
  4:25
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Small Blue Thing
  3:56
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Blood Makes Noise
  2:29
  4.5 ★
• 9
  Left of Center
  3:31
  5.0 ★
• 10
  (I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May
  3:48
• 11
  In Liverpool
  4:45
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Gypsy
  4:04
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Book of Dreams
  3:25
• 14
  No Cheap Thrill
  3:10
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Calypso
  4:13
  4.0 ★
• 16
  World Before Columbus
  3:27
  5.0 ★
• 17
  Solitude Standing
  4:40
• 18
  Penitent
  4:19
• 19
  Rosemary
  2:44
• 20
  The Queen and the Soldier (live)
  5:03
• 21
  Woman on the Tier (I'll See You Through)
  2:27
• CD 2
• 1
  Freeze Tag
  2:36
  3.0 ★
• 2
  (If You Were) In My Movie
  3:05
  2.0 ★
• 3
  It Makes Me Wonder
  4:02
• 4
  Headshots
  3:09
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Wooden Horse (Casper Hausen's Song)
  5:14
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Men in a War
  4:49
• 7
  Cracking
  2:50
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Lolita
  3:34
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Fat Man and Dancing Girl
  2:20
• 10
  Solitaire
  2:10
• 11
  Rusted Pipe
  4:18
• 12
  Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)
  3:32
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Birth-Day (Love Made Real)
  3:38
  3.0 ★
• 14
  When Heroes Go Down
  1:56
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Undertow
  3:29
• 16
  If I Were a Weapon
  2:46
• 17
  Harbor Song
  4:18
• 18
  Casual Match
  3:09
  2.0 ★
• 19
  As Girls Go
  3:25
  4.0 ★
• DVD-Video 3
• 1
  99.9F°
• 2
  Blood Makes Noise
• 3
  Book & a Cover
• 4
  Caramel
• 5
  In Liverpool
• 6
  Luka
• 7
  Marlene on the Wall
• 8
  No Cheap Thrill
• 9
  Tom's Diner

  DNA feat. Suzanne Vega
• 10
  When Heroes Go Down
• 11
  Tired of Sleeping
• 12
  Last Year's Troubles

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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

• Anton Sanko
  Hammond organ [2.6, 1.6], producer [2.6, 2.11, 1.6, 1.13], sampler [6], synthesizer [1.13, 2.6, 2.11]
• Bob Ludwig
  mastering [21]
• Bruce Thomas
  bass [2.2, 2.12, 2.14, 2.19, 1.5, 1.8, 1.11], bass guitar [2.4, 2.8, 2.13, 2.18, 1.4, 1.14, 1.16, 1.19]
• C. P. Roth
  synthesizer [1.3, 1.7, 2.1, 2.7]
• Cecilia Sparacio
  flute [2.8, 2.18, 1.4, 1.14]
• DNA
  additional [2], remixer [2]
• Dave Collins
  editor [2.2, 2.12, 2.14, 2.19, 1.5, 1.8, 1.11]
• Dave Douglass
  trumpet [1.4, 1.14, 2.8]
• David Hidalgo
  electric guitar [2.2, 2.12, 2.19, 1.5, 1.8, 1.11]
• Don Byron
  bass clarinet [14], clarinet [4, 14]
• Elisabeth Taubman
  additional [18], background vocals [18]
• Eugene Napati
  assistant [1.6, 1.13, 2.6, 2.11]
• Frank Christian
  acoustic guitar [1], electric guitar [12]
• Frank Gravis
  bass [3]
• Frank Vilardi
  drums (drum set) [6, 13], membranophone [6, 11]
• Geoff Keehn
  engineer [1.6, 1.13, 2.6, 2.11]
• Gerry Leonard
  electric guitar [18], guitar [17]
• Greg Smith
  baritone saxophone [19]
• Hugh Padgham
  mix [1.6, 1.13, 2.6, 2.11]
• Jane Scarpantoni
  cello [14]
• Jeff Lippay
  assistant [1.6, 1.13, 2.6, 2.11]
• Jerry Marotta
  drums (drum set) [1.4-5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.14, 1.19, 1.21, 2.2, 2.8, 2.12-14, 2.18-19], percussion [1.4, 1.14, 1.21, 2.8, 2.13, 2.18]
• Joe Warda
  assistant [2.4, 2.8, 2.13, 2.18, 1.4, 1.14, 1.16]
• John Linnell
  accordion [6]
• John Mahoney
  synclavier [15]
• John Paterno
  assistant [1.4, 1.14, 1.16, 1.21, 2.4, 2.8, 2.13, 2.18]
• Jon Goldberger
  assistant [1.6, 1.13, 2.6, 2.11]
• Jon Gordon
  electric guitar [1.3, 1.7, 2.1, 2.7, 2.15], guitar [1], solo [1]
• Kurt Upper
  assistant [2.1, 2.7, 2.15, 1.3, 1.7]
• Lenny Kaye
  producer [2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 2.15, 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.12, 1.15]
• Marc Shulman
  12 string guitar [13], electric guitar [2.6, 2.11, 1.6, 1.13], tiple [6]
• Matt Johnson
  drums (drum set) [17]
• Maxine Neuman
  cello [15]
• Michael Blair
  cymbal [2.11, 1.13], marimba [11], percussion [6], tambourine [2.6, 1.13]
• Michael Visceglia
  bass [2.6, 2.11, 1.6, 1.13], electric bass guitar [17]
• Mitch Easter
  co [12], guitar [12]
• Mitchell Froom
  brass [4], keyboard [1.4-5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.14, 1.16, 1.19, 1.21, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.12-14, 2.18-19], producer [2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.12-14, 2.18-19, 1.4-5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.14, 1.16, 1.19, 1.21]
• Nick Pugh
  drum machine [18]
• Pat McCarthy
  engineer [1.6, 1.13, 2.6, 2.11]
• Patrick Dillett
  assistant [2.6, 2.11, 1.6, 1.13]
• Paul Dugan
  bass [2.7, 2.15, 1.7]
• Pete Thomas
  drum machine [1.21, 2.18], drums (drum set) [1.4, 1.14, 1.16, 2.4, 2.8, 2.13], percussion [2.8, 2.13, 1.4, 1.14, 1.16]
• Peter Gordon
  strings [15]
• Rhonda Schoen
  editor [2.1, 2.7, 2.15, 1.3, 1.7]
• Richard Pleasance
  electric guitar [1.11, 2.12, 2.14]
• Richard Thompson
  guitar [19]
• Robin Danar
  sound [2.5, 1.1, 1.12, 1.15]
• Rod O’Brien
  engineer [2.5, 1.1, 1.12, 1.15]
• Ronald K. Fierstein
  executive [2.1, 2.7, 2.15, 1.3, 1.7]
• Rupert Hine
  bass [18], drum machine [18], keyboard [18], piano [18], strings [18]
• S. “Husky” Höskulds
  assistant [1.4, 1.14, 1.16, 2.4, 2.8, 2.13, 2.18]
• Sebastian Steinberg
  bass guitar [14]
• Shawn Colvin
  background vocals [2.6, 2.11, 1.1, 1.13]
• Shelly Yakus
  mix [2.5, 1.1, 1.12, 1.15]
• Shem Guibbory
  violin [15]
• Steve Addabbo
  background vocals [7], engineer [1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.12, 1.15, 2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 2.15], guitar [12], producer [2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 2.15, 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.12, 1.15], solo [12], synclavier [15]
• Steve Donnelly
  electric guitar [1.4, 1.14, 1.16, 2.4, 2.8, 2.13]
• Sue Evans
  drums (drum set) [3, 12], membranophone [15], percussion [7, 15]
• Suzanne Vega
  acoustic guitar [1.3, 1.5-7, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16, 1.18-20, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19], background vocals [1.6, 2.6, 2.11], guitar [1.14, 2.13], lead vocals [1.4, 1.6, 1.14, 1.16, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.11, 2.13, 2.18], performer [2], producer [1.6, 1.13, 1.21, 2.6, 2.11], synthesizer [11], vocal [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.11-13, 1.15, 1.18-21, 2.1-2, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 2.14-15, 2.17, 2.19]
• Tchad Blake
  bass guitar [21], electric guitar [1.5, 1.11, 1.14, 2.14], engineer [1.5, 1.8, 1.11, 2.2, 2.12, 2.14, 2.19], guitar [18], mix [1.4-5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.14, 1.16, 1.19, 1.21, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.12-14, 2.18-19], producer [19], recording [1.4, 1.14, 1.16, 1.19, 1.21, 2.4, 2.8, 2.13, 2.18], sampler [4]
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Issues

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  Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega

  CD
  22 April 2003
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  Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega

  CD
  22 April 2003
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  R
  Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega

  2x CD
  7 July 2003
• R
  Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega

  2x CD, DVD-Video
  7 July 2003
• R
  Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega (disc 2)

  CD
  October 2003
• R
  Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega

  2x CD, DVD-Video
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  Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega

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