 # 53
Singles Artist of the Year
 Suzanne was nominated for 3 Grammy
Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year (songwriter), and Best Vocal Performance - Female ("Luka").
The video for "Luka"
won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Female Video and was nominated for Breakthrough Video, Best Cinematography, and Viewer's Choice.
 # 120
Singles Artist of the Year
 # 152
Singles Artist of the Year
 Vega hit the Top 40 with DNA
with "Tom's Diner."
Vega hit the Top 10 with DNA
with "Tom's Diner."
Suzanne was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Contemporary Folk Recording (Days
Of Open Hand).
Suzanne topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for a week with
"Blood Makes Noise."
 Suzanne hit the road to promote
her new book, The
Passionate Eye: The Collected Writing Of
Suzanne Vega. The book is a collection of
song lyrics, essays, poems, and short
stories. Vega told WallOfSound: "I feel I have no
perspective on some of the writing. It was
difficult to go through and figure out what
was good and what wasn't. I had to throw it
at the editors and hope and pray they had
taste. But I did learn that what I may
consider to be flawed, someone else might
not."
 Suzanne could be found on Tower
Of Song: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen with the track,
"Story Of Issac."
Suzanne released Songs
In Red And Gray.
 Suzanne toured the US in support
of her new LP.
Retrospective:
The Best Of Suzanne Vega was released.
 Suzanne got
married.
Suzanne
released Beauty
& Crime (Entertainment
Weekly:
A-).
 Suzanne could be heard on the
compilation Songs
For Tibet - The Art Of Peace with the track
"Song Of Sand" (Great City
Version).
Close-Up
Vol. 1, Love Songs was released.
Suzanne released Close-Up
4: Songs Of Family.
 
Suzanne released Tales
From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles.
 The box set Close-Up
Series was released.
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Suzanne Vega
Released: April, 1985
Billboard
peak:
# 91
Tracks:
"Cracking" - "Freeze
Tag" - "Marlene On The
Wall" - "Small Blue Thing"
- "Straight Lines" -
"Undertow" - "Some
Journey" - "The Queen And The
Soldier" - "Knight Moves"
- "Neighborhood Girls" |
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Solitude Standing
Released: April, 1987
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Tracks: "Tom's Diner" -
"Luka" - "Ironbound Fancy
Poultry" - "In The Eye" -
"Night Vision" - "Solitude
Standing" - "Calypso" -
"Language" - "Gypsy"
- "Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser's
Song) - "Tom's Diner" (Reprise) |
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Days Of Open Hand
Released: April, 1990
Billboard
peak:
# 50
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Tired Of
Sleeping" - "Men In A War"
- "Rusted Pipe" - "Book Of
Dreams" - "Institution
Green" - "Those Whole Girls
(Run In Grace)" - "Room Off The
Street" - "Big Space" -
"Predictions" -
"Fifty-Fifty Chance" -
"Pilgrimage" |
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99.9F°
Released: September, 1992
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 86
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Rock In
This Pocket (Song Of David)" -
"Blood Makes Noise" - "In
Liverpool" - "99.9F°" -
"Blood Sings" - "Fat Man
& Dancing Girl" - "(If You
Were) In My Movie" - "As A
Child" - "Bad Wisdom" -
"When Heroes Go Down" -
"As Girls Go" - "Song Of
Sand" |
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Nine Objects Of Desire
Released: September, 1996
Billboard
peak:
# 92
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Birthday
(Love Made Real)" -
"Headshots" -
"Caramel" -
"Stockings" - "Casual
Match" - "Thiin Man" -
"No Cheap Thrill" - "World
Before Colombus" -
"Lolita" - "Honeymoon
Suite" - "Tombstone" -
"My Favorite Plum" |
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Songs In Red And Gray
Released: September, 2001
Billboard
peak:
# 178
Tracks:
"Penitent" - "Widow's
Walk" - "(I'll Never Be) Your
Maggie May" - "It Makes Me
Wonder" - "Soap And Water"
- "Songs In Red And Gray" -
"Last Year's Troubles" -
"Priscilla" - "If I Were A
Weapon" - "Harbor Song" -
"Machine Ballerina" -
"Solitaire" - "St.
Clare" |
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Retrospective: The Best
Of Suzanne Vega
Released: April, 2003
Tracks: "Luka"
- "Tom's Diner" (with DNA) -
"Marlene On The Wall" -
"Caramel" - "99.9F°"
- "Tired Of Sleeping" -
"Small Blue Thing" -
"Blood Makes Noise" -
"Left Of Center" - "(I'll
Never Be) Your Maggie May" -
"In Liverpool" -
"Gypsy" - "Book Of
Dreams" - "No Cheap
Thrill" - "Calypso" -
"World Before Colombus" -
"Solitude Standing" -
"Penitent" -
"Rosemary" - "The Queen
And The Soldier" (lilve) -
"Woman On The Tier (I'll See You
Through)" |
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Beauty & Crime
Released: July, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 129
Tracks: "Zephyr
& I" - "Ludlow Street"
- "New York Is A Woman" -
"Pornographer's Dream" -
"Frank & Ava" - "Edith
Wharton's Figurine" -
"Bound" - "Unbound" -
"As You Are Now" -
"Angel's Doorway" -
"Anniversary" |
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Tales From The Realm Of
The Queen Of Pentacles
Released: February 18, 2014
Tracks: "Crack In The
Wall" - "Fool's Complaint"
- "I Never Wear White" -
"Portrait Of The Knight Of
Wands" - "Don't Uncork What You
Can't Contain" - "Jacob And The
Angel" - "Silver Bridge" -
"Song Of The Stoic" -
"Laying On Of Hands / Stoic 2"
- "Horizon (There Is A Road)" |
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Close-Up Series
Released: August 12, 2014 |
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position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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