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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Suzanne Vega |
| Record Label: |
A&M Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Singer/Songwriter |
| Release Date: |
April 01, 1985 |
| Album Duration: |
35m:50s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Cracking 2. Freeze Tag 3. Marlene on the Wall 4. Small Blue Thing 5. Straight Lines 6. Undertow 7. Some Journey 8. Queen and the Soldier 9. Knight Moves 10. Neighborhood Girls |
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| Details: |
Personnel: Suzanne Vega (vocals, acoustic guitar); Frank Christian (acoustic & electric slide guitars); Steve Addabbo (electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, background vocals); Jon Gordon (electric guitar); Shem Guibbory (violin); Darol Anger (electric violin); Maxine Neumann (cello); C.P. Roth (synthesizer); Paul Dugan, Frank Gravis (bass); Sue Evans (drums); John Mahoney (programming). Recorded at Celestial Sound Studios, New York, New York between January and March, 1985. Vega's debut album marked a turning point, both for singer-songwriters and for female artists. Inspired more by the dark, poetic visions of Leonard Cohen than the hippie goddessisms of Joni Mitchell, she brought to the public an awareness that acoustic guitar-based music could be arch, urbane and artful. She also proved that, in an exceptionally male-dominated era, women didn't have to be either wallflowers or sexpots to make their artistic statements. Though she receives sympathetic backing from Jon Gordon, Michael Visceglia and othe... |
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