Suzanne Vega – Discografia completa – Testi e traduzioni

Album in studio.

Suzanne Vega (1985)

1. “Cracking” – 2:49
2. “Freeze Tag” – 2:36
3. Marlene On The Wall (testo e traduzione)
4. “Small Blue Thing” – 3:54
5. “Straight Lines” – 3:49
6. “Undertow” – 3:26
7. “Some Journey” – 3:38
8. The Queen And The Soldier (testo e traduzione)
9. “Knight Moves” – 3:36
10. “Neighborhood Girls” – 3:21

Solitude Standing (1987)

1. Tom’s Diner (testo e traduzione)
2. Luka (testo e traduzione)
3. “Ironbound/Fancy Poultry” (Vega, Anton Sanko) – 6:19
4. “In the Eye” (Vega, Marc Shulman) – 4:16
5. “Night Vision” (Vega, Sanko) – 2:47
6. “Solitude Standing” (Vega, Visceglia, Sanko, Shulman, Stephen Ferrera) – 4:49
7. Calypso (testo e traduzione)
8. “Language” (Vega, Visceglia) – 3:57
9. Gypsy (testo e traduzione)
10. “Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser’s Song)” (Vega, Visceglia, Sanko, Shulman, Ferrera) – 5:13
11. “Tom’s Diner (Reprise)” – 2:40

Days of Open Hand (1990)

1. “Tired of Sleeping” – 4:22
2. “Men in a War” – 4:47
3. “Rusted Pipe” (Vega, Anton Sanko) – 4:16
4. “Book of Dreams” (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:22
5. “Institution Green” (Vega, A. Sanko) – 6:15
6. “Those Whole Girls (Run in Grace)” – 3:09
7. “Room off the Street” (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:00
8. “Big Space” (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:46
9. “Predictions” – 4:59
10. “Fifty-Fifty Chance”– 2:36
11. “Pilgrimage” (Vega, A. Sanko) – 5:10

99.9F° (1992)

1. “Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)” 3:20
2. “Blood Makes Noise” 2:28
3. In Liverpool (testo e traduzione)
4. “99.9F°” 3:16
5. “Blood Sings” 3:17
6. “Fat Man and Dancing Girl” (Vega, Mitchell Froom) 2:19
7. “(If You Were) In My Movie” 3:05
8. “As a Child” 2:55
9. “Bad Wisdom” 3:23
10. “When Heroes Go Down” 1:54
11. “As Girls Go” 3:27
12. “Song of Sand” 3:28
13. “Private Goes Public” (European and Japanese bonus track) 1:57

Nine Objects of Desire (1996)

1. “Birth-day (Love Made Real)”
2. “Headshots”
3. “Caramel”
4. “Stockings”
5. “Casual Match”
6. “Thin Man”
7. “No Cheap Thrill”
8. “World Before Columbus”
9. “Lolita”
10. “Honeymoon Suite”
11. “Tombstone”
12. “My Favorite Plum”

Songs in Red and Gray (2001)

1. “Penitent” – 4:16
2. “Widow’s Walk” – 3:33
3. “(I’ll Never Be) Your Maggie May” – 3:47
4. “It Makes Me Wonder” – 4:00
5. “Soap and Water” – 3:03
6. “Songs in Red and Gray” – 4:18
7. “Last Year’s Troubles” – 3:35
8. “Priscilla” – 4:14
9. “If I Were a Weapon” – 2:45
10. “Harbor Song” – 4:18
11. “Machine Ballerina” – 2:57
12. “Solitaire” – 2:10
13. “St. Clare” – 2:30 (Jack Hardy)

Beauty & Crime (2007)

1. “Zephyr & I” – 3:10
2. “Ludlow Street” – 3:16
3. “New York Is a Woman” – 2:54
4. Pornographer’s Dream (testo e traduzione)
5. “Frank & Ava” – 2:38
6. “Edith Wharton’s Figurines” – 2:23
7. “Bound” – 4:43
8. “Unbound” – 3:34
9. “As You Are Now” – 2:20
10. “Angel’s Doorway” – 2:55
11. “Anniversary” – 2:57
12. “Obvious Question” (Bonus Track) – 1:50

Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles (2014)

1. “Crack in the Wall” (Vega) 4:23
2. “Fool’s Complaint” (Vega) 2:39
3. “I Never Wear White” 3:08
4. “Portrait of the Knight of Wands” 4:18
5. “Don’t Uncork What You Can’t Contain” 3:31
6. “Jacob and the Angel” 4:05
7. “Silver Bridge” 3:47
8. “Song of the Stoic” 4:05
9. “Laying on of Hands/Stoic 2” 3:52
10. “Horizon (There Is a Road)” 2:50

Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers (2020)

1. “Carson’s Blues” 2:55
2. “New York Is My Destination” 3:09
3. “Instant of the Hour After” 3:06
4. “We of Me” 2:52
5. “Annemarie” 3:18
6. “12 Mortal Men” 2:47
7. “Harper Lee” 3:43
8. “Lover, Beloved” 3:24
9. “The Ballad of Miss Amelia” 4:18
10. “Carson’s Last Supper” 3:30

Flying with Angels (2025)

1. Speakers’ Corner (testo e traduzione)
2. Flying with Angels (testo e traduzione)
3. Witch (testo e traduzione)
4. Chambermaid (testo e traduzione)
5. Love Thief (testo e traduzione)
6. Lucinda (testo e traduzione)
7. Last Train from Mariupol (testo e traduzione)
8. Alley (testo e traduzione)
9. Rats (testo e traduzione)
10. Galway (testo e traduzione)

Acoustic Albums.

Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs (2010)

1. “Small Blue Thing” 4:04
2. “Caramel” 3:06
3. “If You Were in My Movie” 2:56
4. “Gypsy” 4:10
5. “Marlene on the Wall” 4:15
6. “(I’ll Never Be) Your Maggie May” 3:37
7. “Harbor Song” 4:17
8. “Headshots” 2:54
9. “Song in Red and Gray” 4:16
10. “Stockings” 3:40
11. “Some Journey” 4:23
12. “Bound” 4:17
13. “99.9F°” 3:05 (*)
14. “It Makes Me Wonder” 4:04 (*)
15. “Freeze Tag” 2:53 (*)
16. “Knight Moves” 3:52 (*)

(*) iTunes bonus tracks

Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places (2010)

1. “Luka” 3:13
2. “Zephyr & I” 3:09
3. “New York Is a Woman” 2:59
4. “In Liverpool” 4:50
5. “Calypso” 3:45
6. “Fat Man and Dancing Girl” 2:18
7. “The Queen and the Soldier” 5:03
8. “Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)” 3:40
9. “Angel’s Doorway” 2:53
10. “Ironbound/Fancy Poultry” 5:01
11. “Neighborhood Girls” 3:32
12. “Tom’s Diner” 4:34
13. “The Man Who Played God” 3:08
14. “Song of Sand” 3:07 (*) (**)
15. “Room off the Street” 3:00 ) (*)
16. “Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song)” 4:26 (*) (**)
17. “Priscilla” 3:45 (*) (**)
18. “Frank and Ava” 2:41 (*)
19. “Luka” (en Español) 3:22 (*) (**)

(*) SuzanneVega.com bonus tracks
(**) iTunes and Amazon.com bonus tracks

Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being (2011)

1. “Undertow” 3:31
2. “When Heroes Go Down” 2:06
3. “My Favorite Plum” 2:38
4. “Solitude Standing” 3:59
5. “Cracking” 2:58
6. “Last Year’s Troubles” 3:08
7. “Solitaire” 2:15
8. “Tombstone” 2:47
9. “Blood Makes Noise” 3:05
10. “50-50 Chance” 2:48
11. “Penitent” 4:08
12. “Straight Lines” 4:03
13. “Pornographer’s Dream” 3:31
14. “Instant of the Hour After” 3:10
15. “Anniversary” 3:05 (*)
16. “Language” 4:06 (*)

(*) Nimbit bonus tracks

Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family (2012)

1. “Rosemary” – 2:54
2. “Honeymoon Suite” – 3:13
3. “World Before Columbus” – 3:00
4. “As You Are Now” – 2:28
5. “Soap And Water” – 2:52
6. “Widow’s Walk” – 3:42
7. “Blood Sings” – 3:20
8. “Bad Wisdom” – 3:10
9. “Ludlow Street” – 3:11
10. “Tired Of Sleeping” – 3:47
11. “Pilgrimage” – 4:26
12. “Brother Mine” – 3:14
13. “The Silver Lady” – 5:35
14. “Daddy Is White” – 2:44

Compilation albums.

Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega (1998)

1. “Luka” – 3:52
2. “Tom’s Diner” (remix by DNA) – 3:49
3. “Marlene on the Wall” – 3:40
4. “Caramel” – 2:53
5. “99.9F°” – 3:15
6. “Small Blue Thing” – 3:54
7. “Blood Makes Noise” – 2:28
8. “Left of Center” – 3:32
9. “In Liverpool” – 4:41
10. “Gypsy” – 4:04
11. “Book of Dreams” – 3:22
12. “No Cheap Thrill” – 3:09
13. “World Before Columbus” – 3:26
14. “When Heroes Go Down” – 1:54
15. “The Queen and the Soldier” – 4:48
16. “Book & a Cover” – 3:49
17. “Rosemary” – 2:43

Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega (2003)

1. “Luka” – 3:52
2. “Tom’s Diner” (DNA remix) – 3:49
3. “Marlene on the Wall” – 3:41
4. “Caramel” – 2:54
5. “99.9F°” – 3:15
6. “Tired of Sleeping” – 4:25
7. “Small Blue Thing” – 3:56
8. “Blood Makes Noise” – 2:29
9. “Left of Center” – 3:30
10. “(I’ll Never Be) Your Maggie May” – 3:48
11. “In Liverpool” – 4:44
12. “Gypsy” – 4:03
13. “Book of Dreams” – 3:24
14. “No Cheap Thrill” – 3:10
15. “Calypso” – 4:13
16. “World Before Columbus” – 3:27
17. “Solitude Standing” – 4:39
18. “Penitent” – 4:18
19. “Rosemary (Remember Me)” – 2:44
20. “The Queen and the Soldier” (live, July 26, 1991, Nyon, Switzerland) – 5:02
21. “Woman On the Tier (I’ll See You Through)” – 2:27

Live albums.

Live in London 1986 (1986)

1. “Left of Centre”
2. “Neighborhood Girls”
3. “Straight Lines”
4. “Black Widow Station”
5. “Knight Moves”
6. “Cracking”

Sessions at West 54th (1998)

Live at the Stephen Talkhouse (2005)

Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican (2013)

Disc One

1. “Tom’s Diner”
2. “Luka”
3. “Ironbound / Fancy Poultry”
4. “In The Eye”
5. “Night Vision”
6. “Solitude Standing”
7. “Calypso”
8. “Language”
9. “Gypsy”
10. “Wooden Horse / Caspar Hauser’s Song”

Disc Two

1. “Marlene On The Wall”
2. “Left of Center”
3. “Tombstone”
4. “Blood Makes Noise”
5. “The Queen and the Soldier”
6. “Some Journey”
7. “Tom’s Diner” (Reprise)
8. “Caramel”
9. “In Liverpool”
10. “Rosemary”

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