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Retrospective: The Best Of Suzanne Vega (CD)

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Suzanne Vega Artist Snapshot:

In between the eras of Joni Mitchell and Alanis Morrisette, Suzanne Vega was the most important influence on blooming female singer-songwriters. Her cool, vibrato-less vocal style was decidedly forward-looking, and her lyrics owed more to modern poetry than singer-songwriter cliches. In the '80s, she helped rescue troubadourism from the clutches of sentimentality with her artful, intellectual work.

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DISC 1 for Retrospective: The Best Of Suzanne Vega (CD) Album By Suzanne Vega (Artist)
1   Luka
2   Tom's Diner - (from "Tom's Diner", with DNA)
3   Marlene on the Wall
4   Caramel
5   99.9 F
6   Tired Of Sleeping
7   Small Blue Thing
8   Blood Makes Noise
9   Left Of Center
10   Your Maggie May, (I'll Never Be)
11   In Liverpool
12   Gypsy
13   Book Of Dreams
14   No Cheap Thrill
15   Calypso
16   World Before Columbus
17   Solitude Standing
18   Penitent
19   Rosemary
20   Queen And The Soldier, The - (live)
21   Woman On The Tier (I'll See You Through)
 

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Review

Mojo (Publisher) (p.121) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he 10 videos included in this retrospective show a refreshing angle on the female gaze....[T]his is an imaginative mix."

Title Note

"The Queen And The Soldier" was recorded live at The Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland, 1991.

Personnel: Suzanne Vega (vocals, acoustic guitar); Gerry Leonard (acoustic & electric guitars, dulcimer, mandolin, zither); Tchad Blake (electric guitar, E-bow); Marc Schulman, Frank Christian, Richard Pleasance (electric guitar); Jane Scarpantoni (cello); Cecilia Sparacio (flute); Don Byron (clarinet, bass clarinet); John Linnell (accordion); Dave Douglas (trumpet); Rupert Hine (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); Anton Sanko (Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizert); Mitchell Froom (keyboards); Michael Visceglia, Frank Gravis, Bruce Thomas, Paul Dugan (bass); Pete Thomas (drums, percussion, loops); Stephen Ferrera, Jerry Marotta (drums, percussion); Shawn Colvin (background vocals).

Producers include: Steve Addabbo, Lenny Kaye, Mitchell Froom, Anton Sanko, Suzanne Vega.

Compilation producers: Mike Ragogna, Suzanne Vega.

Recorded between 1985 & 2001. Includes liner notes by Lenny Kaye.

When Suzanne Vega emerged in the mid-1980s, she heralded the arrival of a new kind of troubadour, one who merged the contemplative singer/songwriter tradition of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, et al, with a decidedly modernistic outlook influenced by the likes of Lou Reed, David Byrne, and Laurie Anderson. Consequently, she had a huge impact on what singer/songwriters sounded like from then on. Listening to the comprehensive anthology RETROSPECTIVE, it's easy to see why. The artful minimalism of such early songs as "Small Blue Thing" and "Tom's Diner" (the latter subsequently remixed into a huge dance hit) is just as striking decades down the line. And the sophisticated popcraft of later recordings (including those produced by Vega's then-husband Mitchell Froom) melds everything from bossa nova to industrial synth-pop with Vega's arty folk-rock. This compilation is arranged to flow musically rather than chronologically, allowing one to experience the full range of moods present in the work of this compelling and complex songstress.

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