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Personal Data:
| Born: |
11.07.1959 |
(Santa Monica, California, USA, as Suzanne Nadine Vega) |
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Line-Up:
Suzanne Vega - voc,g
Marc Shulman - g
Michael Visceglia - bg
Mitchell Froom - kb
Frank Villardi - ds
Michael Blair - perc
Former Members:
Stephen Ferrera (ds, 1985-cca 1987); Sue Evans (ds, 1985-86)
Anton Sanko (synths, 1985-cca 1990)
Albums Discography:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Suzanne Vega
produced by: Lenny Kaye | 12.07.1985 | A&M | | 11 | 91 | | 2. | Solitude Standing | 5/1987 | A&M | | 2 | 11 | | 3. | Days Of Open Hand | 16.04.1990 | A&M | | 7 | 50 | | 4. | Tom's Album | 9/1991 | A&M |  | | | | 5. | 99.9F | 07.09.1992 | A&M | | 20 | 86 | | 6. | Nine Objects Of Desire | 09.09.1996 | A&M | | | 92 | | 7. | Tried & True - The Best Of Suzanne Vega | 12.10.1998 | A&M | | 46 | | | 8. | Songs In Red and Gray | 25.09.2001 | Interscope/Geffen/A&M | | | 178 | | 9. | Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega | 22.04.2003 | A&M | | 27 | | | 10. | Live In Montreux 2004 | 6/2007 | Eagle |  | | | | 11. | Beauty & Crime
produced by: Jimmy Hogarth | 17.07.2007 | Blue Note | | | | | 12. | Close-Up, Vol. 1: Love Songs | 15.06.2010 | Razor & Tie | | | | | 13. | Close Up Vol 2: People & Places | 12.10.2010 | Razor & Tie | | | | | 14. | Close Up Volume 3: States Of Being | 12.07.2011 | Suzanne Vega | | | | | 15. | Close-Up, Vol. 4: Songs of Family | 04.09.2012 | Amanuensis Productions | | | | | 16. | Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican 2012 | 18.12.2012 | Concert Live | | | | | 17. | Tales from the Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles | 18.02.2014 | Cooking Vinyl | | 37 | 173 | | 18. | Close-Up Series | 06.05.2014 | Cooking Vinyl | | | | | 19. | Live at the Speakeasy | 23.06.2014 | All Access | | | | | 20. | The Bottom Line: New York 1986 | 27.11.2015 | Air Cuts | | | | | 21. | Live at the Barbican, Vol. 1 | 06.05.2016 | Let Them Eat Vinyl | | | | | 22. | Live at the Barbican, Vol. 2 | 06.05.2016 | Let Them Eat Vinyl | | | | | 23. | Lover, Beloved: Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers | 14.10.2016 | Cooking Vinyl | | | | | 24. | An Evening With New York Songs And Stories | 9/2020 | Cooking Vinyl | | 78 | |
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Singles Discography:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Marlene On The Wall / Neighborhood Girls | 8/1985 | A&M | 83 | | | 2. | Small Blue Thing / The Queen And The Soldier
7"(2) + Some Journey / Black Widow Station | 1/1986 | A&M | 65 | | | 3. | Small Blue Thing / Left Of Center
(v USA) | 2/1986 | A&M | | | | 4. | Marlene On The Wall / Small Blue Thing
10" + Neighborhood Girls / Straight Lines (live) | 3/1986 | A&M | 14 | | | 5. | Left Of Center / Undertow
10",CD + Freeze Tag (live) / Cracking | 5/1986 | A&M | 27 | | | 6. | Gypsy / Cracking (live)
12" + Knight Movies (live) | 10/1986 | A&M | 77 | | | 7. | In A Lonely Room / Beauty And Sadness
12" + Blood And Roses / Mr. Eliminator
& Smithereens,
(v GB) | 1/1987 | Enigma | | | | 8. | In A Lonely Room / Blood And Roses (live)
& Smithereens,
(v USA) | 1/1987 | Enigma | | | | 9. | Luka / Night Vision | 5/1987 | A&M | | 3 | | 10. | Luka / Straight Lines (live)
12" + Neighbourhood Girls
10",CD + Cracking (alternative mix) | 5/1987 | A&M | 16 | | | 11. | Tom's Diner / Left Of Center
10",12",CD + Luka (live) | 7/1987 | A&M | 58 | | | 12. | Solitude Standing / Tom's Diner | 9/1987 | A&M | | 94 | | 13. | Gypsy / Left Of Center | 11/1987 | A&M | | | | 14. | Solitude Standing / Luka
12" + Ironbound-Fancy Poultry
10",CD + Marlene On The Wall (live) / Some Journey (live) | 11/1987 | A&M | 79 | | | 15. | Compact Hits EP
(Luka / Left Of Center / Neighbourhood Girls / The Queen And The Soldier) | 10/1988 | A&M | | | | 16. | Book Of Dreams / Big Space
CD + Marlene On The Wall (live) / Ironbound (live)
10" + Fancy Poultry | 4/1990 | A&M | 66 | | | 17. | Tired Of Sleeping / Those Whole Girls (Run In Grace)
10",CD + Left Of Center / Room Off The Street | 6/1990 | A&M | | | | 18. | Tom's Diner
& DNA | 7/1990 | A&M | 1 | 5 | | 19. | Men In A War / Undertow (live)
12",CD + Men In A War (live) | 9/1990 | A&M | | | | 20. | In Liverpool / Some Journey (Live)
CD + The Queen And The Soldier / Luka | 10.08.1992 | A&M | 52 | | | 21. | 99.9F / Men Will Be Men
CD1 + Rock In This Pocket (acoustic) / In Liverpool (acoustic)
CD2 + Tired Of Sleeping / Straight Lines / Tom's Diner (all live) | 02.11.1992 | A&M | 46 | | | 22. | Blood Makes Noise / Tom's Diner
12" + Blood Makes Noise (Mitchell Froom remix) / Blood Makes Noise (house mix) / Blood Makes Noise (master mix)
CD + Neighbourhood Girls / Predictions / China Doll | 12/1992 | A&M | 60 | | | 23. | When Heroes Go Down / Knight Moves (live)
CD1 + Men In A War (live) / Gypsy (live)
CD2 + Marlene On The Wall / Luka / Left Of Center | 15.03.1993 | A&M | 58 | | | 24. | No Cheap Thrill | 2/1997 | A&M | 40 | | | 25. | Waiting In Vain / Like 2 Do It Right
& Snoop & Jackson 5 & Cham & Elephant Man & Busta Rhymes | 04.06.2007 | Jiggy Remix | | | | 26. | Music Castle EP 2
(Get On Down / Tom's Diner)
& DJ Deckstream & Kenny Dope | 19.09.2009 | Lastrum | | |
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Videos:
1. Live In Montreux 2004 - 6/2007, Eagle, live, 90 min
Bibliography:
Suzanne Vega: The Passioante Eyes: The Collected Writing Of Suzanne Vega (1999)
Awards:
1987 New Musical Express Readers' Poll - Best Female Vocal
1990 Grammy Awards - Best Album Package ("Days Of Open Hand")
2007 Grammy Awards - Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical ("Beauty & Crime")
WWW Links:
http://www.suzannevega.com
http://www.vega.net
Various:
17.3.1995 married Mitchellem Froomem
1999 rozvod
appeared on the LP:
Smithereens: Especially For You (8/86, Enigma)
Hector Zazou: Songs From The Cold Seas (24.4.95, Columbia)
Fernando Saunders: Plant A Seed (1/11)
Compilation Appearances:
"Story Of Isaac" on Leonard Cohen Tribute "Tower Of Song" (7/95, A&M)
"Gypsy" on compilation "Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters" (26.2.02, Smithsonian Folkways)
"Luka" on compilation "Respond II" (21.1.03, Koch)
"Tombstone" on OST "The Haunted Mansion: Haunted Hits" (25.11.03, Walt Disney)
"Woman on the Tier (I'll See You Through)" on OST "Dead Man Walking: Legacy Edition" (7.2.06, Columbia/Legacy)
Press References:
| Big Beng! | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1998 | 38 | 29.10.1998 | 25 | Forum kritikum | album review | | 1999 | 24 | 24.06.1999 | 13 | Live - E.T. Jam '99 | gig review | | 2001 | 20 | 25.10.2001 | 19 | | profile, discography | | 2001 | 20 | 25.10.2001 | 43 | Forum kritikum | album review | | Gramorevue | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1988 | 4 | | 4 | | profile | | Melodie | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1987 | 11 | | 22 | | profile | | 1991 | 2 | | 11 | | profile, gig review | | Melody Maker | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1997 | 25 | 21.06.1997 | 47 | Live - Fleadh Festival | gig review | | Rock & Pop | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1990 | 3 | 08.06.1990 | 8 | | profile | | 1990 | 3 | 08.06.1990 | 18 | Songbook | | | 1990 | 7 | 03.08.1990 | 27 | LP,MC,CD,demo | album review, demo review | | 1990 | 11 | 28.09.1990 | 23 | Live | gig review | | 1991 | 2 | 31.01.1991 | 23 | Live | gig review | | 1992 | 25 | 18.12.1992 | 14 | | album review | | 1992 | 25 | 18.12.1992 | 28 | Recenze | album review | | 1993 | 6 | 01.04.1993 | 31 | Live | gig review | | 1993 | 12 | 24.06.1993 | 38 | Live | gig review | | 1996 | 12 | | 87 | Recenze - Novinky | album review | | 1997 | 4 | | 33 | Bezprostředně | | | 1997 | 4 | | 95 | Live Special | gig review | | 1998 | 10 | | 12 | Pelmel - Venku | | | 1998 | 12 | | 13 | Pelmel - 10&3 | interview | | 1998 | 12 | | 113 | Recenze - Atd. | album review | | 1999 | 1 | | 31 | ženy v rocku | | | 1999 | 3 | | 14 | Pelmel | | | 1999 | 6 | | 8 | Rock & Top | | | 1999 | 7 | | 93 | Live - E.T. Jam | gig review | | 2001 | 8 | | 14 | Pelmel | | | 2001 | 11 | | 70 | | profile | | 2001 | 11 | | 106 | Recenze - Novinky | album review | | 2003 | 6 | | 30 | Hrr na ně | interview | | 2003 | 6 | | 78 | Recenze CD | album review | | 2003 | 7 | | 62 | Live | gig review | | 2003 | 8 | | 40 | | | | 2006 | 8 | | 78 | Live | gig review | | 2006 | 11 | | 34 | | | | 2007 | 7 | | 62 | Recenze | album review | | 2007 | 8 | | 57 | Recenze | album review | | 2007 | 9 | | 76 | Live | gig review | | 2008 | 6 | | 78 | Replay | | | 2008 | 8 | | 69 | Replay - Live | gig review | | 2009 | 6 | | 14 | Rock & Top - News | | | 2009 | 7 | | 86 | Replay - Máš lístek? | | | 2009 | 9 | | 78 | Replay - Live | gig review | | Rolling Stone | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1999 | 4 | | 70 | | interview |
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