Suzanne Vega, Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega - 1h 16m 13s

Tracks & Durations

1. Luka	3:54
2. Tom's Diner	3:51
3. Marlene on the Wall	3:43
4. Caramel	2:56
5. 99.9 F	3:17
6. Tired of Sleeping	4:27
7. Small Blue Thing	3:57
8. Blood Makes Noise	2:31
9. Left of Center	3:32
10. (I'll never be) your Maggie May	3:50
11. In Liverpool	4:46
12. Gypsy	4:05
13. Book of Dreams	3:26
14. No Cheap Thrill	3:12
15. Calypso	4:15
16. World before Columbus	3:29
17. Solitude Standing	4:41
18. Penitent	4:20
19. Rosemary	2:46
20. The Queen and the Soldier [Live]	5:02

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Review

It's the rare singer-songwriter whose emotional confessions rise above bathos to find true resonance with their listeners; rarer still the one who can connect their audience with the plight of everyday strangers. Suzanne Vega not only managed that feat on her unlikely, child-abuse themed breakthrough hit "Luka" in `88, but opened the door for a renaissance of intelligent, female folk-oriented music in the decade that followed. This 21-track anthology spans Vega's career before and since, a chronicle of cool, sharp-eyed detachment infused by a restless, oft-underrated sense of musical invention that spans club-mixes (the "Tom's Diner" here was originally a "pirate" deejay mix by DNA that Vega wisely adopted), Latin jazz ("Caramel"), electro-percussive rhythm explorations ("Blood Makes Noise," "99.9F," and ""Woman on the Tier" from the Dead Man Walking soundtrack) neo-classicism ("Small Blue Thing") and a sharp-edged pop sense ("I'll Never Be Your Maggie May," "Book of Dreams") that can't be denied. That it's all still clearly rooted in a diverse pantheon that includes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Woody Guthrie is all the more remarkable. Rarities include "Left of Center" from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack, a live "Queen and the Soldier" and previously import-only "Rosemary." Also features all lyrics and the insightful recollections of Vega colleague/Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye. --Jerry McCulley

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