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The Best of Suzanne Vega: Tried and True

 
Album Review: The Best of Suzanne Vega: Tried and True
 

  • Artist: Suzanne Vega
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: December 14, 1999
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Rock

Review

This excellent overview of Vega's career contains all the hits and a fair sampling from each of her five albums, though Days of Open Hand receives a cold shoulder (only "Book of Dreams" represents it here), being a critical and personal failure. The CD as a whole shows that while Vega has stayed fairly consistent as a songwriter, her growth has been marked in the collaborations with various producers, from the spare, simplistic sound stages of Steve Addabbo and Lenny Kaye to the lush metallurgy of Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake. The collection also features that bane of fans, the exclusive track, necessitating purchasing the CD when one owns all the other material. However, these two new songs -- "Book & a Cover" and "Rosemary" -- are quality entries in Vega's songbook, and once again feature the production skills of Froom and Blake. ~ Ted Mills, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Luka Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (3:52)
Tom's Diner [DNA Featuring Suzanne Vega] Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (3:50)
Marlene on the Wall Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (3:41)
Caramel Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (2:55)
99.9° F. Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (3:14)
Small Blue Thing Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (3:55)
Blood Makes Noise Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (2:29)
Left of Center [Featuring Joe Jackson on Piano] Suzanne Vega, Steve Addabbo Suzanne Vega (3:35)
In Liverpool Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (4:44)
Gypsy Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (4:04)
Book of Dreams Suzanne Vega, Anton Sanko Suzanne Vega (3:23)
No Cheap Thrill Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (3:10)
World Before Columbus Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (3:27)
When Heroes Go Down Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (1:56)
The Queen and the Soldier Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (4:50)
Book and a Cover Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (3:49)
Rosemary Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega (2:45)

Credits

Suzanne Vega (Main Performer)
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