''Songs in Red and Gray'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega ( Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter best known for her folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans almost 40 years. She came to prominence in the mid-1980s, releasing four singles that entered the ...
. It was released on September 25, 2001 by
A&M Records.
Music and lyrics
On ''Songs in Red and Gray'', Vega returns to her signature acoustic
folk-pop sound, shedding the experiments she had done in the 1990s with her husband, record producer
Mitchell Froom.
New producer
Rupert Hine shows some traces of his past work with
'80s new wave bands by employing electronic beats,
but mostly allows Vega's voice and guitar to dominate in a manner reminiscent of
her debut album and its 1987 follow-up, ''
Solitude Standing
''Solitude Standing'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, released on April 1, 1987, by A&M Records. It is the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album of Vega's, being certified Platinum in t ...
''.
Most of the songs, like "Widow's Walk" and "If I Were a Weapon", deal with the dissolution of Vega's marriage with Froom.
Her "calm, hushed, clear singing"
belies the album's "mood of heartbroken defiance".
The lyrics are "the most personally revealing songs she has written" in her career.
Track listing
Personnel
* Suzanne Vega – vocals, acoustic guitar
*
Gerry Leonard – electric and acoustic guitars, dulcimer, mandolin, zither
*
Rupert Hine – keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, drum programming
* Mike Visceglia – bass guitar
* Nik Pugh – drum programming, synth lead
*
Jay Bellerose – drums
*
Matt Johnson – drums
* Doug Yowell – drums, percussion
* Pamela Sue Man – backing vocals, harmony vocals
* Elizabeth Taubman – harmony vocals
*
Stephen W Tayler
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...
– recording and mixing engineer
Charts
References
External links
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2001 albums
Suzanne Vega albums
Albums produced by Rupert Hine
A&M Records albums