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Suzanne Vega discography
Suzanne Vega in concert (February 2014)
Studio albums	8
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	2

The discography of American singer Suzanne Vega consists of eight studio albums of original material, four acoustic albums, two compilation albums and two live albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US	AUT	FRA	GER	NLD	NOR	NZL	SWE	SWI	UK
Suzanne Vega	Released: May 1985 Label: A&M	91	—	—	54	11	—	9	42	—	11
Solitude Standing	Released: April 1, 1987 Label: A&M	11	3	—	6	14	2	1	1	8	2
Days of Open Hand	Released: April 10, 1990 Label: A&M	50	9	—	16	29	16	24	19	19	7
99.9F°	Released: September 8, 1992 Label: A&M	86	—	—	27	70	—	38	45	24	20
Nine Objects of Desire	Released: September 10, 1996 Label: A&M	92	25	25	43	93	24	—	39	23	43
Songs in Red and Gray	Released: September 25, 2001 Label: A&M	178	—	36	53	—	34	—	—	47	100
Beauty & Crime	Released: June 11, 2007 Label: Blue Note/Capitol	129	—	52	81	—	—	—	—	79	127
Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles	Released: February 2014 Label: Amanuensis Productions	173	66	124	38	47	—	—	—	—	37
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Acoustic albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US Folk	FRA
Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs	Released: February 2, 2010 Label: Amanuensis Productions	—	—
Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places	Released: October 12, 2010 Label: Amanuensis Productions	10	199
Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being	Released: July 11, 2011 Label: Amanuensis Productions	—	—
Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family	Released: September 21, 2012 Label: Amanuensis Productions	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS	BEL (VL)	BEL (WA)	GER	NOR	SWI	UK
Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega	Released: 1998	96	16	33	58	8	29	46
Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega	Released: April 22, 2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	27
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details
Live at the Stephen Talkhouse	Released: June 2005 Label: United Musicians
Solitude Standing – Live at the Barbican	Released: 2013

Singles

As main artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
Title	Year	UK	US	AUS	IRE	AUT	NZL	CAN	SWE	FRA	NLD	Album
"Marlene on the Wall"	1985	85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Suzanne Vega
"Small Blue Thing"		65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Knight Moves"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Marlene on the Wall" (re-release)	1986	21	—	39	9	—	—	—	—	—	27
"Left of Center" (featuring Joe Jackson)		32	—	35	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	Pretty in Pink
"Gypsy"		77	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Solitude Standing
"Luka"	1987	23	3	21	11	9	8	5	2	24	40
"Tom's Diner"		58	—	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Solitude Standing"		79	94	91	—	—	45	—	—	—	—
"Book of Dreams"	1990	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Days of Open Hand
"Tired of Sleeping"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Men in a War"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"In Liverpool"	1992	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	99.9F°
"99.9F°"		46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Blood Makes Noise"		60	—	61	—	—	42	27	—	—	—
"When Heroes Go Down"	1993	58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"No Cheap Thrill"	1996	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	20	Nine Objects of Desire
"Fool's Complaint"	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

"Rusted Pipe (DNA remix)", promotional, 1991
"Caramel", 1996
"Birth-day", promotional, 1997
"World before Columbus", 1997
"Headshots", promotional, 1997
"Book & a Cover", 1998
"Rosemary / Remember me", 1999
"Widow's Walk", promotional, 2001
"Last Year's Troubles", promotional, 2001 (#42 on UK airplay)
"Penitent", promotional, 2001
"(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May", promotional, 2002
"Frank & Ava", promotional, 2007 (#65 on UK airplay)
"Ludlow Street", promotional, 2007
"Unbound", promotional, 2007
"Pornographer's Dream", podsafe, 2007 – PMC #1

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
Title	Year	UK	US	AUS	IRE	GER	SWI	AUT	NZL	FRA	NLD	Album
"Tom's Diner" (DNA featuring Suzanne Vega)	1990	2	5	8	2	1	1	1	8	16	4	Taste This

Other contributions

Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988) – "Stay Awake"
One World One Voice (1990) – "One World, One Voice"
Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead (1991) – "Cassidy" and "China Doll"
DNA: Taste This (1992) – "Tom's Diner (DNA Remix)" and "Salt Water"
Hector Zazou: Songs From the Cold Sea (1994) – "The Long Voyage" (with John Cale)
Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III (1994) - "Luka" (live version)
Tower of Song (1995) – "Story of Isaac"
Dead Man Walking soundtrack (1995) – "Woman on the Tier (I'll See You Through)"
The Smithereens: Blown to Smithereens (1995) – "In a Lonely Place"
Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro (1997) – "Buy and Sell"
"Perfect Day" (multi-artist cover version recorded for the BBC, 1997)
Joe Jackson: Heaven & Hell (1997) – "Angel (Lust)"
Mitchell Froom: Dopamine (1998) – "Dopamine"
Celebrate the Season (1998) – "Coventry Carol"
Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's (1999) – "So Long, Marianne" (with John Cale)
Dan Zanes: Rocket Ship Beach (2000) – "Erie Canal"
Hear Music Volume 7: Waking (2002) – "Widow's Walk"
107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) – "Widow's Walk"
WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 - On Air Performances (2002) – "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May"
Vigil (album) (2004) – "It Hit Home"
WFUV: City Folk Live VII (2004) – "Penitent"
The Acoustic Album (2006, Virgin) – "Marlene On the Wall"
Dar Williams: Promised Land (2008) – "Go to the Woods"
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul (2009) – "The Man Who Played God"
Pioneers for a Cure: Songs To Fight Cancer (2011) – "Streets of Laredo"
Jonathan Coulton: Artificial Heart (2011) – "Now I Am An Arsonist"

References

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^ Ward, Jaclyn. "Irish Charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
"Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Various Artists". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 23, 2011.

v t e Suzanne Vega
Studio albums	Suzanne Vega Solitude Standing Days of Open Hand 99.9F° Nine Objects of Desire Songs in Red and Gray Beauty & Crime Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers
Acoustic albums	Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family Close-Up Series (box set)
Live albums	Live in London 1986 Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican Live at the Speakeasy Sessions at West 54th An Evening of New York Songs and Stories
Compilations	Tried & True Retrospective
Singles	"Marlene on the Wall" "Left of Center" "Luka" "Tom's Diner" "Solitude Standing" "Blood Makes Noise" "Caramel" "No Cheap Thrill" "Book & a Cover"
Related articles	Discography Tim Vega Mitchell Froom

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