Suzanne Vega discography

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Suzanne Vega discography
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Suzanne Vega in concert (February 2014)
Studio albums9
Live albums7
Compilation albums3
EPs1
Singles23

The discography of American singer Suzanne Vega consists of nine studio albums, four acoustic albums, two greatest hits albums, one box set, seven live albums, one extended play, and 23 singles.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NOR
[7]
NZL
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11] [12]
Suzanne Vega
  • Released: May 1985
  • Label: A&M
9123541194211
Solitude Standing
  • Released: April 1, 1987
  • Label: A&M
11731861421182
Days of Open Hand
  • Released: April 10, 1990
  • Label: A&M
50749251629162419197
99.9F°
  • Released: September 8, 1992
  • Label: A&M
8656277038452420
Nine Objects of Desire
  • Released: September 10, 1996
  • Label: A&M
921132525439324392343
Songs in Red and Gray
  • Released: September 25, 2001
  • Label: A&M
17818736533447100
Beauty & Crime 129528179127
Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles 17366124384737
Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers
  • Released: October 14, 2016 [13]
  • Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Acoustic albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Current

[14]
US
Folk

[15]
BEL
(FL)

[16]
FRA
[4]
Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs
  • Released: February 2, 2010
  • Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl
Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places
  • Released: October 12, 2010
  • Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl
18610199
Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being
  • Released: July 11, 2011
  • Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl
Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family
  • Released: September 21, 2012
  • Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl
160
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[16]
BEL
(WA)

[17]
GER
[5]
NOR
[7]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11]
Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega
  • Released: September 28, 1998 [18]
  • Label: A&M
9616335882946
Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega
  • Released: April 22, 2003 [18]
  • Label: A&M
27
Close-Up Series
  • Released: August 12, 2014
  • Label: Amanuensis
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Current

[14]
AUS
[2]
Live in London 1986
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: A&M
93
Sessions at West 54th
  • Released: 1997 (Japan), 1998 (US)
  • Label: A&M
Live at the Stephen Talkhouse
Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican
  • Released: February 18, 2013
  • Label: Concert Live Ltd.
Live at the Speakeasy
  • Released: October 20, 2014
  • Label: All Access
Live at the Bottom Line, NY 1986
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Air Cuts
Live At Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, 6 Aug 87 – Both Sets (Remastered)
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Amazon?
An Evening of New York Songs and Stories
  • Released: September 11, 2020
  • Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl
70

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
iTunes Festival: London 2008
  • Released: August 5, 2008
  • Label: Outsider Art

Singles

As main artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[20]
US
Main

[21]
US
Modern

[22]
US
AAA

[23]
AUS
[2]
CAN IRE
[24]
NLD
[6]
NZL
[8]
UK
[11]
"Marlene on the Wall"198583Suzanne Vega
"Small Blue Thing"65
"Knight Moves"
"Marlene on the Wall" (re-release)19863992721
"Left of Center"
(featuring Joe Jackson)
352832 Pretty in Pink
"Gypsy"77Solitude Standing
"Luka"19873152151140823
"Tom's Diner"2658
"Solitude Standing"9443914579
"Book of Dreams"199047810266Days of Open Hand
"Tired of Sleeping"145
"Men in a War"
"In Liverpool"19925299.9F°
"99.9F°"1312546
"Blood Makes Noise"161634260
"When Heroes Go Down"199311358
"Caramel"1996Nine Objects of Desire
"No Cheap Thrill"1215540
"World Before Columbus"1997
"Book & a Cover"1998Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega
"Rosemary (Remember Me)"1999
"Fool's Complaint"2014Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
"We of Me"2016Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
AAA

[23]
UK
Airplay
"Birth-Day (Love Made Real)"1997Nine Objects of Desire
"Headshots"
"The Widow's Walk"20016Songs in Red and Gray
"Last Year's Troubles"42
"Penitent"
"(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May"2002
"Frank & Ava"20072065Beauty & Crime
"Ludlow Street"
"Unbound"
"Pornographer's Dream"
"I Never Wear White"2014Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
"Harper Lee"2016Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[20]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[24]
NLD
[6]
NZL
[8]
SWI
[25]
UK
[11]
"Tom's Diner"
(DNA featuring Suzanne Vega)
199058116124812Taste This

Other contributions

Music videos

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