Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Though not the songs that would put her on the pop music map--that would come with 1987's Solitude Standing--Vega's first album shows her folky songwriting origins and, song for song, may still be her best. Produced by Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye, the sound is softly sculpted by Kaye's silvery guitar and an airy, occaisonal string section, matching the dream-like introspection of "Queen and the Soldier" and the surreal word play of "Small Blue Thing." Vega's philosophical, quiet, but confident approach would open the door for a second generation of female singer-songwriters like Dar Williams and Shawn Colvin. Her debut remains an unassuming sleeper for one of the '80s best folk or pop albums. --Roy Francis Kasten Amazon.com

Debut Album - Suzzane Vega

An impressive and unique debut for one of the most introspective, and sparse acoustic players.
Often detached in her storytelling, she still manages superbly to convey a sense of intimacy & urgency.
A MUST HAVE!!! September 11, 2007

Suzanne Vega doesn't bore me

This was the second CD of Suzanne Vega's that I ever bought. I figured that since I liked 'Solitude Standing' (my first) I would like this one. And I was right. I could not explain it but every song grabbed my attention. I think it has to do with the fact that Suzanne Vega can write lyrics about tangable things and not bore you to death with superficial repeatitive lyrics whose rhyme you can figure out before it is sung. Suzanne Vega's lyrics don't bore me. They are food for my ears, mind, and spirit. July 20, 2007

The woman on this album still fascinates me

This was my first Suzanne Vega album and remains one of my two favorites along with Solitude Standing. Suzanne's lyrics gave you just enough of a glimpse to make you long to understand the unspoken secrets lurking in the head of this mysterious, extremely intelligent yet strangely vulnerable woman. Very SEXY stuff without any sense of her consciously trying to be.

Like most of her fans I especially enjoyed "Marlene On The Wall" and "The Queen and The Soldier" -- but I'm also terribly curious about what kind of man she was writing to when she wrote "Some Journey". I wonder about the "rose tattoo from the fingerprints on me from you" -- was she abused herself? There are mysteries here that you may never solve, but your mind and your heart will grow in the process. Buy it, enjoy it. This is Suzanne at her best. March 7, 2007

Ok..

This is sublime. I mean Heaven more so than cake. I love this cd. I am someone. I'm not nothing. Poo..It may not stop the power. Freakin rock? Yeah..Heavy metaL devil horns..I love..This! I am the Neighborhood girl ever changing! February 19, 2007

Just amazing

It occurred to me only just tonight how much "The Queen and the Soldier" applies to the Iraq war, so many years after Vega performed it. As a love song and a political allegory alike, it's a haunting and timeless piece of work.

As is the rest of the album, for that matter. Only her most recent effort, "Songs in Red and Gray," can deliver a serious challenge. December 9, 2006

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