Days of Open Hand

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Days of Open Hand
Studio album by Suzanne Vega
Released	April 10, 1990 (1990-04-10)
Recorded	1990
Genre	Rock
Label	A&M
Producer	Anton Sanko, Suzanne Vega
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone link
Suzanne Vega chronology
Solitude Standing (1987) Days of Open Hand (1990) 99.9F° (1992)

Days of Open Hand is Suzanne Vega's third album, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music). This album won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1991.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional Personnel 3 Charts 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Suzanne Vega except as noted.

1. "Tired of Sleeping" – 4:22
2. "Men in a War" – 4:47
3. "Rusted Pipe" (Vega, Anton Sanko) – 4:16
4. "Book of Dreams" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:22
5. "Institution Green" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 6:15
6. "Those Whole Girls (Run in Grace)" – 3:09
7. "Room Off the Street" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:00
8. "Big Space" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:46
9. "Predictions" – 4:59
10. "Fifty Fifty Chance"– 2:36
11. "Pilgrimage" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 5:10

[edit] Personnel

• Suzanne Vega – vocal, acoustic guitar on 1 2 4 6 8 9 10, background vocals on 1 2 7 11, Fairlight on 3 8, hand claps on 7
• Michael Visceglia – five-string bass on 1 2 3 6, fretless bass on 5 9 11
• Marc Shulman – electric guitar on 1 2 3 4 5 9 11, tiple on 1 6 8, electric 12-string guitar on 4, E-Bow guitar on 5 9 11, bouzouki on 8
• Anton Sanko – Hammond C3 on 1 2 3, Akai S1000 on 2 3 6 11, Sequential Circuits Prophet VS on 3 8 9 11, Fairlight CMI percussion programming on 3 11, Voyetra Eight on 5 11, Fairlight on 5 6 8 9, DX711 on 5, string arrangements on 5, classical guitar on 7, tiple on 7, harmonium on 8, additional electric guitar on 9
• Frank Vilardi – drums on 1 2 3 4 5 11, rims on 5, brushes on 5, Akai S-1000 on 6, shaker on 8, percussion on 8, floor tom on 9, snare drum on 9, cymbal on 9, Blastics on 11
• Michael Blair – metal percussion on 2 4 9, tambourine on 2, wood percussion on 4 9, shaker on 7 11, orchestral bass drum on 9, Chinese drum on 9, hand drum on 11

[edit] Additional Personnel

• John Linnell – accordion on 1
• Shawn Colvin – background vocals on 2
• Sandra Park – 1st violin on 5
• Hae-Young Ham – violin on 5
• Rebecca Young Schatz – viola on 5
• Maria Kitsoupolos – cello on 5
• Erik Sanko – fretless bass on 7
• Hearn Gadbois – dumbek on 7
• Glen Velez – frame drum on 7
• Richard Horowitz – ney on 7
• Percy Jones – fretless bass on 9
• Philip Glass – string arrangement on 10
• Tim Baker – violin on 10
• Barry Finclair – violin on 10
• Fred Zlotkin – cello on 10
• Al Brown – viola on 10

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1990	The Billboard 200	50
1990	UK albums chart	7
1990	New Zealand albums chart	24
1990	Australia albums chart	74
1990	Germany albums chart	16
1990	Norway albums chart	2

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Peak Position
1990	"Book of Dreams"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	8

[edit] External links

• The Album Pages fansite: Days of Open Hand link
• Suzanne Vega Discography: solo albums page link