Songs in Red and Gray

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Songs in Red and Gray
Songs in Red and Gray cover
Studio album by Suzanne Vega
Released September 25, 2001
Recorded November 2000 - May 2001
Genre Pop, rock
Label A&M Records
Producer Rupert Hine
Professional reviews
Suzanne Vega chronology
Nine Objects of Desire
(1996)		 Songs in Red and Gray
(2001)		 Beauty & Crime
(2007)

Songs in Red and Gray is the sixth studio album release by New York-based singer/songwriter and musician Suzanne Vega. The album marks the divorce with her husband and producer Mitchell Froom. This can be heard in both the lyrics and music. Lyrically, most of the songs deal with the ending of the marriage. Musically, it marks the end of her experimental period, which was displayed on her two previous albums, 99.9F° and Nine Objects of Desire. The sound of this album is more comparable to her earlier work.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Suzanne Vega; except where indicated

  1. "Penitent" - 4:16
  2. "Widow's Walk" - 3:33
  3. "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May" - 3:47
  4. "It Makes Me Wonder" - 4:00
  5. "Soap And Water" - 3:03
  6. "Songs In Red And Gray" - 4:18
  7. "Last Year's Troubles" - 3:35
  8. "Priscilla" - 4:14
  9. "If I Were A Weapon" - 2:45
  10. "Harbor Song" - 4:18
  11. "Machine Ballerina" - 2:57
  12. "Solitaire" - 2:10 (Jack Hardy)
  13. "St. Clare" - 2:30

[edit] Personnel

  • Suzanne Vega - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals, distorted acoustic guitar
  • Rupert Hine - drum programming, bass, piano, strings, keyboards, percussion, woodwinds, orchestral percussion
  • Nick Hugh - drum programming, synth lead
  • Gerry Leonard - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, mandolins, zither, dulcimer
  • Elizabeth Taubman - harmony vocals
  • Matt Johnson - drums
  • Mike Visceglia - bass
  • Jay Bellerose - drums
  • Doug Yowell - drums, percussion
  • Pamela Sue Man - backing vocals, harmony vocals
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