| Close-Up Vol. 2, People and Places | ||||
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| Studio album by Suzanne Vega | ||||
| Released | 12 October 2010 | |||
| Genre | Acoustic | |||
| Length | 48:06 | |||
| Label | Amanuensis Productions | |||
| Suzanne Vega chronology | ||||
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Close-Up Vol. 2, People and Places is the ninth studio album released by New York-based singer/songwriter and musician Suzanne Vega.[2] The album consists of re-recordings of songs from Vega's back catalogue with stripped-down arrangements that highlight her lyrics and melodies. The track "The Man Who Played God" was included in its original version on the album Dark Night of the Soul by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse.
All songs written and composed by Suzanne Vega, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Luka" | Solitude Standing (1987) | 3:13 | |
| 2. | "Zephyr & I" | Beauty & Crime (2007) | 3:09 | |
| 3. | "New York Is a Woman" | Beauty & Crime (2007) | 2:59 | |
| 4. | "In Liverpool" | 99.9F° (1992) | 4:50 | |
| 5. | "Calypso" | Solitude Standing (1987) | 3:45 | |
| 6. | "Fat Man and Dancing Girl" | Vega, Mitchell Froom | 99.9F° (1992) | 2:18 |
| 7. | "The Queen and the Soldier" | Suzanne Vega (1985) | 5:03 | |
| 8. | "Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)" | 99.9F° (1992) | 3:40 | |
| 9. | "Angel’s Doorway" | Beauty & Crime (2007) | 2:53 | |
| 10. | "Ironbound/Fancy Poultry" | Vega, Anton Sanko | Solitude Standing (1987) | 5:01 |
| 11. | "Neighborhood Girls" | Suzanne Vega (1985) | 3:32 | |
| 12. | "Tom’s Diner" | Solitude Standing (1987) | 4:34 | |
| 13. | "The Man Who Played God" | Danger Mouse, Mark Linkous, Vega | 3:08 | |
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Total length:
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48:06 | |||
| SuzanneVega.com bonus tracks [3][4] | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length | |||||
| 14. | "Song of Sand" | 99.9F° (1992) | 3:07 | ||||||
| 15. | "Room off the Street" | Vega, Sanko | Days of Open Hand (1990) | 3:00 | |||||
| 16. | "Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser’s Song)" | Vega, Michael Visceglia, Sanko, Marc Shulman, Stephen Ferrera | Solitude Standing (1987) | 4:26 | |||||
| 17. | "Priscilla" | Songs in Red and Gray (2001) | 3:45 | ||||||
| 18. | "Frank and Ava" | Beauty & Crime (2007) | 2:41 | ||||||
| 19. | "Luka" (en Español) | Solitude Standing (1987) | 3:22 | ||||||
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Total length:
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68:27 | ||||||||
| iTunes and Amazon.com bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length | |||||
| 14. | "Song of Sand" | 99.9F° (1992) | 3:07 | ||||||
| 15. | "Priscilla" | Songs in Red and Gray (2001) | 3:45 | ||||||
| 16. | "Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser’s Song)" | Vega, Michael Visceglia, Sanko, Marc Shulman, Stephen Ferrera | Solitude Standing (1987) | 4:26 | |||||
| 17. | "Luka" (en Español) | Solitude Standing (1987) | 3:22 | ||||||
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Total length:
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62:46 | ||||||||
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