| Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs | ||||
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| Studio album by Suzanne Vega | ||||
| Released | Download: 2 February 2010 CD: 9 February 2010 |
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| Genre | Acoustic | |||
| Length | 45:55 | |||
| Label | Amanuensis Productions | |||
| Suzanne Vega chronology | ||||
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Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs is the eighth studio album release by New York-based singer/songwriter and musician Suzanne Vega. The album consists of re-recordings of songs from Vega's back catalogue with stripped-down arrangements that highlight her lyrics and melodies.
Love Songs is the first volume of Vega's Close-Up Collection which is to be released over the next two years; and will be followed by the albums People and Places, States of Being and Songs of Family.[1]
A "Deluxe Edition" available exclusively on iTunes includes four extra tracks.
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Daily Express | [3] |
| PopMatters | (7/10) [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
All songs written and composed by Suzanne Vega.
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Small Blue Thing" | Suzanne Vega (1985) | 4:04 |
| 2. | "Caramel" | Nine Objects of Desire (1996) | 3:06 |
| 3. | "If You Were in My Movie" | 99.9F° (1992) | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Gypsy" | Solitude Standing (1987) | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Marlene on the Wall" | Suzanne Vega (1985) | 4:15 |
| 6. | "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May" | Songs in Red and Gray (2001) | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Harbor Song" | Songs in Red and Gray (2001) | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Headshots" | Nine Objects of Desire (1996) | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Song in Red and Gray" | Songs in Red and Gray (2001) | 4:16 |
| 10. | "Stockings" | Nine Objects of Desire (1996) | 3:40 |
| 11. | "Some Journey" | Suzanne Vega (1985) | 4:23 |
| 12. | "Bound" | Beauty & Crime (2007) | 4:17 |
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Total length:
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45:55 | ||
| iTunes bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Original album | Length | ||||||
| 13. | "99.9F°" | 99.9F° (1992) | 3:05 | ||||||
| 14. | "It Makes Me Wonder" | Songs in Red and Gray (2001) | 4:04 | ||||||
| 15. | "Freeze Tag" | Suzanne Vega (1985) | 2:53 | ||||||
| 16. | "Knight Moves" | Suzanne Vega (1985) | 3:52 | ||||||
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Total length:
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59:49 | ||||||||
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