Songs in Red and Gray

Songs in Red and Gray is the sixth studio album release by New York-based singer/songwriter and musician Suzanne Vega. The album was Vega's final album for A&M Records (with whom she had been with since 1983) and also marks the divorce with her husband and producer Mitchell Froom. Lyrically, most of the songs deal with the ending of the marriage, notably Widow's Walk, If I Were a Weapon, and Soap and Water ("slip me loose of this wedding band").

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. "Song 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
13. "St. Clare" - 2:30 (Jack Hardy)

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