Days of Open Hand
Days of Open Hand | ||||
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Studio album by Suzanne Vega | ||||
Released | April 10, 1990 | |||
Recorded |
1990 Skyline Studios, RPM Studios, The Living Room and with the effanel remote system | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 45:51 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Anton Sanko, Suzanne Vega | |||
Suzanne Vega chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[2] |
Q | [3] |
Robert Christgau | B−[4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
Days of Open Hand is Suzanne Vega's third album, released in 1990. This album won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1991.
Track listing
All songs written by Suzanne Vega except as noted.
- "Tired of Sleeping" – 4:22
- "Men in a War" – 4:47
- "Rusted Pipe" (Vega, Anton Sanko) – 4:16
- "Book of Dreams" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:22
- "Institution Green" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 6:15
- "Those Whole Girls (Run in Grace)" – 3:09
- "Room off the Street" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:00
- "Big Space" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:46
- "Predictions" – 4:59
- "Fifty-Fifty Chance"– 2:36
- "Pilgrimage" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 5:10
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, DX7II 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
Additional Personnel
- John Linnell – accordion on 1
- Shawn Colvin – background vocals on 4
- 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
Charts
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums | 74 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 9 |
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[7] | 29 |
German Albums (Official Top 100)[8] | 16 |
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[9] | 24 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] | 16 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 19 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] | 19 |
UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 7 |
US Billboard 200[14] | 50 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
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1990 | "Book of Dreams" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 8 |
UK Singles Chart | 66[15] | ||
References
- ↑ AllMusic review
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
- ↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
- ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "1990-04-28 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Suzanne Vega. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Book+Of+Dreams#single
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