Suzanne Vega discography
 Suzanne Vega in concert (February 2014) | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 8 |
| ↙Live albums | 2 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 2 |
The discography of American singer Suzanne Vega consists of eight studio albums of original material, four acoustic albums, two compilation albums and two live albums.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUT [2] |
FRA [3] |
GER [4] |
NLD [5] |
NOR [6] |
NZL [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10][11] | ||
| Suzanne Vega |
|
91 | — | — | 54 | 11 | — | 9 | 42 | — | 11 |
| Solitude Standing |
|
11 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Days of Open Hand |
|
50 | 9 | 25 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 7 |
| 99.9F° |
|
86 | — | — | 27 | 70 | — | 38 | 45 | 24 | 20 |
| Nine Objects of Desire |
|
92 | 25 | 25 | 43 | 93 | 24 | — | 39 | 23 | 43 |
| Songs in Red and Gray |
|
178 | — | 36 | 53 | — | 34 | — | — | 47 | 100 |
| Beauty & Crime |
|
129 | — | 52 | 81 | — | — | — | — | 79 | 127 |
| Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles |
|
173 | 66 | 124 | 38 | 47 | — | — | — | — | 37 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Acoustic albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Folk [12] |
BEL (VL) [13] |
FRA [3] | ||
| Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs |
|
— | — | — |
| Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places |
|
10 | — | 199 |
| Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being |
|
— | — | — |
| Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family |
|
— | 160 | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | BEL (VL) [13] |
BEL (WA) [14] |
GER [4] |
NOR [6] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | ||
| Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega |
|
96 | 16 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 29 | 46 |
| Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 27 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live at the Stephen Talkhouse |
|
| Solitude Standing – Live at the Barbican |
|
Singles
As main artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [11] |
US | AUS | IRE [16] |
AUT | NZL [7] |
CAN | SWE | FRA | NLD | |||
| "Marlene on the Wall" | 1985 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Suzanne Vega |
| "Small Blue Thing" | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Knight Moves" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Marlene on the Wall" (re-release) | 1986 | 21 | — | 39 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |
| "Left of Center" (featuring Joe Jackson) |
32 | — | 35 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pretty in Pink | |
| "Gypsy" | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Solitude Standing | |
| "Luka" | 1987 | 23 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 40 | |
| "Tom's Diner" | 2 | 5 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Solitude Standing" | 79 | 94 | 91 | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Book of Dreams" | 1990 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Days of Open Hand |
| "Tired of Sleeping" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Men in a War" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "In Liverpool" | 1992 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99.9F° |
| "99.9F°" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Blood Makes Noise" | 60 | — | 61 | — | — | 42 | 27 | — | — | — | ||
| "When Heroes Go Down" | 1993 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "No Cheap Thrill" | 1996 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 20 | Nine Objects of Desire |
| "Fool's Complaint" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
- "Rusted Pipe (DNA remix)", promotional, 1991
- "Caramel", 1996
- "Birth-day", promotional, 1997
- "World before Columbus", 1997
- "Headshots", promotional, 1997
- "Book & a Cover", 1998
- "Rosemary / Remember me", 1999
- "Widow's Walk", promotional, 2001
- "Last Year's Troubles", promotional, 2001 (#42 on UK airplay)
- "Penitent", promotional, 2001
- "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May", promotional, 2002
- "Frank & Ava", promotional, 2007 (#65 on UK airplay)
- "Ludlow Street", promotional, 2007
- "Unbound", promotional, 2007
- "Pornographer's Dream", podsafe, 2007 – PMC #1
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [17] |
AUS [18] |
AUT [2] |
FRA [3] |
GER [19] |
IRE [16] |
NLD [5] |
NZL [7] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| "Tom's Diner" (DNA featuring Suzanne Vega) |
1990 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | Taste This |
Other contributions
- The Smithereens: Especially for You (1986) – "In a Lonely Place"
- Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988) – "Stay Awake"
- One World One Voice (1990) – "One World, One Voice"
- Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead (1991) – "Cassidy" and "China Doll"
- DNA: Taste This (1992) – "Tom's Diner (DNA Remix)" and "Salt Water"
- Hector Zazou: Songs From the Cold Seas (1994) – "The Long Voyage" (with John Cale)
- Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III (1994) - "Luka" (live version)
- Tower of Song (1995) – "Story of Isaac"
- Dead Man Walking soundtrack (1995) – "Woman on the Tier (I'll See You Through)"
- Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro (1997) – "Buy and Sell"
- "Perfect Day" (multi-artist cover version recorded for the BBC, 1997)
- Joe Jackson: Heaven & Hell (1997) – "Angel (Lust)"
- Mitchell Froom: Dopamine (1998) – "Dopamine"
- Celebrate the Season (1998) – "Coventry Carol"
- Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's (1999) – "So Long, Marianne" (with John Cale)
- Dan Zanes: Rocket Ship Beach (2000) – "Erie Canal"
- Hear Music Volume 7: Waking (2002) – "Widow's Walk"
- 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) – "Widow's Walk"
- WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 - On Air Performances (2002) – "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May"
- Vigil (album) (2004) – "It Hit Home"
- WFUV: City Folk Live VII (2004) – "Penitent"
- The Acoustic Album (2006, Virgin) – "Marlene On the Wall"
- Dar Williams: Promised Land (2008) – "Go to the Woods"
- Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul (2009) – "The Man Who Played God"
- Pioneers for a Cure: Songs To Fight Cancer (2011) – "Streets of Laredo"
- Jonathan Coulton: Artificial Heart (2011) – "Now I Am An Arsonist"
References
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Discographie Suzanne Vega" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Discographie Suzanne Vega" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Chartverfolgung / Suzanne Vega / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Discografie Suzanne Vega". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Discography Suzanne Vega". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Discography Suzanne Vega". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Discography Suzanne Vega". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Suzanne Vega". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 For all except Songs in Red and Gray and Beauty & Crime: "Suzanne Vega". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 584. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ "Suzanne Vega - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Discografie Suzanne Vega" (in Dutch). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Discographie Suzanne Vega" (in French). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Suzanne Vega Discography: Other Solo Releases". Vega.net. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Ward, Jaclyn. "Irish Charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ↑ "DNA - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Discography Suzanne Vega". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ "DNA feat. Suzanne Vega, Tom's Diner". Charts.de. Media Control. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
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