Great stuff, I'll check them out - although, I have to say that the 'dated' production on Solitude Standing and the tasteful playing of the "'80s session dudes" are two of the reasons why I like the record so much!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, December 6, 2012 3:26 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yea, she didn't suffer too much at the hands of ESD's pity though that she wasn't pals with Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot or Joey Baron.
I have a boot somewhere from around the time of the first record where the keyboard player gamefully 'recreates' the gypsy violin at the end of Some Journey.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 8 December 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Calypso would have been my second choice.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 8 December 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
Title track. Used to love this album - same friend who got me into REM was a massive Vega fan.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, December 7, 2012 1:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, it doesn't really surprise me that someone who is into REM rates this album also!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 8 December 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
Overall, decent results - wasn't surprised at all that 'Luka' and 'Tom's Diner' got votes, but great to see that almost every track got at least one... especially all of my four favourites from the record. I think that both 'Calypso' and 'Language' are both great, though, but maybe it's that there are stronger tracks here that those didn't get votes.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 8 December 2012 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone who likes this album should check out this Smithereens album cut recorded around the same time, on which Suzanne Vega duets with Pat DiNizio. Great song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlOVlqUcB8A
― Lee626, Saturday, 8 December 2012 05:49 (eleven years ago) link
man this album rules so hard - spend the whole of last night cherry picking on iTunes store the re-recordings scattered on the Close-Up albums. I also discovered in the process that she performed live the whole album two years ago and released the recording. How did I miss that?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 09:58 (ten years ago) link