Songs in Red and Gray is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was released on September 25, 2001 by A&M Records.
Songs in Red and Gray | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 25, 2001 | |||
Recorded | November 2000 – May 2001 | |||
Studio | Chung King, Sear Sound, Shelter Island Sound, Looking Glass Studio (New York) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 45:31 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Rupert Hine | |||
Suzanne Vega chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 81/100[3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Blender | [3] |
E! Online | B+[3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
Mojo | [3] |
Q | [3] |
Robert Christgau | [5] |
On Songs in Red and Gray, Vega returns to her signature acoustic folk-pop sound, shedding the experiments she had done in the 1990s with her husband, record producer Mitchell Froom.[2] New producer Rupert Hine shows some traces of his past work with '80s new wave bands by employing electronic beats,[6] but mostly allows Vega's voice and guitar to dominate in a manner reminiscent of her debut album and its 1987 follow-up, Solitude Standing.[2][6]
Most of the songs, like "Widow's Walk" and "If I Were a Weapon", deal with the dissolution of Vega's marriage with Froom.[2][6][7] Her "calm, hushed, clear singing"[2] belies the album's "mood of heartbroken defiance".[6] The lyrics are "the most personally revealing songs she has written" in her career.[7]
All tracks are written by Suzanne Vega except "St. Clare" written by Jack Hardy
No. | Title | Length |
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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. | "Songs 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 |
Total length: | 45:31 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "Golden" | 3:53 |
Total length: | 49:24 |
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 187 |
French Albums (SNEP)[9] | 36 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 53 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] | 34 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[12] | 31 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 47 |
UK Albums (Official Charts Company)[14] | 100 |
US Billboard 200[15] | 178 |
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