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Solitude Standing (1987) · Tastebuds

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Solitude Standing 1987

By Suzanne Vega

rock, pop rock 44 min 11 tracks A&M Records

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Solitude Standing is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, released in April 1987, by A&M Records. It is the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album of Vega's career, being certified Platinum in the U.S. and UK. It reached number 11 on the Billboard 200, and number 2 on the UK Album Chart.

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Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.

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gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven

classical in form

formally daring

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Tracks

1Tom’s Diner2:09
2Luka3:52
3Ironbound / Fancy Poultry6:19
4In the Eye4:16
5Night Vision2:47
6Solitude Standing4:49
7Calypso4:14
8Language3:57
9Gypsy4:04
10Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser’s Song)5:13
11Tom’s Diner (reprise)2:39

11 tracks, 44 minutes.

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Artist: Suzanne Vega
Label: A&M Records
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: XE

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