Solitude Standing

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Solitude Standing
Solitude Standing cover
Studio album by Suzanne Vega
Released April 1, 1987
Recorded 1986-1987, Bearsville Sound Studios, NY, RPM Sound Studios, NYC
Genre Rock
Label A&M
Producer Steve Addabbo, Lenny Kaye
Professional reviews
Suzanne Vega chronology
Suzanne Vega
(1985)		 Solitude Standing
(1987)		 Days of Open Hand
(1990)

Solitude Standing is Suzanne Vega's mutiplatinum second album, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). It is the most popular and critically-acclaimed of her career. As can be seen by the CD insert, many of the songs had been written prior to 1987 (see track listing for dates).

Contents

[edit] Song notes

"Tom's Diner" is a two-part song, with vocal as track 1, and instrumental as track 11. *"Night Vision" was inspired by the poem "Juan Gris" by Paul Éluard. [1] "Calypso" is based on The Odyssey, namely the part in which Calypso is forced to let Odysseus go.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Suzanne Vega in 1986–87 except as noted. [1]

  1. "Tom's Diner" – 2:09 (written 1981)
  2. "Luka" – 3:52 (written 1984)
  3. "Ironbound/Fancy Poultry" (Vega, Anton Sanko) – 6:19
  4. "In the Eye" (Vega, Marc Shulman) – 4:16
  5. "Night Vision" (Vega, Sanko) – 2:47
  6. "Solitude Standing" (Vega, Visceglia, Sanko, Shulman, Stephen Ferrera)– 4:49
  7. "Calypso" – 4:14 (written 1978)
  8. "Language" (Vega, Visceglia) – 3:57
  9. "Gypsy" – 4:04 (written 1978) Produced by Steve Addabbo, Lenny Kaye and Mitch Easter
  10. "Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser’s Song)" (Vega, Visceglia, Sanko, Shulman, Ferrera) – 5:13
  11. "Tom's Diner (Reprise)" – 2:40

Track listing note: On the original LP album release, side one was comprised of tracks 1-5; side two, of tracks 6-11. [1]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

[edit] Technical personnel

  • Steve Addabbo – producer, recording engineer
  • Lenny Kaye – producer
  • Mitch Easter – producer on 9
  • Rod O'Brien – recording engineer
  • Shelly Yakus – mixing engineer

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak
Position
1987 Billboard 200 11 [2]
1987 New Zealand albums chart 1
1987 UK Albums Chart 2 [3]
1987 Australia albums chart 7
1987 West Germany albums chart 6

Singles

Year Song Chart Peak
Position
1987 "Luka" Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks 3 [4]
1987 "Luka" Billboard Hot Latin Tracks 48 [4]
1987 "Luka" Billboard Hot 100 3 [4]
1987 "Solitude Standing" Billboard Hot 100 94 [4]
1987 "Luka" UK Singles Chart 23 [3]
1987 "Luka" Sweden singles chart 2
1987 "Luka" Ireland singles chart 11
1987 "Tom's Diner" Ireland singles chart 26
1987 "Luka" New Zealand singles chart 8
1987 "Solitude Standing" New Zealand singles chart 45

In addition, a 1992 version of "Tom's Diner" (DNA featuring Suzanne Vega) made #1 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, #2 in the UK and Ireland, #5 in the USA and #8 in New Zealand.

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
BPI – UK Gold May 5, 1987 [5]
BPI – UK Platinum June 9, 1987 [5]
RIAA – U.S. Gold July 15, 1987 [6]
CRIA – Canada Gold August 13, 1987 [7]
CRIA – Canada Platinum September 16, 1987 [7]
RIAA – USA Platinum October 22, 1997 [6]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Suzanne Vega. Solitude Standing (A&M Records, 1987).
  2. ^ allmusic (((Solitude Standing > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums))). Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  3. ^ a b UK Top 40 Hit Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  4. ^ a b c d allmusic (((Solitude Standing > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles))). Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  5. ^ a b BPI Certified Awards. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  6. ^ a b RIAA Gold and Platinum. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  7. ^ a b CRIA Certifications. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

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