Songs in Red and Gray

Infobox Album
Name = Songs in Red and Gray
Type = Studio album
Artist = Suzanne Vega


Released = September 25, 2001
Recorded = November 2000 - May 2001
Genre = Pop, rock
Length = 45:31
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Rupert Hine
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfixqq0ldke link]
*Rolling Stone [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/suzannevega/albums/album/126377/review/5941324/songs_in_red_and_gray link]
Last album = "Nine Objects of Desire"
(1996)
This album = "Songs in Red and Gray"
(2001)
Next album = "Beauty & Crime"
(2007)

"Songs in Red and Gray" is the sixth studio album release by New York-based singer/songwriter and musician Suzanne Vega. The album marks the divorce with her husband and producer Mitchell Froom. This can be heard in both the lyrics and music. Lyrically, most of the songs deal with the ending of the marriage. Musically, it marks the end of her experimental period, which was displayed on her two previous albums, "99.9F°" and "Nine Objects of Desire". The sound of this album is more comparable to her earlier work.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Suzanne Vega; except where indicated

# "Penitent" - 4:16
# "Widow's Walk" - 3:33
# "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May" - 3:47
# "It Makes Me Wonder" - 4:00
# "Soap and Water" - 3:03
# "Songs in Red and Gray" - 4:18
# "Last Year's Troubles" - 3:35
# "Priscilla" - 4:14
# "If I Were a Weapon" - 2:45
# "Harbor Song" - 4:18
# "Machine Ballerina" - 2:57
# "Solitaire" - 2:10 (Jack Hardy)
# "St. Clare" - 2:30

Personnel

* Suzanne Vega - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals, distorted acoustic guitar
* Rupert Hine - drum programming, bass, piano, strings, keyboards, percussion, woodwinds, orchestral percussion
* Nick Hugh - drum programming, synth lead
* Gerry Leonard - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, mandolins, zither, dulcimer
* Elizabeth Taubman - harmony vocals
* Matt Johnson - drums
* Mike Visceglia - bass
* Jay Bellerose - drums
* Doug Yowell - drums, percussion
* Pamela Sue Man - backing vocals, harmony vocals