{"product_id":"retrospective-the-best-of-suzanne-vega","title":"Retrospective: The Best Of Suzanne Vega","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Vega\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Best of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePartNumber:\u003c\/b\u003e 606949367022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 22-04-2003\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca\n\nIt's the rare singer-songwriter whose emotional confessions rise above bathos to find true resonance with their listeners; rarer still the one who can connect their audience with the plight of everyday strangers. Suzanne Vega not only managed that feat on her unlikely, child-abuse themed breakthrough hit \"Luka\" in ‘88, but opened the door for a renaissance of intelligent, female folk-oriented music in the decade that followed. This 21-track anthology spans Vega's career before and since, a chronicle of cool, sharp-eyed detachment infused by a restless, oft-underrated sense of musical invention that spans club-mixes (the \"Tom's Diner\" here was originally a \"pirate\" deejay mix by DNA that Vega wisely adopted), Latin jazz (\"Caramel\"), electro-percussive rhythm explorations (\"Blood Makes Noise,\" \"99.9F,\" and \"\"Woman on the Tier\" from the Dead Man Walking soundtrack) neo-classicism (\"Small Blue Thing\") and a sharp-edged pop sense (\"I'll Never Be Your Maggie May,\" \"Book of Dreams\") that can't be denied. That it's all still clearly rooted in a diverse pantheon that includes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Woody Guthrie is all the more remarkable. Rarities include \"Left of Center\" from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack, a live \"Queen and the Soldier\" and previously import-only \"Rosemary.\" Also features all lyrics and the insightful recollections of Vega colleague\/Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye. --Jerry McCulley\n\nProduct Description\n\nTrack listings include: \"Luka,\" \"Tom's Diner,\" \"Marlene on the Wall,\" \"Caramel,\" \"Tired of Sleepi ng,\" \"Left of Center,\" \"World Before Columbus,\" \"Rosemary,\" \"Small Blue Thing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 060694936702\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060694936702\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModel:\u003c\/b\u003e 2076525\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44160168591619,"sku":"W3-9GRQ-Q79D","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/612BtbxTbzL.jpg?v=1692366210","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/en\/products\/retrospective-the-best-of-suzanne-vega","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}