Nine Objects of Desire

by Suzanne Vega

Nine Objects of Desire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 September 1996
  • Label: A&M
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:52
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Collaborating heavily with producer Mitchell Froom, the acclaimed songwriter expanded her acoustic folk roots with remarkably lush, bossa nova and jazz-inflected arrangements. The polished, sensually rhythmic production perfectly frames her highly literate, sharply observed vignettes concerning modern romance and urban life. It stands as one of her most musically sophisticated and sonically adventurous outings of the decade.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, melodic, rhythmic, acoustic, storytelling, female-vocals, confessional

Tracklist

  1. Birth-day (Love Made Real) (3:36)
  2. Headshots (3:07)
  3. Caramel (2:53)
  4. Stockings (3:31)
  5. Casual Match (3:10)
  6. Thin Man (3:38)
  7. No Cheap Thrill (3:09)
  8. World Before Columbus (3:26)
  9. Lolita (3:34)
  10. Honeymoon Suite (2:56)
  11. Tombstone (3:04)
  12. My Favorite Plum (2:48)

Credits

  • Suzanne Vega - primary artist, acoustic guitar, guitar [riff guitar], lyrics by, music by, vocals, electric guitar
  • Sebastian Steinberg - acoustic bass
  • Michael Froom - arranged by [horn arrangement], arranged by [string arrangement]
  • Bruce Thomas - bass
  • Don Byron - clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Jerry Marotta - drums, percussion
  • Pete Thomas - drums, percussion, drum [loop], synthesizer [moog bass]
  • Steve Donnelly - electric guitar, slide guitar

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