Suzanne Vega discography

The discography of American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega consists of ten studio albums, four acoustic albums, two greatest hits albums, one box set, seven live albums, one extended play, and 23 singles.

Suzanne Vega discography
Suzanne Vega in concert (February 2014)
Studio albums	10
EPs	1
Live albums	7
Compilation albums	3
Singles	23

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	NLD [6]	NOR [7]	NZL [8]	SWE [9]	SWI [10]	UK [11][12]
Suzanne Vega	Released: May 1985 Label: A&M	91	23	—	—	54	11	—	9	42	—	11
Solitude Standing	Released: April 1, 1987 Label: A&M	11	7	3	18	6	14	2	1	1	8	2
Days of Open Hand	Released: April 10, 1990 Label: A&M	50	74	9	25	16	29	16	24	19	19	7
99.9F°	Released: September 7, 1992 Label: A&M	86	56	—	—	27	70	—	38	45	24	20
Nine Objects of Desire	Released: September 10, 1996 Label: A&M	92	113	25	25	43	93	24	—	39	23	43
Songs in Red and Gray	Released: September 25, 2001 Label: A&M	178	187	—	36	53	—	34	—	—	47	100
Beauty & Crime	Released: June 11, 2007 Label: Blue Note, Capitol	129	—	—	52	81	—	—	—	—	79	127
Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles	Released: February 2014 Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl	173	—	66	124	38	47	—	—	—	—	37
Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers	Released: October 14, 2016[13] Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Flying with Angels	Released: May 2, 2025 Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl	—	—	68	—	18	—	—	—	—	24	78
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Acoustic albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Current [14]	US Folk [15]	BEL (FL) [16]	FRA [4]
Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs	Released: February 2, 2010 Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl	—	—	—	—
Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places	Released: October 12, 2010 Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl	186	10	—	199
Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being	Released: July 11, 2011 Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl	—	—	—	—
Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family	Released: September 21, 2012 Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl	—	—	160	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions							Certifications
		AUS [2]	BEL (FL) [16]	BEL (WA) [17]	GER [5]	NOR [7]	SWI [10]	UK [11]
Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega	Released: September 28, 1998[18] Label: A&M	96	16	33	58	8	29	46
Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega	Released: April 22, 2003[18] Label: A&M	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	BPI: Gold[19]
Close-Up Series	Released: August 12, 2014 Label: Amanuensis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Current [14]	AUS [2]
Live in London 1986	Released: 1986 Label: A&M	—	93
Sessions at West 54th	Released: 1997 (Japan), 1998 (US) Label: A&M	—	—
Live at the Stephen Talkhouse	Released: October 25, 2005 Label: United Musicians	—	—
Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican	Released: February 18, 2013 Label: Concert Live Ltd.	—	—
Live at the Speakeasy	Released: October 20, 2014 Label: All Access	—	—
Live at the Bottom Line, NY 1986	Released: 2015 Label: Air Cuts	—	—
Live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, 6 Aug 87 – Both Sets (Remastered)	Released: 2015 Label: Amazon?	—	—
An Evening of New York Songs and Stories	Released: September 11, 2020 Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl	70	—

Extended plays

Title	Album details
iTunes Festival: London 2008	Released: August 5, 2008 Label: Outsider Art

Singles

As main artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
		US [20]	US Main [21]	US Modern [22]	US AAA [23]	AUS [2]	CAN	IRE [24]	NLD [6]	NZL [8]	UK [11]
"Marlene on the Wall"	1985	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	83	Suzanne Vega
"Small Blue Thing"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	65
"Knight Moves"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Marlene on the Wall" (re-release)	1986	—	—	—	—	39	—	9	27	—	21
"Left of Center" (featuring Joe Jackson)		—	—	—	—	35	—	28	—	—	32	Pretty in Pink
"Gypsy"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	77	Solitude Standing
"Luka"	1987	3	15	—	—	21	5	11	40	8	23
"Tom's Diner"		—	—	—	—	—	—	26	—	—	58
"Solitude Standing"		94	43	—	—	91	—	—	—	45	79
"Book of Dreams"	1990	—	47	8	—	102	—	—	—	—	66	Days of Open Hand
"Tired of Sleeping"		—	—	—	—	145	—	—	—	—	101
"Men in a War"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	108
"In Liverpool"	1992	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52	99.9F°
"99.9F°"		—	—	13	—	125	—	—	—	—	46
"Blood Makes Noise"		—	—	1	—	61	63	—	—	42	60
"When Heroes Go Down"	1993	—	—	—	—	113	—	—	—	—	58
"Caramel"	1996	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Nine Objects of Desire
"No Cheap Thrill"		—	—	—	12	155	—	—	—	—	40
"World Before Columbus"	1997	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Book & a Cover"	1998	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega
"Rosemary (Remember Me)"	1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Fool's Complaint"	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
"We of Me"	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers
"Rats"	2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US AAA [23]	UK Airplay
"Birth-Day (Love Made Real)"	1997	—	—	Nine Objects of Desire
"Headshots"		—	—
"The Widow's Walk"	2001	6	—	Songs in Red and Gray
"Last Year's Troubles"		—	42
"Penitent"		—	—
"(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May"	2002	—	—
"Frank & Ava"	2007	20	65	Beauty & Crime
"Ludlow Street"		—	—
"Unbound"		—	—
"Pornographer's Dream"	—	—
"I Never Wear White"	2014	—	—	Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
"Harper Lee"	2016	—	—	Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
		US [20]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	IRE [24]	NLD [6]	NZL [8]	SWI [25]	UK [11]
"Tom's Diner" (DNA featuring Suzanne Vega)	1990	5	8	1	16	1	2	4	8	1	2	Taste This

Other contributions

• The Smithereens: Especially for You (1986) – "In a Lonely Place"
• Philip Glass: Songs from Liquid Days (1986) – "Lightning" and "Freezing"
• Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988) – "Stay Awake"
• One World One Voice (1990) – "One World, One Voice"
• Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead (1991) – "Cassidy" and "China Doll"
• DNA: Taste This (1992) – "Tom's Diner" (DNA Remix) and "Salt Water"
• Hector Zazou: Songs from the Cold Seas (1994) – "The Long Voyage" (with John Cale)
• Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III (1994) – "Luka" (live version)
• Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (1995) – "Story of Isaac"
• Dead Man Walking soundtrack (1995) – "Woman on the Tier (I'll See You Through)"
• Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro (1997) – "Buy and Sell"
• "Perfect Day" (multi-artist cover version recorded for the BBC, 1997)
• Joe Jackson: Heaven & Hell (1997) – "Angel (Lust)"
• Mitchell Froom: Dopamine (1998) – "Dopamine"
• Celebrate the Season (1998) – "Coventry Carol"
• Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's (1999) – "So Long, Marianne" (with John Cale)
• Dan Zanes: Rocket Ship Beach (2000) – "Erie Canal"
• Hear Music Volume 7: Waking (2002) – "Widow's Walk"
• 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin – Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) – "Widow's Walk"
• WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 – On Air Performances (2002) – "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May"
• Vigil (2004) – "It Hit Home"
• WFUV: City Folk Live VII (2004) – "Penitent"
• The Acoustic Album (2006, Virgin) – "Marlene On the Wall"
• Dar Williams: Promised Land (2008) – "Go to the Woods"
• Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul (2009) – "The Man Who Played God"
• Pioneers for a Cure: Songs to Fight Cancer (2011) – "Streets of Laredo"
• Jonathan Coulton: Artificial Heart (2011) – "Now I Am an Arsonist"
• Čechomor: Místečko (2011) - "Rain Is Falling"

Music videos

• "Marlene on the Wall" / Film Director – Leslie Liebman / 1985^[26]
• "Left of Center" / Film Directors – Ken Ross, Richard Levine / 1986
• "Gypsy" / Film Director – Dominic Brigstocke / 1986
• "Luka" / Film Directors – Candace Reckinger, Michael Patterson / 1987
• "Tom's Diner" / Film Director – Gareth Roberts / 1987
• "Solitude Standing" / Film Director – Jonathan Demme / 1987
• "Book of Dreams" / Film Directors – Andrew Doucette, Geof Kern / 1990
• "Tired of Sleeping" / Film Director – Tarsem Singh / 1990
• "Men in a War" / Film Director – Paula Greif / 1990
• "Tom's Diner" / DNA featuring Suzanne Vega / 1990
• "In Liverpool" / Film Director – Howard Greenhalgh / 1992
• "99.9F°" / Film Director – Nico Beyer / 1992
• "Blood Makes Noise" / Film Director – Nico Beyer / 1992
• "When Heroes Go Down" / Film Director – Peter Care / 1993
• "Caramel" / Film Director – Charles Whittenmeier / 1996
• "Caramel" (Alternate Version) Edited By [Re-edit] – Brett Truett, Mike Ragogna / 1996
• "No Cheap Thrill" / Film Director – David Cameron / 1996
• "Book & a Cover" / Film Director – Geoff Moore / 1998
• "Last Year's Troubles" / Film Director – Tim Vega / 2001
• "Frank & Ava" / Film Director – / 2007
• "Fool's Complaint" / lyrics video / 2014
• "We of Me" / Film Director – Chuck Moore / 2016