Days of Open Hand

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Days of Open Hand is Suzanne Vega's third studio album and came out on 10 April 1990 on A&M Records, as the follow-up to the successful Solitude Standing. She produced it together with Anton Sanko, who co-composed six of the eleven songs. The recording took place from late 1989 to early 1990 in studios in New York. The folk rock was given more variety, with instruments such as the ney and the dumbec, more synthesizers and samplers, and guests such as Philip Glass, Shawn Colvin and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants.

The album did well in the British top 10, but in the United States it stalled at number 50, without a major hit. Even so, more than a million copies were sold. It won a Grammy for best packaging. Paul Evans in Rolling Stone gave it four out of five stars and called it her hardest and most beautiful music to date.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Tired Of Sleeping4:23Apple Music ↗
2. 2Men In A War4:48Apple Music ↗
3. 3Rusted Pipe4:16Apple Music ↗
4. 4Book Of Dreams3:23Apple Music ↗
5. 5Institution Green6:16Apple Music ↗
6. 6Those Whole Girls (Run In Grace)3:09Apple Music ↗
7. 7Room Off The Street3:01Apple Music ↗
8. 8Big Space (Espacio Grande)3:48Apple Music ↗
9. 9Predictions4:59Apple Music ↗
10. 10Fifty-Fifty Chance (Fifty Fifty)2:37Apple Music ↗
11. 11Pilgrimage5:10Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗