Solitude Standing

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

Solitude Standing is Suzanne Vega's second studio album, released in April 1987 on A&M Records. Steve Addabbo and Lenny Kaye produced it. It became her most commercially successful and most critically acclaimed album. It reached number 11 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the British chart, and went platinum in the United States and Britain.

The album opens with Tom's Diner a cappella and closes with an instrumental version. In 1990 a remix of the song by the producers of DNA reached number one in the United Kingdom. Night Vision comes from a poem by Paul Éluard, Calypso from the Odyssey. Rolling Stone found it less focused than the debut, but heard a singer and writer who was growing. AllMusic later called it a triumph: an album of story songs in widely varying musical settings.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Tom's Diner (A Cappella)2:09Apple Music ↗
2. 2Luka3:52Apple Music ↗
3. 3Medley: Ironbound/Fancy Poultry6:19Apple Music ↗
4. 4In the Eye4:16Apple Music ↗
5. 5Night Vision2:48Apple Music ↗
6. 6Solitude Standing4:49Apple Music ↗
7. 7Calypso4:14Apple Music ↗
8. 8Language3:57Apple Music ↗
9. 9Gypsy4:04Apple Music ↗
10. 10Wooden Horse (Casper Hausen's Song)5:14Apple Music ↗
11. 11Tom's Diner (Reprise)2:40Apple Music ↗

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