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Suzanne Vega

Days of Open Hand

1990

© GlassPages, 1998

Cover Picture

References

• A & M Records 395293.

Credits

• Songs by Suzanne Vega.
• Produced by Anton Sanko and Suzanne Vega.
• Mixed by Hugh Padgham.
• Engineered by Patrick McCarthy and Geoff Keehn.
• Assisted by Pat dillett, Jeff Lippay, Eugene Nasasti and Jon Goldberger.
• Recorded at Skyline Studios, RPM Studios, The Living Room and with the Effanel Remote System.
• Mixed at Skyline Studios.
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk.
• Art Direction: Jeffrey Gold, Len Peltier and Suzanne Vega.
• Design: Len Peltier.
• Assemblages and Photography: Geof Kern.
• Cover Construction and Photography: Geof Kern.
• Image of Suzanne: George Holz.
• Photography Styling: Debra Kern.
• All songs © 1990 AGF Music Ltd. / Waifersongs Ltd. (ASCAP).
• © 1990 A & M Records, Inc. Los Angeles (USA).

Tracks

1. Tired of Sleeping (4:22).
• Music and Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
2. Men In a War (4:47).
• Music and Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
3. Rusted Pipe (4:16).
• Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
• Music: Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko.
4. Book of Dreams (3:22).
• Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
• Music: Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko.
5. Institution Green (6:15).
• Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
• Music: Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko.
6. Those Whole Girls (Run in Grace) (3:09).
• Music and Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
7. Room Off the Street (3:00).
• Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
• Music: Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko.
8. Big Space (3:48).
• Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
• Music: Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko.
9. Predictions (4:59).
• Music and Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
10. Fifty-Fifty Chance (2:36).
• Music and Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
• Suzanne Vega: Guitar, Vocal.
• Philip Glass: String Arrangement.
• Tim Baker: Violin.
• Barry Finclair: Solo Violin.
• Fred Zlotkin: Cello.
• Al Brown: Viola.
• String Session Supervised and Recorded by Kurt Munkacsi.
11. Pilgrimage (5:10).
• Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.
• Music: Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko.

Total Time 45:22.

Audio samples

Suzanne Vega "Fifty-Fifty Chance" with String Arrangement by Philip Glass (2:32, 304.450 bytes )

Notes

FIFTY-FIFTY CHANCE
Lyrics: Suzanne Vega.

50-50 Chance
The doctor said
In the cardiac room
As she's lying in bed

There's a pan on the floor
Filled with something black
I need to know
I'm afraid to ask

I hug you
I hum to you
I've come to you
I touch you

I tell you
I love you
I sing to you
Bring to you
Anything

Her little heart
It beats so fast
Her body trembles
With the effort to last

I hug you
I hum to you
I've come to you
I touch you

I tell you
I love you
I sing to you
Bring to you
Anything

She's going home
Tomorrow at ten
The question is
Will she try it again?

Links

• The Suzanne Vega WWWebsite by Eric Szczerbinski.
• The photography of Philip Glass with Suzanne Vega in the recording studio is a courtesy of the photographer Brian Rose.

Pictures

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(©) Brian Rose