# Suzanne Vega discography

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

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | AUT | FRA | GER | NLD | NOR | NZL | SWE | SWI | UK |
| 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 8, 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 Label: Amanuensis, Cooking Vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

### Acoustic albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Current | US Folk | BEL (FL) | FRA |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | AUS | BEL (FL) | BEL (WA) | GER | NOR | SWI | UK | Certifications |
| Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega | Released: September 28, 1998 Label: A&M | 96 | 16 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 29 | 46 | |
| Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega | Released: April 22, 2003 Label: A&M | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | BPI: Gold |
| 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 | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Current | AUS |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US Main | US Modern | US AAA | AUS | CAN | IRE | NLD | NZL | UK | Album |
| "Marlene on the Wall" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | Suzanne Vega |
| "Small Blue Thing" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | Suzanne Vega |
| "Knight Moves" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Suzanne Vega |
| "Marlene on the Wall" (re-release) | 1986 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | 9 | 27 | — | 21 | Suzanne Vega |
| "Left of Center" (featuring Joe Jackson) | 1986 | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | 28 | — | — | 32 | Pretty in Pink |
| "Gypsy" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | Solitude Standing |
| "Luka" | 1987 | 3 | 15 | — | — | 21 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 8 | 23 | Solitude Standing |
| "Tom's Diner" | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | 58 | Solitude Standing |
| "Solitude Standing" | 1987 | 94 | 43 | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | 45 | 79 | Solitude Standing |
| "Book of Dreams" | 1990 | — | 47 | 8 | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | 66 | Days of Open Hand |
| "Tired of Sleeping" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | 145 | — | — | — | — | 101 | Days of Open Hand |
| "Men in a War" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | Days of Open Hand |
| "In Liverpool" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | 99.9F° |
| "99.9F°" | 1992 | — | — | 13 | — | 125 | — | — | — | — | 46 | 99.9F° |
| "Blood Makes Noise" | 1992 | — | — | 1 | — | 61 | 63 | — | — | 42 | 60 | 99.9F° |
| "When Heroes Go Down" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | 113 | — | — | — | — | 58 | 99.9F° |
| "Caramel" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nine Objects of Desire |
| "No Cheap Thrill" | 1996 | — | — | — | 12 | 155 | — | — | — | — | 40 | Nine Objects of Desire |
| "World Before Columbus" | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nine Objects of Desire |
| "Book & a Cover" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega |
| "Rosemary (Remember Me)" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega |
| "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 | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US AAA | UK Airplay | Album |
| "Birth-Day (Love Made Real)" | 1997 | — | — | Nine Objects of Desire |
| "Headshots" | 1997 | — | — | Nine Objects of Desire |
| "The Widow's Walk" | 2001 | 6 | — | Songs in Red and Gray |
| "Last Year's Troubles" | 2001 | — | 42 | Songs in Red and Gray |
| "Penitent" | 2001 | — | — | Songs in Red and Gray |
| "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May" | 2002 | — | — | Songs in Red and Gray |
| "Frank & Ava" | 2007 | 20 | 65 | Beauty & Crime |
| "Ludlow Street" | 2007 | — | — | Beauty & Crime |
| "Unbound" | 2007 | — | — | Beauty & Crime |
| "Pornographer's Dream" | 2007 | — | — | Beauty & Crime |
| "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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | AUS | AUT | FRA | GER | IRE | NLD | NZL | SWI | UK | Album |
| "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
* "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