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| 4 by Rolling Stone |
It's been five years since her last studio album and, with the passage of time, one-time folk waif Suzanne Vega has become a world-wise, world-class diva. After the technological experiments of 99.9° ... |
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| n/a by www.eonline.com |
Per usual, the content is clouded in misery--the kind of soft, sad and touching tracks that'll have Dido fans rediscovering this Greenwich Village adult-alternative pioneer |
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| n/a by www.theonionavclub.com |
Revealing a songwriter unwilling to compromise even when it hurts, Songs makes her return all the more welcome. |
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| n/a by www.armchair-dj.com |
A polished, classy album whose retrained elegance and melancholy resonance more than compensate for its lack of rhythmic and instrumental restlessness. |
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| n/a by www.sonicnet.com |
Vega's been good before, especially on her eponymous 1985 debut and its '87 follow-up, Solitude Standing, but never as consistently good as she is here. |
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| n/a by music.launch.com |
[Her songs are] articulate and bright, enlivened by pithy metaphors and images that suggest a well-rounded English major with a sensitive side. |
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| n/a by www.q4music.com |
A simple, often stark record reminiscent of her eponymous 1985 debut. |
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