Release dateL 23-06-2011

2011 Dutch issue limited edition  11-track vinyl LP , pressiong on 180 grams audiophile vinyl = This third installment is a collection of her most haunting songs. Last year she started a new project; for both commercial (control) and artistic reasons she decided to re-record all her favourite songs in intimate, acoustic settings. Resulting in Close Up Vol. 1 Love Songs  and Close Up Vol. 2 People And Places . stickered & sealed in gatefold picture sleeve.

Tracks:
A1 UNDERTOW                                
A2 WHEN HEROES GO DOWN        
A3 MY FAVORITE PLUM                  
A4 SOLITUDE STANDING                
A5 CRACKING                                  
A6 LAST YEARS TROUBLES            
A7 SOLITAIRE                                  
A8 TOMBSTONE                              

B1 BLOOD MAKES NOISE               
B2 50-50 CHANCE                            
B3 PENITENT                                   
B4 STRAIGHT LINES                       
B5 PORNOGRAPHER'S DREAM     
B6 INSTANT OF THE HOUR AFTER

Suzanne Vega was one of the pioneers of the female Singer Songwriters that domineered the late eighties and early nineties.
Her unexpected self-titled hit album Suzanne Vega from 1985, with well-loved song 'Marlene On The Wall' topped the charts and won her the admiration of critics and public alike.
Last year she started a new project; for both commercial (control) and artistic reasons she decided to re-record all her favourite songs in intimate, acoustic settings. Resulting in Close Up Vol. 1 Love Songs  and Close Up Vol. 2 People And Places  
The new arrangements called for a new order in her catalogue and Vega grouped her songs thematically.
This third installment is a collection of her most haunting songs.
Vega used to call them her 'Mental Health' songs, as she explains: "they are descriptions of a place deep inside.
Anyone can feel like the narrator in Penitent, or Cracking, depending on your mood."