Suzanne Vega - Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles (2014)

Suzanne Vega - Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles (2014)

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Suzanne Vega - Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles

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1. "Crack in the Wall" (Vega)   4:23

2. "Fool's Complaint" (Vega)   2:39

3. "I Never Wear White"   3:08

4. "Portrait of the Knight of Wands"   4:18

5. "Don't Uncork What You Can't Contain"   3:31

6. "Jacob and the Angel"   4:05

7. "Silver Bridge"   3:47

8. "Song of the Stoic"   4:05

9. "Laying on of Hands/Stoic 2"   3:52

10. "Horizon (There Is a Road)"   2:50

Total length:   36:40

Suzanne Vega Band Members / Musicians

Suzanne Vega – vocals, guitar

Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitars, harmonium

Larry Campbell – banjo, mandolin, cimbalom on tracks 1, 2, 8, 10

Gail Ann Dorsey – bass on tracks 1, 2, 6 and 8

Tony Levin – bass on tracks 3 and 5

Mike Visceglia – bass on tracks 9 and 10

Zachary Alford  – drums and percussion on tracks 1, 2, 6 and 8

Jay Bellerose – drums on track 3

Sterling Campbell – drums on tracks 5 and 9

Doug Yowell – drums on tracks 1, 4, 7, 9 and 10

Joji Hirota  – Taiko Drums and shakuhachi on tracks 5 and 6

Alison Balsom – trumpet on track 10

Catherine Russell – backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 8, 9

Smichov Chamber Orchestra, Prague (conducted by Josef Vondracek) – strings on tracks 5, 6, 8

Michael Tudor, assisted by Andy Gilchrist  – engineering except; Strings recorded at Studio Disk Barrandov, Prague by Lukas Vacek and Karel Holas; Trumpet recorded at Angel Recording Studios, London by Gary Thomas; additional recording at Kyserike Station, N.Y. by Gerry Leonard

Kevin Killen – mixing

Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles is the 8th studio album by the American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega.

Released in February 2014, it was Vega's first album of new material in seven years. The album features contributions from Larry Campbell and Tony Levin (bassist from King Crimson and for Peter Gabriel). Although Vega's music had been sampled by various artists in the past, the album contains Vega's first own attempt at sampling with the track "Don't Uncork What You Can't Contain" including interpolations from 50 Cent's 2005 song "Candy Shop".

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 37, the first time one of Vega's studio albums reached the UK Top 40 since 1992. It received generally favorable reviews.

The album appeared under Vega's own label, Amanuensis Productions, and was distributed in Europe by Cooking Vinyl and in North America by Aimee Mann's label Superego.

In 2014 the album was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.