Beauty & Crime

After lukewarm commercial success for her last two albums, Nine Objects of Desire (1996) and Songs in Red and Gray (2001) A&M Records ended their contract with Vega with the release of the more commercially successful hits package Retrospective in 2003. Vega embarked on an extensive tour and performed songs from Beauty & Crime in their early forms, including "Unbound", "Edith Wharton's Figurines", and "New York Is a Woman". The album was recorded in New York City from November 10–27, 2006, with additional recording in England in January 2007. == Track listing ==

All tracks written by Suzanne Vega. • "Zephyr & I" – 3:10 • "Ludlow Street" – 3:16 • "New York Is a Woman" – 2:54 • "Pornographer's Dream" – 3:23 • "Frank & Ava" – 2:38 • "Edith Wharton's Figurines" – 2:23 • "Bound" – 4:43 • "Unbound" – 3:34 • "As You Are Now" – 2:20 • "Angel's Doorway" – 2:55 • "Anniversary" – 2:57 :Bonus track (Japanese edition) • "Obvious Question" – 1:50 == Personnel ==

• Suzanne Vega – acoustic guitar, vocals (all tracks) • Gerry Leonard – electric guitar (1, 2, 5 to 11), acoustic guitar (4, 5, 10) • Lee Ranaldo – electric guitar (1, 2, 10) • Martin Slattery – piano (3, 4, 7, 10), flute (9), brass (3), reeds (3) • Samuel Dixon – bass (2, 3, 6, 11) live bass (8) • Tony Shanahan – bass (1, 5, 9, 10) • Mike Visceglia – bass (4) • Graham Hawthorne – drums (1, 3, 5, 6, 9 to 11), live drums (2, 7, 8) • Jimmy Hogarth – percussion (1 to 5, 10, 11) electric guitar (1), acoustic guitar (11) • Doug Yowell – drums (4, 6), percussion (4, 6) • KT Tunstall – background vocals, vocal arrangements (1, 5) • Ruby Froom – background vocals (2, 8) • Beccy Byrne – background vocals (8) • Emily Singer – background vocals (8) • Anthony Genn – background vocals (11) • Philip Sheppard – cello (1, 6, 7) • Matthew Ward – violin (1, 7) • London Studio Orchestra – strings (2, 4, 7, 9) led by Perry Montague–Mason • Pete Davis – programming (2, 4, 7, 8, 10) Production • Jimmy Hogarth – producer • Cameron Craig – engineer • Emery Dobyns – engineer • Tchad Blake – mixing engineer • Bob Ludwig – mastering engineer ==See also==