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词条 Beauty & Crime
释义

  1. Development

  2. Track listing

  3. Personnel

  4. Notes

  5. Charts

     Certifications 

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Beauty & Crime
| type = studio
| artist = Suzanne Vega
| cover = Suzanne_Vega_B&C_Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2007|7|17}}
| recorded = November 2006 – January 2007
| venue =
| studio = Great City Productions and Sear Sound Studios, New York City; Jimmy's Studio and Olympic Studios, London, England
| genre = Folk rock, pop
| length = {{Duration|m=33|s=58}}
| label = Blue Note
| producer = Jimmy Hogarth
| prev_title = The Best of Suzanne Vega
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs
| next_year = 2010
}}{{Album ratings
| MC = (84/100) [1]
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [2]
| rev2 = BBC Music
| rev2Score = (positive) [3]
| rev3 = Billboard
| rev3Score = (positive) [4]
| rev4 = The Boston Globe
| rev4Score = (positive) [5]
| rev5 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev5Score = A- [6]
| rev6 = musicOMH
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [7]
| rev9 = PopMatters
| rev9Score = {{Rating|7|10}} [8]
| rev10 = Stylus
| rev10Score = B [9]
| rev8 = The New York Times
| rev8Score = (positive) [10]
| rev7 = New York Magazine
| rev7Score = (positive) [11]
| rev11 = Under the Radar
| rev11Score = {{Rating|7|10}} [1]
| rev12 = USA Today
| rev12Score = {{Rating|3|4}} [12]
}}

Beauty & Crime is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It is her first album of new material since 2001's Songs in Red and Gray and her first for Blue Note Records. It was released on July 17, 2007. Beauty & Crime won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, on February 11, 2008.

Development

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{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} 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–November 27, 2006, with additional recording in England in January 2007.

Track listing

All songs written by Suzanne Vega.

  1. "Zephyr & I" - 3:10
  2. "Ludlow Street" - 3:16
  3. "New York is a Woman" - 2:54
  4. "Pornographer's Dream" - 3:23
  5. "Frank & Ava" - 2:38
  6. "Edith Wharton's Figurines" - 2:23
  7. "Bound" - 4:43
  8. "Unbound" - 3:34
  9. "As You Are Now" - 2:20
  10. "Angel's Doorway" - 2:55
  11. "Anniversary" - 2:57
  12. "Obvious Question" (Bonus Track) - 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

Notes

Vega wrote following comments on the album's songs:

  • "Zephyr & I": a conversation between the graffiti artist Zephyr and myself, West End Avenue remembered
  • "Ludlow Street": for my brother Tim who lived there, memories of parties and rehab
  • "New York is a Woman": New York personified as a woman who has had a hard time but is still beautiful
  • "Pornographer's Dream": what would he really desire?
  • "Frank & Ava": a couple who gets along in bed but not out
  • "Edith Wharton's Figurines": women past and present, how we suffer for beauty
  • "Bound": a love song to my husband
  • "Unbound": a spiritual song about a plant
  • "As You Are Now": to my daughter, who is a natural treasure
  • "Angel's Doorway": A cop is stationed at Ground Zero and his wife wants him to leave his clothes at the door. Also about troops returning home.
  • "Anniversary": The anniversary week of 9/11 a year later in New York City
  • "Obvious Question": about alcohol and the damage done (this track is only available on the Japanese import CD)

Charts

{{albumchart|Flanders|31|artist=Suzanne Vega|album=Beauty & Crime|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}{{albumchart|Wallonia|69|artist=Suzanne Vega|album=Beauty & Crime|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}{{albumchart|Finland|13|artist=Suzanne Vega|album=Beauty & Crime|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}{{albumchart|France|52|artist=Suzanne Vega|album=Beauty & Crime|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}{{albumchart|Germany|81|artist=Suzanne Vega|album=Beauty & Crime|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}{{albumchart|Poland|49|id=402|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}{{albumchart|Switzerland|79|artist=Suzanne Vega|album=Beauty & Crime|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}{{albumchart|Billboard200|129|artist=Suzanne Vega|artistid=281108|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}
Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]302
Czech Albums{{citation needed|date=June 201437
Estonian Albums{{citation needed|date=June 20149
Italian Albums{{citation needed|date=June 201474
UK Albums[14]127
US Top Internet Albums{{citation needed|date=June 201424
US Billboard Comprehensive Albums{{citation needed|date=June 2014140

Certifications

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Worldwide (IFPI)
|{{n/a}}
|100,000[15]{{Certification Table Bottom|format=3col|nosales=yes=|nounspecified=yes}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/beauty-crime/suzanne-vega/critic-reviews|title=Beauty & Crime by Suzanne Vega|publisher=|accessdate=3 June 2016}}
2. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1077529/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/qqw6/|title=BBC - Music - Review of Suzanne Vega - Beauty And Crime|first=Tim|last=Nelson|publisher=|accessdate=3 June 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i527c53d15a771eec90965268242d82ea |title=Billboard review |accessdate=2009-03-16 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923040527/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i527c53d15a771eec90965268242d82ea |archivedate=2007-09-23 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2007/07/24/viva_la_vega/|title=Viva la Vega|date=24 July 2007|publisher=|accessdate=3 June 2016|via=The Boston Globe}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049669,00.html|title=Beauty & Crime - EW.com|publisher=|accessdate=3 June 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/suzanne-vega-beauty-and-crime|title=Suzanne Vega - Beauty And Crime - Albums - musicOMH|date=10 June 2007|publisher=|accessdate=3 June 2016}}
8. ^PopMatters review
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/suzanne-vega/beauty-crime.htm |title=Beauty & Crime |accessdate=3 June 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120524/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/suzanne-vega/beauty-crime.htm |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/arts/music/16choi.html|title=New CDs|date=16 July 2007|work=The New York Times|accessdate=3 June 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/reviews/34459/|title=Lady of the Canyons|publisher=|accessdate=3 June 2016}}
12. ^Reviewed by Elysa Gardner, USA Today: Suzanne Vega, Beauty & Crime: * * * (out of four) Epistle to city. The veteran troubadour's latest is a predictably smart, vaguely haunted love letter to her lifelong home, New York City. From tautly driving tunes such as "Zephyr" and the single "Frank & Ava" to moodier, more bittersweet fare, Vega evokes the grit and grace of her stomping grounds. And the crisp economy of her singing and writing have never been more welcome.
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/6ze9XUM.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: ARIA chart history for Suzanne Vega, received October 31, 2017|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=October 31, 2017}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. This history only contains data from the commencement of the ARIA-produced chart in mid-1988.
14. ^Beauty & Crime UK albums chart peak: {{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016211202/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_V.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > V – Vybe|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_V.HTM|archivedate=October 16, 2015|accessdate=October 30, 2015|publisher=Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz}}
15. ^https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/suzanne-vega-on-her-return-lou-reeds-puppy-and-loving-macklemore-20140116

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