99.9F°

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|class=album|id=r58270}}

| rev2 = Calgary Herald

| rev2score = A{{cite magazine|last=Matiisen|first=Janet R.|date=September 13, 1992|title=Recent Releases: Suzanne Vega – 99.9 F°|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-suzanne-vega-999f-review/141995822/|via=Newspapers.com|magazine=Calgary Herald|page=C2|access-date=February 24, 2024}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=409}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = A{{cite magazine|last1=Browne|first1=David|title=99.9 F review|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/09/18/999-f/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 18, 1992|issue=136|access-date=February 24, 2024}}

| rev5 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

| rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |editor-last1=Graff |editor-first1=Gary |editor-last2=Durchholz |editor-first2=Daniel |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/1194/mode/2up |via=Internet Archive |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |isbn=1-57859-061-2 |page=1194 |access-date=January 21, 2024}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Woodard|first=Josef|date=October 1, 1992|issue=640|title=Recordings: Suzanne Vega – 99.9F°|magazine=Rolling Stone|pages=63, 67}}

| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev7score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book|editor-first1=Nathan|editor-last1=Brackett|editor-link1=Nathan Brackett|editor-first2=Christian|editor-last2=Hoard|editor-link2=Christian Hoard|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/844/mode/2up|via=Internet Archive|url-access=registration|publisher=Fireside Books|location=New York|date=2004|access-date=January 21, 2024|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=845}}

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The New York Times wrote: "By far Vega's most rewarding record, 99.9 F degrees ... is the first album in which she breaks almost completely away from the conventions of the New York folk milieu that nurtured her."{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/11/arts/recordings-view-suzanne-vega-s-version-of-the-human-comedy.html|title=RECORDINGS VIEW; Suzanne Vega's Version Of the Human Comedy (Published 1992)|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=October 11, 1992|via=NYTimes.com}} Trouser Press wrote that "many of the songs display a new interest in space and sound, using both in an almost sculptural fashion, creating a compelling amalgam that industrializes folk music."{{cite web |title=Suzanne Vega |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/suzanne-vega/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=13 February 2021}}

{{Track listing

| title_width = 400px

| all_writing = Suzanne Vega except where noted

| title1 = Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)

| length1 = 3:20

| title2 = Blood Makes Noise

| length2 = 2:28

| title3 = In Liverpool

| length3 = 4:40

| title4 = {{proper name|99.9F°}}

| length4 = 3:16

| title5 = Blood Sings

| length5 = 3:17

| title6 = Fat Man and Dancing Girl

| length6 = 2:19

| writer6 = Vega, Mitchell Froom

| title7 = (If You Were) In My Movie

| length7 = 3:05

| title8 = As a Child

| length8 = 2:55

| title9 = Bad Wisdom

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = When Heroes Go Down

| length10 = 1:54

| title11 = As Girls Go

| length11 = 3:27

| title12 = Song of Sand

| length12 = 3:05

| writer12 = Vega, Nils Petter Molvær

| title13 = Private Goes Public

| note13 = European and Japanese bonus track

| length13 = 1:57

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• Suzanne Vega – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Mitchell Froom – keyboards, string arrangement on 12
• Tchad Blake – electric guitar on 3, 4, 6, 10
• David Hidalgo – electric guitar on 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11
• Bruce Thomas – bass guitar
• Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Richard Pleasance – electric guitar on 1, 3, 10
• Michael Visceglia – fretless bass guitar on 5
• Richard Thompson – guitar solo on 11
• Greg Smith – baritone saxophone on 8, 11
• Jerry Scheff – double bass on 6, 12
• Marc Shulman – bouzouki on 5
• Sid Page – 1st violin on 12
• Joel Derouin – 2nd violin on 12
• Maria Newman – viola on 12
• Larry Corbett – cello on 12
• Suzie Katayama – copyist on 12

Technical

• Ronald K. Fierstein – executive producer
• Tchad Blake – engineer, mixing
• Len Peltier, Suzanne Vega – art direction

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Category:1992 albums

Category:Albums produced by Mitchell Froom

Category:A&M Records albums

Category:Suzanne Vega albums