Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs
| type = studio
| artist = Suzanne Vega
| cover = Suzanne Vega - Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 2, 2010
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Acoustic
| length = {{Duration|m=45|s=55}}
| label = Amanuensis Productions
| producer =
| prev_title = Beauty & Crime
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places
| next_year = 2010
}}
Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs is a studio album release by New York–based singer/songwriter and musician Suzanne Vega. The album consists of re-recordings of songs from Vega's back catalogue with stripped-down arrangements that highlight her lyrics and melodies.
Love Songs is the first volume of Vega's Close-Up Collection which were released over the next two years; and was followed by the albums People and Places, States of Being and Songs of Family.{{cite news |first=David |last=Honigmann |date=June 11, 2010 |title=Suzanne Vega remakes her best sounds |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/278ae0cc-74e1-11df-aed7-00144feabdc0.html |newspaper=Financial Times |publisher=The Financial Times Ltd. |accessdate=June 19, 2010}}
A "Deluxe Edition" available exclusively on iTunes includes four extra tracks.
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score= {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |class=album |tab=review |id=r1722677 |accessdate=July 19, 2010}}
| rev2 = Daily Express
| rev2Score= {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |first=Simon |last=Gage |date=June 18, 2010 |title=Review: Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/view/181531/Suzanne-Vega-Close-Up-Vol-1-Love-Songs/ |newspaper=Daily Express |publisher=Northern and Shell Media Publications |accessdate=June 20, 2010}}
| rev4 = PopMatters
| rev4Score= 7/10{{cite web |first=Will |last=Layman |date=April 14, 2010 |title=Review: Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/122414-suzanne-vega-close-up-volume-one-love-songs/ |work=PopMatters |accessdate=June 18, 2010}}
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score= {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |first=Robin |last=Denselow |title=Review: Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/17/suzanne-vega-closeup-vol1-love-songs-cd-review |newspaper=The Guardian |at=Film & Music p. 12 |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |accessdate=June 18, 2010 | location=London | date=June 17, 2010}}
}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline =
| extra_column = Original album
| total_length = 45:55
| all_writing = Suzanne Vega
| title1 = Small Blue Thing
| length1 = 4:04
| extra1 = Suzanne Vega (1985)
| title2 = Caramel
| length2 = 3:06
| extra2 = Nine Objects of Desire (1996)
| title3 = (If You Were) In My Movie
| length3 = 2:56
| extra3 = {{proper name|99.9F°}} (1992)
| title4 = Gypsy
| length4 = 4:10
| extra4 = Solitude Standing (1987)
| title5 = Marlene on the Wall
| length5 = 4:15
| extra5 = Suzanne Vega
| title6 = (I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May
| length6 = 3:37
| extra6 = Songs in Red and Gray (2001)
| title7 = Harbor Song
| length7 = 4:17
| extra7 = Songs in Red and Gray
| title8 = Headshots
| length8 = 2:54
| extra8 = Nine Objects of Desire
| title9 = Song in Red and Gray
| length9 = 4:16
| extra9 = Songs in Red and Gray
| title10 = Stockings
| length10 = 3:40
| extra10 = Nine Objects of Desire
| title11 = Some Journey
| length11 = 4:23
| extra11 = Suzanne Vega
| title12 = Bound
| length12 = 4:17
| extra12 = Beauty & Crime (2007)
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = iTunes bonus tracks
| extra_column = Original album
| total_length = 59:49
| title13 = {{proper name|99.9F°}}
| length13 = 3:05
| extra13 = {{proper name|99.9F°}}
| title14 = It Makes Me Wonder
| length14 = 4:04
| extra14 = Songs in Red and Gray
| title15 = Freeze Tag
| length15 = 2:53
| extra15 = Suzanne Vega
| title16 = Knight Moves
| length16 = 3:52
| extra16 = Suzanne Vega
}}
Release history
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! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format |
| February 2, 2010 |
| February 9, 2010
| CD |
References
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External links
- [http://www.slugmag.com/exclusives/2110/Suzanne-Vega-Love-Songs-Review.html Love Songs Review] – Love Songs Review by SLUG Magazine
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