Released: 1985

Suzanne Vega

The 1666th greatest album of all time

Suzanne Vega's 1985 self-titled debut presents her spare, literate singer-songwriter style with acoustic guitar-centered arrangements and subtle touches of electric instrumentation and light percussion. The album introduced Vega's observational, narrative lyrics on songs such as "Marlene on the Wall," pairing folk traditions with pop-minded melodies and an understated production that helped define a quiet strand of 1980s indie folk and folk-pop.

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