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Under the guidance of producer Mitchell Froom, who produced 99.9 F° and married her shortly after that album was completed, Suzanne Vega continues to explore more textured and vaguely experimental musical territory on Nine Objects of Desire. While it is less bold on the surface than its predecessor -- most notably, there are no pseudo-industrial rhythms -- Nine Objects of Desire still bears all the trademarks of a Mitchell Froom production. There is cheap, garage-yard percussion scattered throughout the record, layered keyboards, and overly mannered, arty arrangements. It's not as extreme as Froom's work for Los Lobos, for instance, but it is still more self-consciously pretentious than any of Vega's albums, besides 99.9 F°. Vega's songs manage to cut through the murky production more often than not, and while the album doesn't boast her most consistent set of songs, they are on the whole stronger than the ones on her previous record. The songs on Nine Objects of Desire are more classically structured and inviting than the ones on its predecessor -- it is only the production that keeps the listener at a distance. And that's ironic, since half of these songs rank among Vega's most personal work.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Composer, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Thomas, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Marotta, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Byron, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Donnelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Douglass, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Cecilia Sparacio, Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Composer, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jane Scarpantoni, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Steinberg, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Suzanne Vega, Acoustic Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Thomas, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Marotta, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Don Byron, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Donnelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Douglass, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Cecilia Sparacio, Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sebastian Steinberg, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Suzanne Vega, Acoustic Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Thomas, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Donnelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Composer, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Suzanne Vega, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MITCHELL FROOM, Producer - Tchad Blake, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Under the guidance of producer Mitchell Froom, who produced 99.9 F° and married her shortly after that album was completed, Suzanne Vega continues to explore more textured and vaguely experimental musical territory on Nine Objects of Desire. While it is less bold on the surface than its predecessor -- most notably, there are no pseudo-industrial rhythms -- Nine Objects of Desire still bears all the trademarks of a Mitchell Froom production. There is cheap, garage-yard percussion scattered throughout the record, layered keyboards, and overly mannered, arty arrangements. It's not as extreme as Froom's work for Los Lobos, for instance, but it is still more self-consciously pretentious than any of Vega's albums, besides 99.9 F°. Vega's songs manage to cut through the murky production more often than not, and while the album doesn't boast her most consistent set of songs, they are on the whole stronger than the ones on her previous record. The songs on Nine Objects of Desire are more classically structured and inviting than the ones on its predecessor -- it is only the production that keeps the listener at a distance. And that's ironic, since half of these songs rank among Vega's most personal work.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:57
- Main artists: Suzanne Vega
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1996 A&M Records ℗ 1996 A&M Records
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