Days of Open Hand

Days of Open Hand
Studio album by Suzanne Vega
Released	April 10, 1990
Recorded	1990 Skyline Studios, RPM Studios, The Living Room and with the effanel remote system
Genre	Rock
Length	45:51
Label	A&M
Producer	Anton Sanko, Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega chronology
Solitude Standing (1987) Days of Open Hand (1990) 99.9F° (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]
Q	[3]
Robert Christgau	B−[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Days of Open Hand is Suzanne Vega's third album, released in 1990. This album won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1991.

Track listing

All songs written by Suzanne Vega except as noted.

1. "Tired of Sleeping" – 4:22
2. "Men in a War" – 4:47
3. "Rusted Pipe" (Vega, Anton Sanko) – 4:16
4. "Book of Dreams" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:22
5. "Institution Green" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 6:15
6. "Those Whole Girls (Run in Grace)" – 3:09
7. "Room off the Street" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:00
8. "Big Space" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 3:46
9. "Predictions" – 4:59
10. "Fifty-Fifty Chance"– 2:36
11. "Pilgrimage" (Vega, A. Sanko) – 5:10

Personnel

• Suzanne Vega – vocal, acoustic guitar on 1 2 4 6 8 9 10, background vocals on 1 2 7 11, Fairlight on 3 8, hand claps on 7
• Michael Visceglia – five-string bass on 1 2 3 6, fretless bass on 5 9 11
• Marc Shulman – electric guitar on 1 2 3 4 5 9 11, tiple on 1 6 8, electric 12-string guitar on 4, E-Bow guitar on 5 9 11, bouzouki on 8
• Anton Sanko – Hammond C3 on 1 2 3, Akai S1000 on 2 3 6 11, Sequential Circuits Prophet VS on 3 8 9 11, Fairlight CMI percussion programming on 3 11, Voyetra Eight on 5 11, Fairlight on 5 6 8 9, DX7II on 5, string arrangements on 5, classical guitar on 7, tiple on 7, harmonium on 8, additional electric guitar on 9
• Frank Vilardi – drums on 1 2 3 4 5 11, rims on 5, brushes on 5, Akai S-1000 on 6, shaker on 8, percussion on 8, floor tom on 9, snare drum on 9, cymbal on 9, Blastics on 11
• Michael Blair – metal percussion on 2 4 9, tambourine on 2, wood percussion on 4 9, shaker on 7 11, orchestral bass drum on 9, Chinese drum on 9, hand drum on 11

Additional Personnel

• John Linnell – accordion on 1
• Shawn Colvin – background vocals on 4
• Sandra Park – 1st violin on 5
• Hae-Young Ham – violin on 5
• Rebecca Young Schatz – viola on 5
• Maria Kitsoupolos – cello on 5
• Erik Sanko – fretless bass on 7
• Hearn Gadbois – dumbek on 7
• Glen Velez – frame drum on 7
• Richard Horowitz – ney on 7
• Percy Jones – fretless bass on 9
• Philip Glass – string arrangement on 10
• Tim Baker – violin on 10
• Barry Finclair – violin on 10
• Fred Zlotkin – cello on 10
• Al Brown – viola on 10

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA Albums Chart)[6]	74
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	9
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8]	29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	16
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10]	24
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	19
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	7
US Billboard 200[15]	50

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1990	"Book of Dreams"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	8
		UK Singles Chart	66[16]

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Album reviews at CD Universe
4. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
5. Rolling Stone review
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
7. "Austriancharts.at – Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
9. "Officialcharts.de – Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
10. "Charts.org.nz – Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
12. "Swedishcharts.com – Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
13. "Swisscharts.com – Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
15. "Suzanne Vega – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Suzanne Vega. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
16. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Book+Of+Dreams#single

External links

• The Album Pages fansite: Days of Open Hand link
• Suzanne Vega Discography: solo albums page link