#GreatAlbums1980s - #SuzanneVega - Solitude Standing (1987). New York's Vega channeled the anxieties of modern living in songs that echoed Joni Mitchell and Rickie Lee Jones. The acapella "Tom's Diner" was a concise vignette of New York life. Hit single "Luka" brought rare mainstream attention to domestic violence. Longer tracks, including “Ironbound/ Fancy Poultry” and “Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser’s Song)" expanded the musical vista of Vega's poetic art pop.

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