| Artist: | Suzanne Vega |
| Studio: | 9 |
| Live: | 7 |
| Ep: | 1 |
| Compilation: | 3 |
| Singles: | 23 |
The discography of American singer Suzanne Vega consists of nine studio albums, four acoustic albums, two greatest hits albums, one box set, seven live albums, one extended play, and 23 singles.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS | AUT [2] | FRA [3] | GER [4] | NLD [5] | NOR [6] | NZL [7] | SWE [8] | SWI [9] | UK [10] [11] | |||
| Suzanne Vega |
| 91 | 23 | — | — | 54 | 11 | — | 9 | 42 | — | 11 | |
| Solitude Standing |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| Days of Open Hand |
| 50 | 74 | 9 | 25 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 7 | |
| 86 | 56 | — | — | 27 | 70 | — | 38 | 45 | 24 | 20 | ||
| Nine Objects of Desire |
| 92 | 113 | 25 | 25 | 43 | 93 | 24 | — | 39 | 23 | 43 | |
| Songs in Red and Gray |
| 178 | 187 | — | 36 | 53 | — | 34 | — | — | 47 | 100 | |
| Beauty & Crime | 129 | — | — | 52 | 81 | — | — | — | — | 79 | 127 | ||
| Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles |
| 173 | — | 66 | 124 | 38 | 47 | — | — | — | — | 37 | |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Current [13] | US Folk [14] | BEL (FL) | FRA | |||
| Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places |
| 186 | 10 | — | 199 | |
| Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family |
| — | — | 160 | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | BEL (FL) [15] | BEL (WA) [16] | GER | NOR | SWI | UK | ||||
| 96 | 16 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 29 | 46 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |||
| Close-Up Series |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Current | AUS | |||
| Live in London 1986 |
| — | 93 | |
| Sessions at West 54th |
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| Live at the Stephen Talkhouse |
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| Live at the Speakeasy |
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| Live at the Bottom Line, NY 1986 |
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| Live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, 6 Aug 87 – Both Sets (Remastered) |
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| An Evening of New York Songs and Stories |
| 70 | — | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [19] | US Main [20] | US Modern [21] | US AAA [22] | AUS [23] | CAN | IRE [24] | NLD | NZL | UK | ||||
| "Marlene on the Wall" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | Suzanne Vega | |
| "Small Blue Thing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | |||
| "Knight Moves" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Marlene on the Wall" (re-release) | 1986 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | 9 | 27 | — | 21 | ||
| "Left of Center" (featuring Joe Jackson) | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | 28 | — | — | 32 | Pretty in Pink | ||
| "Gypsy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | Solitude Standing | ||
| "Luka" | 1987 | 3 | 15 | — | — | 21 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 8 | 23 | ||
| "Tom's Diner" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | 58 | |||
| "Solitude Standing" | 94 | 43 | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | 45 | 79 | |||
| "Book of Dreams" | 1990 | — | 47 | 8 | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | 66 | Days of Open Hand | |
| "Tired of Sleeping" | — | — | — | — | 145 | — | — | — | — | 101 | |||
| "Men in a War" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | |||
| "In Liverpool" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | ||
| — | — | 13 | — | 125 | — | — | — | — | 46 | ||||
| "Blood Makes Noise" | — | — | 1 | — | 61 | 63 | — | — | 42 | 60 | |||
| "When Heroes Go Down" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | 113 | — | — | — | — | 58 | ||
| "Caramel" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nine Objects of Desire | |
| "No Cheap Thrill" | — | — | — | 12 | 155 | — | — | — | — | 40 | |||
| "World Before Columbus" | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Book & a Cover" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tried & True: The Best of Suzanne Vega | |
| "Rosemary (Remember Me)" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fool's Complaint" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles | |
| "We of Me" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers | |
| "Rats" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AAA | UK Airplay | ||||
| "Birth-Day (Love Made Real)" | 1997 | — | — | Nine Objects of Desire | |
| "Headshots" | — | — | |||
| "The Widow's Walk" | 2001 | 6 | — | Songs in Red and Gray | |
| "Last Year's Troubles" | — | 42 | |||
| "Penitent" | — | — | |||
| "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May" | 2002 | — | — | ||
| "Frank & Ava" | 2007 | 20 | 65 | Beauty & Crime | |
| "Ludlow Street" | — | — | |||
| "Unbound" | — | — | |||
| "Pornographer's Dream" | — | — | |||
| "I Never Wear White" | 2014 | — | — | Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles | |
| "Harper Lee" | 2016 | — | — | Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers | |
Especially for You (1986) – "In a Lonely Place"
Songs from Liquid Days (1986) – "Lightning" and "Freezing"
Taste This (1992) – "Tom's Diner" (DNA Remix) and "Salt Water"
Songs from the Cold Seas (1994) – "The Long Voyage" (with John Cale)
Heaven & Hell (1997) – "Angel (Lust)"
Dopamine (1998) – "Dopamine"
Rocket Ship Beach (2000) – "Erie Canal"
Promised Land (2008) – "Go to the Woods"
Songs to Fight Cancer (2011) – "Streets of Laredo"
Artificial Heart (2011) – "Now I Am an Arsonist"
Místečko (2011) - "Rain Is Falling"
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 329. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 12, 1988.
