Songs in Red and Gray

Songs in Red and Gray is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was released on September 25, 2001 by A&M Records.

Music and lyrics
On Songs in Red and Gray, Vega returns to her signature acoustic folk-pop sound, shedding the experiments she had done in the 1990s with her husband, record producer Mitchell Froom. New producer Rupert Hine shows some traces of his past work with '80s new wave bands by employing electronic beats, but mostly allows Vega's voice and guitar to dominate in a manner reminiscent of her debut album and its 1987 follow-up, Solitude Standing.

Most of the songs, like "Widow's Walk" and "If I Were a Weapon", deal with the dissolution of Vega's marriage with Froom. Her "calm, hushed, clear singing" belies the album's "mood of heartbroken defiance". The lyrics are "the most personally revealing songs she has written" in her career.

Personnel

 * Suzanne Vega – vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Gerry Leonard – electric and acoustic guitars, dulcimer, mandolin, zither
 * Rupert Hine – keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, drum programming
 * Mike Visceglia – bass guitar
 * Nik Pugh – drum programming, synth lead
 * Jay Bellerose – drums
 * Matt Johnson – drums
 * Doug Yowell – drums, percussion
 * Pamela Sue Man – backing vocals, harmony vocals
 * Elizabeth Taubman – harmony vocals
 * Stephen W Tayler – recording and mixing engineer