Song · Suzanne Vega
“Book of Dreams” by Suzanne Vega
From the album Days of Open Hand (1990)
“Book of Dreams” by Suzanne Vega appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1990 on the album Days of Open Hand. Its best result is #1799 on the CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,755 alternative song of all time.
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"Book of Dreams" sits on Days of Open Hand, the 1990 album Suzanne Vega made as the follow-up to Solitude Standing, and it's one of the songs she wrote with Anton Sanko, who co-produced the record with her. They made the album across a string of New York studios from late 1989 into 1990, pulling her folk-rock songcraft toward synths and samplers.
Vega wrote the words alone and plays acoustic guitar, wrapped here in Marc Shulman's electric and 12-string guitars, Sanko's synthesizer, Michael Visceglia's bass and Frank Vilardi's drums, with Michael Blair adding tambourine and cymbal. Shawn Colvin sings backup, and Hugh Padgham mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1834 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1836 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1839 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1825 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1801 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1960 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1801 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1799 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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