On September 8, 1992, “A&M” label released “99.9F°” (Ninety-Nine Point Nine Fahrenheit Degrees), the fourth Suzanne Vega album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Dreamland” in Bearsville, “The Magic Shop “in New York City, and “Sunset Sound Factory” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.
Personnel:
- Suzanne Vega– vocals, acoustic guitar
- David Hidalgo– electric guitar
- Richard Pleasance– electric guitar
- Tchad Blake – electric guitar, engineer, mixing
- Richard Thompson – guitar
- Marc Shulman– bouzouki
- Mitchell Froom– keyboards, string arrangement
- Bruce Thomas – bass
- Michael Visceglia – fretless bass
- Jerry Scheff– acoustic bass
- Jerry Marotta– drums, percussion
- Greg Smith– baritone sax
- Sid Page– 1st violin
- Joel Derouin– 2nd violin
- Maria Newman– viola
- Larry Corbett– cello
- Suzie Katayana– copyist
Track listing:
All tracks by Suzanne Vega, except where noted.
- Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)
- Blood makes Noise
- In Liverpool
- 9F°
- Blood Sings
- Fat Man and Dancing Girl – Suzanne Vega, Mitchell Froom
- (If You Were) In My Movie
- As a Child
- Bad Wisdom
- When Heroes Go Down
- As Girls Go
- Song of Sand
