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{{Infobox album
| name       = Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Suzanne Vega]]
| cover      = Suzanne Vega - Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2012|9|21}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Acoustic music|Acoustic]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=47|s=43}}
| label      = [[Suzanne Vega#Amanuensis Productions|Amanuensis Productions]]
| producer   = [[Suzanne Vega]]
| prev_title = [[Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being]]
| prev_year  = 2011
| next_title = [[Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles]]
| next_year  = 2014
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic|AllMusic]]''
| rev1Score=  {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Deming |title=Close-Up, Vol. 4: Songs of Family - Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/close-up-vol-4-songs-of-family-mw0002375792 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref>
}}
'''''Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Family''''' is the eleventh studio album by New York–based singer/songwriter and musician [[Suzanne Vega]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/57035/suzanne-vega.html |title=Show Review-Suzanne Vega-Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, CA 01/27/2011 |first=Peter |last=Zimmerman |date=April 1, 2011 |work= |publisher=glidemagazine.com |accessdate=October 12, 2011}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toledofreepress.com/tag/suzanne-vega/ |title=Singer-songwriter Vega revisits songs, works on musical |first=Vicki L. |last=Kroll |date=October 6, 2011 |publisher=Toledo Free Press |accessdate=October 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407022544/http://www.toledofreepress.com/tag/suzanne-vega/ |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
. The album consists of re-recordings of songs from Vega's back catalogue with stripped-down arrangements that highlight her lyrics and melodies.  Two of the songs, "Brother Mine" and "The Silver Lady", are songs Vega wrote more than 30 years ago, but are only now seeing an official recording and release.  "Daddy is White" is a song she wrote back in 2007, previously only existing as a demo attached to an article in ''[[The New York Times]]'' titled "Which Side Are You On?" she wrote in 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/which-side-are-you-on/ |title=Which Side Are You On? |first=Suzanne |last=Vega |date=December 3, 2008 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=October 22, 2012}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
"Pilgrimage"<ref name=twitter2>[https://www.twitter.com/suzyv/status/123886242977951744 Twitter: Re-recording Pilgrimage for CloseUp Vol 4. ]</ref> was recorded in October 2011. {{As of|2011|12|15|df=US}}, the album was "almost done".<ref name=twitter3>[https://twitter.com/suzyv/status/147468043432366080 Twitter: Finishing up Close-up Vol 4, songs of family. Almost done!]</ref>
{{tracklist
| headline        =
| extra_column    = Original album
| total_length    =
| all_writing     = Suzanne Vega, except where noted
| title1          = Rosemary
| length1         = 2:54
| extra1          = ''Tried and True'' (1998)
| writer1         =
| title2          = Honeymoon Suite
| length2         = 3:13
| extra2          = ''[[Nine Objects of Desire]]'' (1996)
| title3          = World Before Columbus
| length3         = 3:00
| extra3          = ''[[Nine Objects of Desire]]'' (1996)
| title4          = As You Are Now
| length4         = 2:28
| extra4          = ''[[Beauty & Crime]]'' (2007)
| title5          = Soap And Water
| length5         = 2:52
| extra5          = ''[[Songs in Red and Gray]]'' (2001)
| title6          = Widow's Walk
| length6         = 3:42
| extra6          = ''[[Songs in Red and Gray]]'' (2001)
| title7          = Blood Sings
| length7         = 3:20
| extra7          = {{proper name|''[[99.9F°]]''}} (1992)
| title8          = Bad Wisdom
| length8         = 3:10
| extra8          = {{proper name|''[[99.9F°]]''}} (1992)
| title9          = Ludlow Street
| length9         = 3:11
| extra9          = ''[[Beauty & Crime]]'' (2007)
| title10          = Tired Of Sleeping
| length10         = 3:47
| extra10          = ''[[Days of Open Hand]]'' (1990)
| title11          = Pilgrimage
| length11         = 4:26
| writer11         = Vega, [[Anton Sanko]]
| extra11          = ''[[Days of Open Hand]]'' (1990)
| title12          = Brother Mine
| length12         = 3:14
| extra12          = previously unreleased
| title13          = The Silver Lady
| length13         = 5:35
| extra13          = previously unreleased
| title14          = Daddy Is White
| length14         = 2:44
| extra14          = previously unreleased
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|160|artist=Suzanne Vega|album=Close-Up: Vol. 4, Songs of Family|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2014}}
|}
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