Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles

Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega.

The album features contributions from Larry Campbell and Tony Levin (bassist from King Crimson and Peter Gabriel).

In 2014 the album was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[7] which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.

[8] Over the past number of years, Vega had collected "recordings with melodies, lyrics, notes and pieces of ideas" for songs on her iPhone.

[10] "Song of the Stoic" was a follow-up to Vega's 1987 hit single "Luka", and was written from the point of view of the character as he looked back on his life.