Suicide (1977 album)
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| Studio album by Suicide | ||||
| Released | December 28, 1977 [1] | |||
| Recorded | November 1977, Ultima Studios, NYC | |||
| Genre | No Wave, punk rock, post-punk, New Wave, synthpunk | |||
| Length | 31:15 | |||
| Label |  Red Star Records (original release) Bronze Records (original release)Restless Records (1990 reissue) Demon Records (1986 reissue) Blast First (1998 reissue)  Celluloid Records  Ariola Records |
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| Producer | Marty Thau, Craig Leon |
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Suicide is the influential first studio album by American No Wave band Suicide, released in 1977. It is often cited as one of the first synth pop albums, although it has a harsher, more industrial leaning than many well-known albums of the genre. In 2003, the album was ranked number 446 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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[edit] Cultural Impact and Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | C+ [3] |
| Piero Scaruffi |   [4] |
| The Daily Vault | (A)[5] |
"Frankie Teardrop" is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's 2002 book 31 Songs, and appears in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1978 film In a Year of 13 Moons. "Cheree" is featured in the closing scene of Downtown 81 with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. "Girl" briefly appears in Nick Zedd's 1979 film They Eat Scum. "Ghost Rider" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2006 video game Driver: Parallel Lines and also appears on True Crime: New York City.
"Ghost Rider" has been covered by R.E.M., The Horrors, The Gories, Rollins Band, The Sisters of Mercy, Merzbow, Soft Cell and The Young Gods, and was featured in a Brazilian deodorant commercial in 2005. It was also sampled by M.I.A. for her 2010 single, Born Free. "Rocket USA" has been covered by The Fleshtones, Loop and The Cars on their reunion album, Move Like This.[6]
In September 2009 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. It was played again in London in May 2010 when the band supported The Stooges performances of Raw Power.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original Release
All songs written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Ghost Rider" | 2:33 |
| 2. | "Rocket U.S.A" | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Cheree" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Johnny" | 2:10 |
| 5. | "Girl" | 4:06 |
| 6. | "Frankie Teardrop" | 10:26 |
| 7. | "Che" | 4:51 |
[edit] CD Reissue Bonus Tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Cheree (Remix)" | 3:47 |
| 2. | "I Remember" | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Keep Your Dreams" | 4:48 |
[edit] CD Reissue Disc 2
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Mr. Ray" | 6:29 |
| 2. | "Las Vegas Man" | 4:23 |
| 3. | "96 Tears" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Keep Your Dreams" | 3:19 |
| 5. | "I Remember" | 5:11 |
| 6. | "Harlem" | 4:05 |
| 7. | "23 Minutes Over Brussels
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- The first six tracks on the bonus disc are from a live performance at CBGB on May 25, 1978. "23 Minutes Over Brussels" is an infamous live show on June 16, 1978 at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, that ended with the band being booed off the stage. In response to this, Elvis Costello, for whom Suicide was opening, played a very short, angry set, which incited a riot (this story is told in the liner notes).
[edit] Personnel
[edit] References
- ^ "Suicide Chronology". From The Archives.Org. 1 June 2010. http://www.fromthearchives.com/av_mr/chronology.html. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Suicide [First Album] at Allmusic. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Suicide". robertchristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=suicide. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Suicide". scaruffi.com. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/suicide.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Drennan, Graham (12 July 1997). "Suicide". dailyvault.com. http://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=177. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ (2011) Album notes for Move Like This by The Cars [CD (Best Buy edition)]. Hear Music.
