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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.

Cultural impact and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau(C+) [2]
Piero Scaruffi [3]
The Daily Vault(A)[4]

"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.[5]

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega.

  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" – 10:25
  7. "Che" – 4:51

Note: This is the original track listing. The album has been reissued on CD several times, and the most recent CD version is a double-CD package featuring more than an hour's worth of bonus tracks.

2002 Blast First Reissue track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Ghost Rider" - 2:34
  2. "Rocket USA" - 4:16
  3. "Cheree" - 3:42
  4. "Johnny" - 2:10
  5. "Girl" - 4:05
  6. "Frankie Teardrop" - 10:26
  7. "Che" - 4:52
  8. "Cheree (Remix)" - 3:47
  9. "I Remember" - 3:11
  10. "Keep Your Dreams" - 4:48

Disc 2

  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" - 22:56
    • Ghost Rider
    • Rocket USA
    • Cheree
    • Dance
    • Frankie Teardrop

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).

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Suicide Chronology". From The Archives.Org. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  2. ^ "=suicide link".
  3. ^ "Scaruffi Suicide review".
  4. ^ "Daily Vault Suicide review".
  5. ^ Move Like This (Media notes). Hear Music. 2011. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |artist= ignored (|others= suggested) (help)
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