Suicide - Suicide

Label:

Red Star Records

Catalog#:

RS7001-1

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered

Country:

Released:

1999

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Leftfield, Electro

Tracklist

A1	Ghost Rider	2:29
A2	Rocket U.S.A.	4:13
A3	Cheree (Original)	3:39
A4	Cheree (Remix)	3:44
A5	Johnny	2:07
A6	Girl	4:03
B1	Frankie Teardrop	10:23
B2	Ché	4:49
B3	Keep Your Dreams	4:47

Credits

Arranged By - Suicide
Artwork By [Art Production And Design] - Art Olson
Artwork By [Cover Illustration] - Timothy Jackson
Electronics - Martin Rev
Engineer - Larry Alexander
Photography - Stephanie Chernikowsky
Producer - Craig Leon , Marty Thau
Vocals, Artwork By [Cover Illustration] - Alan Vega
Written-By - Vega* , Rev*

Notes

Second US Reissue of the US Original with two extra tracks ("Cheree (Remix)" and "Keep Your Dreams").
Recorded at Ultima Studios, Blauvelt, New York, 1977.
Digitally Remastered at Aligned Audio, NYC, 1996.

Front Sleeve has "Limited Edition" printed on.
New Rear Sleeve design - Different Band Photo, and Credits etc. printed on a Red background.

▸ show all 1 review

Reviews & Discussion

Post Review or Comment

Review by BigTone Jun 13, 2008

I was first exposed to Suicide by John Peel's BBC Radio show in the UK in 1977. The way he introduced the track immediately grabbed my attention - "Now, I first played this track a few weeks ago, and I've since had a number of requests from listeners NEVER to play it again. So, for all of you, here are Suicide - and "Frankie Teardrop".. (Probably not his exact words, but close to them). What followed was ten minutes of gruesome, desperate anguish brought into stark life, even through a cheap mono transistor radio.

Simply a milestone record in Rock history. People working with cobbled-together electronics and a sprit of independence, who somehow managed to translate raw emotion and imagery into the sound coming out of your speakers more powerfully than anyone before (or arguably since). This record makes movies in your head; escapist, voyeuristic, sleazy, right-on-the-edge ones in glorious widescreen super-high-def.

Often described as "ahead of it's time", I'd simply call it timeless. Wait 'till dark, draw the curtains, turn out the lights and absorb it. It'll force you to inhabit extremely vivid worlds, some you might not be too comfortable with, some you might want to stay in forever. Warm and cosy this ain't. Beware. Danger lurks within...