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Suicide

Suicide

August 1, 2013
4.5 out of 5 stars 49 customer reviews
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Song Title Time Popularity
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Ghost Rider
2:34
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Rocket Usa
4:16
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Cheree
3:42
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Johnny
2:10
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Girl
4:05
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Frankie Teardrop
10:26
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Che
Che
4:52
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Cheree (Remix)
3:47
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I Remember
3:11
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Keep Your Dreams
4:49
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Mr Ray (Live At Cbgb's)
6:29
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Las Vegas Man (Live At Cbgb's)
4:23
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96 Tears (Live At Cbgb's)
3:48
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Keep Your Dreams (Live At Cbgb's)
3:19
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I Remember (Live At Cbgb's)
5:11
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Harlem (Live At Cbgb's)
4:05
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23 Minutes Over Brussels
22:56
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Product Details

  • Original Release Date: August 1, 2013
  • Release Date: August 1, 2013
  • Label: Mute/BMG
  • Copyright: ℗© 1997 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company, under exclusive license to INgrooves
  • Total Length: 1:34:03
  • Genres:
  • ASIN: B00E5CY96A
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 customer reviews

Customer Reviews

Top Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsAvant-punk masteriece, no doubt about it
By Dave Lang on August 6, 2002
Format: Audio CD
What an incredible piece of work this is: absolutely unique, unprecendented and terrifying, without any pretensions or sense of compromise. For a band merely consisting of a singer and a guy with a beat-up old keyboard plugged into a few distortion pedals, Suicide in 1977 truly made one of rock'n'roll's all-time essential albums.
Released at the height of the NYC punk explosion of the late '70s (though the band - Alan Vega and Martin Rev - pre-dated it by a good 5 years), "Suicide" made many stroke their heads in confusion, though won over just as many with its bizarre, minimalist take on punk rock'n'roll, seemingly a mixture of whiter-than-white Velvets/Stooges rock churn, Taylor/Monk avant-garde jazz and the two-note repetitive glory of LaMonte Young and Terry Riley.
Much to its credit, "Suicide" is more than just noise and screaming; what stands out here are the SONGS. "Ghost Rider" is the ultimate slab of white-line-fever trance-rock; "Cheree" is almost like a punker update on '50s doo-wop weepies; "Johnny" is pure electro-Elvis; and the epic "Frankie Teardrop" is a chilling ride through a hopeless life I hope not to experience. What made Suicide so special was their ability to melt technology with a totally HUMAN aesthetic, allowing even boring "rock purists" to enjoy their keyboard-driven sounds.
To cut a long story short, this excellent reissue (nice info-filled booklet and all) features two essential bonuses: six songs recorded live at CBGBs ca. 1977, and the infamous "23 Minutes Over Brussells" show from '78, a riot-inducing spectacular of frightening proportions.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsStark electronic punk
By dronecaster on June 6, 2004
Format: Audio CD
Punk rock is a very visceral form of music to start with; one listen to the Sex Pistols' catalog (or at least their debut album)will leave no one doubting that. But the idea of a punk recording adopting influences from the German rather than British or American rock scenes struck most people then as unusual. Moreover, the idea of a punk recording consisting of no more than of what were then state-of-the-art electronics (today they're 'vintage') and extreme vocals was even more unusual. After honing their skills for six years prior, the duo of Alan Vega and Martin Rev who make up Suicide released this, their debut album in 1977, probably one of the most forward-thinking pop recordings of its day.
Having very little experience with groups like Wire and Joy Division (both significant in their own right), I find it hard to accept that either act could have created something more chilling than this. Perhaps Suicide are the beginning of what's now refered to as "post-punk", a style of punk which relied heavily on synthesizers, drum machines, and so on. Suicide's second and third releases convey a similar energy and drive, but this self-titled work remains the purest expression of their modus operandi, a harsh, almost dirty, bed of synth arpeggios which provide the foundation for Vega's vocal meanderings, most powerfully expressed on 'Frankie Teardrop' and the alternate take of 'Harlem' from the CBGB live performance on the bonus disc. Think of it, if you will, as the kind of music either Terry Riley or Klaus Schulze would have made if they were punk musicians, or if Kraftwerk had stronger theatrical tendencies. Beautiful, occasionally distrubing and always mesmerizing, Suicide's debut is certainly one of the great electronic albums of the '70s, and maybe of all time.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFirst Album
By Kevin H. Carney on June 17, 2000
Format: Audio CD
For a band that really had no other electro-punk influences to draw from at the time of it's release, this album proves that they were WAY ahead of their time. Always minimalistic and staggering in its approach, the album's power derives mainly from trance-inducing and repetitive keyboards from Marty Rev and unpredictable, howling vocals from Alan Vega. Not bad sounds coming from what mainly started with a broken down Farfisa organ and cheap-o drum machine. And tracks like "Ghost Rider" and "Frankie Teardrop" have proved to be timeless and greatly influencial even by today's standards. The live tracks taken from different shows of the era only prove how often controversial and violent this kind of music was taking it's only influences from the doomed and claustrophobic climate of the late 1970's in NYC. HIGHLY recommended and a leader of the genre.
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4.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful, brilliant, terrifying CD
By Mike Verlaine on June 25, 2006
Format: Audio CD
Biker gangs,teenag e sweethearts, TV stars and psycho killers are just some of the images conjured up on this unique slice of electric punk from '77.

As someone properly pointed out earlier, this isn't the "punk" many would equate with The Ramones, Dead Boys, Television, et al. For there is no guitarist, bassist or drummer. In like manner, to call this a "techno" album would not do either. But this album does draw inspirations from both. Alan Vega used the word "punk" in describing his earlier gigs, when he gained infamy for sporting a leather jacket, battered jeans and a bike chain that he pummeled the walls and floors with. Some of these things ARE punk in a sense.

But that's beside the point. What an album this is: Two artists with limited resources or instruments, except a battered organ (originally it was in fact a Farfisa) and a whole lotta attitude create an album of raw, primitive energy. Martin Rev's homemade riffs are an overtone to Alan Vega's beat-like lyrics. While "Ghost Rider" conjures up images of motorcyclists who are "blazin' away," "Rocket USA" is a brooding punch-out about "doomsday" amid a world of decadence: "It's nineteen hundred seventy seven/the whole country's doin' a fix/ It's doomsday.")

But this isn't always menacing. With an Elvis-like crooning, "Cheree" is an absolutely gorgeous update on '50s melodies. When Vega sings "Cheree Cheree/my comic book fantasy/ come play with me/ I love you / I love you, baby," it's actually quite moving. "Johnny" is fun little slice of rockabilly, albeit short. (What a shame!) "Girl" is probably the one low-water mark on the album that should be avoided at all costs, unless hearing someone moan perversely into the mic is entertaining to you.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsEnjoyable

I really enjoyed this album, which I wish I'd heard earlier in life. I never heard of this group, or Alan Vega, until he died. Read more

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Although they barely receive credit, Suicide (singer Alan Vega and keyboardist Martin Rev) is the source point for virtually every synth pop duo that glutted the pop marketplace... Read more

Published 5 months ago by STEVE GUILLORY
5.0 out of 5 starsAwesome!

I'd like to thank Momox for the copy

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Published 13 months ago by Cj
5.0 out of 5 starsThe perfect album

One of the best punk records of all time. Has the added bonus of coming in a translucent red vinyl.

Published 14 months ago by Arslan Sheikh
5.0 out of 5 starsSongs like "Cheree" and "Frankie Teardrop" are also iconic

Edgy and quirky, this duo's first record is an absolute classic of the early Punk invasion. The eerie, Gene Vincent on STP "Ghost Rider" was influential upon Springsteen... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

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