Suicide (album)

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Suicide (first album)

Studio album by Suicide
Released	1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Punk rock/synth pop/Experimental Music
Length	31:15
Label	Bronze
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek, Craig Leon
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Suicide chronology
	Suicide (1977)	Suicide (1980)

Suicide is the influential first studio album by American punk band Suicide, released in 1977. It is often cited as the first synth pop album, but is much heavier than anything that followed. In 2003, the album was ranked number 446 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

"Frankie Teardrop" is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's book 31 Songs.

1 Track listing
2 2002 Mute Reissue track listing
- 2.1 Disc 1
- 2.2 Disc 2
3 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

"Ghost Rider" (Rev, Vega) – 2:33
"Rocket U.S.A." (Rev, Vega) – 4:17
"Cheree" (Rev, Vega) – 3:41
"Johnny" (Rev, Vega) – 2:10
"Girl" (Rev, Vega) – 4:06
"Frankie Teardrop" (Rev, Vega) – 10:25
"Che" (Rev, Vega) – 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.

[edit] 2002 Mute Reissue track listing

[edit] Disc 1

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

[edit] Disc 2

"Mr. Ray" - 6:29
"Las Vegas Man" - 4:23
"96 Tears" - 3:48
"Keep Your Dreams" - 3:19
"I Remember" - 5:11
"Harlem" - 4:05
"23 Minutes Over Brussels" - 22:56

Tracks 1 - 6 on the bonus disc are from a live performance at CBGB. Track 7 is a legendary live show that ended with the band being booed off the stage. In response to this, Elvis Costello, whom Suicide was opening for, played a very short, angry set, which incited a riot.