Suicide

"Upon its initial release, Suicide was greeted with some favorable reception from the UK press, but was universally panned in the United States, where it failed to chart." Yea that's par for the course for this list, seems like. That said, this is an album that was a huge influence on many genres including Punk, New-Wave, noise, industrial.... It belongs on the list for sure. It's just not particularly entertaining!

One song is a third of the album

This is one of the weirder, and, at the end, most disturbing things I think I've ever listened to. I expected thrashing, screaming punk, but what I got is this strange hushed or sort of fuzzy version of punk-tronica. And that last track, yikes, not thank you, not listening to that again.

I know this is silly, but part of me kind of wanted to hate this album just so I could make a joke along the lines of "Suicide? Yeah, that's what I want to commit after having to listen to this album." However, while I absolutely have problems with this album, I also didn't hate it and I don't think it's fair to make that joke. This album has some things to really appreciate about it and also some very bad parts. I'll start with the praise. This album is very ahead of its time. It's kind of remarkable that an album like this was released in 1977. This, of course, has led to Suicide influencing a number of popular artists, including Bruce Springsteen of all people! I have to respect that and I will admit that this album would probably stay on my 1001 albums list. However, this is another one of those albums that I respect more than I actually like, because I didn't really enjoy listening to this that much. It started out as being fine. The synths are solid. I thought the opener "Ghost Rider" was good. As the album went on, I started to feel a bit more negatively. The tone of "Girl" made me quite uncomfortable. The style was respectable but not my thing. However, I was still willing to give this album something like a light 3. That changed with "Frankie Teardrop." I was a bit concerned by the existence of a 10 minute song on an album like this, but I still went in with an open mind. It started out decently. Definitely on the spookier side of music with the lyrics and all, but not in a bad way. Then the screaming happens. Dear god, the screaming. That might have been the most physically painful moment of any album I've heard on this whole list. I'm serious. I actually had to stop listening for a bit because of it. You might be thinking "Oh, come on, that can't be enough to drop the album's score down, right?" Yeah, well I'm a petty bitch, so I'm dropping the score down. I have some respect for this album and I'm not upset at all that I listened to it, but I also didn't enjoy listening to it for a substantial part of its runtime. High 2/5.

This one is definitely not for me. The music is anxiety inducing at best and the vocal is either spoken word or screeching. OTOH, it is utterly unlike anything I’ve ever heard before and I have to give them credit for that

Pretty wild and unhinged for 77 but also quite unpleasant to listen to at most times. Feels interesting and cool in concept but not really in actuality. A few of the songs that narratively lean into the creepy feeling are cool Fav song: Frankie Teardrop or Cheree

Influential but not actually enjoyable.

It's like a weird parody of 70's rock using synths instead of guitars. It wasn't too bad and I would have given it 3 stars, but taking one off due to Frankie Teardrop.

Fine, not for me. 3.1/10

I’m not sure what to make of this. I can hear why it’s an important record, but I really don’t like it. The whole thing is weird and annoying

Not my cup of tea.

I'm trying to separate how influential this record was from how much I (did not) enjoy it. I actually purchased this on CD a long time because I heard about how influential it was. I probably listened to it twice at the time. Maybe. I hoping that revisiting as my older and perhaps wise self would allow for a new found appreciation. Not so, unfortunately. This is hard listen. I get it was ground breaking when it came out. I'm sure I like many of bands there were influenced by this, but it's just too minimal, too unmelodic and non-rhythmic for me.

Would have been a 3 if Frankie Teardrop was not on the album

Their songs mostly sound like super long intros to other songs

To much screaming in the one song downgraded

Naff!

HOLY MID PUNK

Without the singing it would be a good album. Early Aphex Twin. But the singing - I could only enjoy when imagining it’s meant in a funny way- let‘s just annoy the shit out of the listener - way. Oh Frankie!

That was an odd one

The immediate impression I got from this album is that, in a few different ways, this music is intentionally challenging. It is super repetitive and lowfi, and that’s coming from someone who truly loves outsider music, so lowfi doesn’t normally bother me. In fact my favorite aspect of the album is the lowfi sound. The worst to me is how painfully repetitive some songs are. Even the tracks I listen ended up liking and growing on me are also super repetitive to the point of abuse. The two songs I saved off this album were “Ghost Rider” and “Johnny” (the later being my favorite song). I definitely needed to warm up to GR but Johnny I loved immediately. I wanted the album to be alittle sillier like that song. The real positive about this album is I’ve looked into their other music and I’ve found a bunch that I really like cause they are really creative and bold. But this specific album didn’t really do much for me other than peak my curiosity, and while that does deserve it’s credit, I don’t think that makes it a very good album as a whole.

412/1001 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

pass

What? No. Stop jump screaming me.

I've never heard of this band. I saw another review of this album that said "The first note of the first song had me intrigued but it quickly got really bad after that." And I thought, did I write that? Some interesting things going on, but overall a tough listen.

Ahead of its time- Interesting, experimental and a little weird, the originality/historical significance makes it cool. First track, Ghost Rider, was the best. A few were not listenable, but I see the vision. Worth hearing (once) because it certainly inspired (better) music to come.

lEt'S hEaR iT for FrAnKiE, fRaNkie FrAnKiEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEe

esto es verga. Le voy a poner 2 estrellas porque no fue tan inescuchable como para sacarlo antes de que termine.

E for Effort. 2/5 is the best I can do. What a shame. I was really looking forward to this one. 2/5 #121

For a band named suicide this is pretty chill Okay what the fuck was the girl song Okay what the fuck is this entire album

So… when does the album really start?

Rating: 3.5/10 Mostly meh but Frankie Teardrop nearly tanks this to a one-star album. I respect the experimentation but this album misses a lot more than it delivers.

The electronic-like beats are interesting but get repetitive and it all starts to sound the same. The themes are allright and understandebale for the time. The vocals get weird though.

Strange album. Hard to follow and some of the songs are just a slog to get through. At least it was short. 2/5 Won't listen again

Snoozefest (2019 - Remaster)

What the fuck

This started off promising and then went downhill for me. Not my cup of tea - not even my warm beverage of choice. Some cool sounds sprinkled throughout, but it sounded like they were trying hard to sound weird and different just for the sake of sounding weird and different.

i can see that this was an influential album, but it’s not for me.

Highlight: Johnny In a nutshell: synth punk performance art. "Suicide was never supposed to be entertainment" Alan Vega. Touche, Alan. Overall: 3/10

Not my thing, but the first song was kinda nice.

experimental in the wrong way

Weird early electronic. Meh

Starts off okay, but ends up obnoxious and self-indulgent.

oh my god thank you thank you i would hate to have died without listening to suicide by suicide thank you!!!

The music was kind of droning which would be fine if the vocals weren't also so weird.

yeah. No

I don't know. It's simple and twisted and hard to listen to. But it took a while for me realize that there's no real point to the discomfort, no thesis it's striving to realize in any serious way. When the album culminates in Frankie's Teardrop, it feels shocking for the sake of being shocking (and even that falls flat in a world where cartel execution videos and extreme sexual violence are a couple of mouseclicks away). If there was any doubt, the fleeting political and social references there've been up until that point are exposed as flimsy excuses. It's as empty as it is confronting, and yet there's a certain charm here that has pulled me back for multiple listens. God knows why.

This entire album feels like the product of gifting your goth cousin a brand new Casio for his 16th birthday. Honestly, it’s hard not feel like most of these tracks are just some dude messing around with the various drum loops on his synthesizer. The whole thing gives off serious amateur hour vibes: Think Randy Marsh channeling Lorde. It gets a two from me for the interesting electronic sounds on the opening track. But good lord. This was mostly awful.

Ну очень необычная (музыка?). Идеально подходит для суицидников, вероятно. Затрудняюсь с оценкой, поставлю от балды 4 балла из 10.

Phenomenal instrumentals that were wasted on whatever those horrible, uncomfortably breathy, did I say horrible, voice tracks are…

started off promising, a little trance-like, but slowly descended into just grunts with a fuzz background. Not my thing

This is one of those albums that you listen to once because of its legacy and influence and then never again. Super weird and unsettling. 2/5

Twoddle - I'll give this album another listen later in life but goddamn I really couldn't stand the wailing. Cool hypnotic instrumentals though.

I get how forward looking this was for its time, but it doesn’t really change the fact that it’s a pretty shit listen.

Feels like it could be a good backdrop to a current indie album - at least at the beginning. But the reverb talking vocals and the vacancy of many of the tracks were just...bad. Track 1 (Ghost Rider) is kinda interesting. Track 2 (Rocket USA) you realize, oh, we're just gonna talk for most of this, but the drums and synths still kind of keep things going. Track 3 (Cheree) feels like it really is just a mid-2010's indie band instrumental track where the vocals haven't been laid down yet. And it kind of deteriorates from there. Frankie Teardrop is a complete mess - pretty useless from a music standpoint, and with it being Track 6, you're already pretty tired of what you've been listening to.

Torn between 1 star and 2. It got 2 because I liked the back track.

Ambitious and boring. 6.5/10

Completely new stuff to me. Never heard of Suicide and if I had seen the album before today, due to the band’s name, would have naturally avoided it. But to be true to the list and despite the name had a listen and was pleasantly surprised. The instrumentation was good and had one or two melodies which immediately hit home but suspect that could also become a bit annoying due to their repetitive nature. What I didn’t really like was the vocals. Sounded like the chap wasn’t really trying so vocals became incidental to the music. If I owned the album I don’t think it would be played much. But if ripped to a playlist a random track every now and then would be welcoming. 2.4/5 23/4/25

I appreciate the music and the influence it had on other artists, who thought it might be better to actually put some rhythm and drums and bass together to make better music than these guys. 2/5 just because they influenced better bands.

So cool for this to exist in 1977. I’m sure this is absurdly ahead of its time experimental, ground breaking, inspirational, and life changing to young upcoming artists who drew from this unique at the time album. Too bad it’s boring as hell. I have to note that Frankie Teardrop rules. Saves this project from a 1, especially because it’s a third of the run time.

This album made me feel things I've never felt before. All negative. But still new, nonetheless. Woah, I'm on Frankie's Teardrop right now and I think I'm entering into a K hole. This must be what it feels like. I'm towards the end of the song now, and I'm sure this is a K hole experience for me. mom? Mom? MOM? MOM!!!!! MOMMMYYYYY HEEEEEELPPPPPP!!!!!! I think the singer was gooning when recording this album. I'll need to fact check that though. This is weird. The bad weird. But +1 for creativity? It was a trip for sure. Score predictions: catsmeow: 1 ekard: 3 lexa: 2 corbobb: 1 macksproject: 5

GODDAMN, this album would have been so good if it was literally any good, like any amount of good at all. Instead, its 7 songs formed of a basic drum loop and a single simplistic synth line that sounds like shit. Its definitely punk, in that they were way more interested in sounding like they were coming on "Girl" then they were in sounding any good. Frankie Teardrop is interesting, and I get what its trying to do, but I don't find it particularly compelling. Other bands would take everything this band did and run with it way harder and better then anything on this album. Listen to "High Pressure Days" by the Units, it came out three years later and is a way better example of Synthpunk. Bonus star for being the seminal album in one of my favorite genres ever, but listening to this and then swapping to Crystal Castles or You Love Her and you can see just how much could have been done but just wasn't.

It was decent until the 10 minute abomination that is Frankie Teardrop

Noisy, 80’s, synth/punk, and yet still boring

Look. This is so influential for the development of Synth pop music. I gotta hand it to that. I also gotta gonna say that the next song that came up on the auto queue on their next album was like 10x better. It makes me so conflicted ahhhh. Plus some songs were just terrible in the vocal parts. Nevertheless, very interesting album to have included

The instrumentals are so freaking good but the guy singing sounds like he's pushing one out on the toilet using an amazon podcast mic with the reverb turned up to 5000. Oof. 💀

Interesting and weird. Best description is they sound like and EXTREMELY edgy and dark Kraftwerk, but in English.

What even is this?

Started out fine and quickly went downhill.

Meh. I was onboard with a 3 at the start, but then we hit "Frankie Teardrop" and then it ended after a mere 32 minutes, so I can't get there. 2.2

Frankie isn’t enjoying this album very much

I too know what a loop is. Feels like an album that would appeal to someone who would make an album I like. Appreciate new ideas, but I still need to enjoy the song. No shade to Suicide. Rating: 3/10

5/10 Interesting ideas and good sound. Not my favorite but intriguing nonetheless.

Interesting, but hard to listen to. I can get how it was influential. Amazing that this is from 1977.

So boring and pointless which sucks for an album with a song called che

Suicide walked so NIN could run

There was some interesting sounds on here. But not worth another listen. At least it wasn't long

Day429 - it definitely sounds experimental. maybe take away some of the louder keyboards and it could be pretty good

Not the greatest album on this list and also one of the most mismatched names for a band ever. It's not a norwegian death metal, or at the very least bleak and depressing black metal from Sweden. It's just a random(?) rock band with a very boring and unimpressive music. There's no other words to describe it, because it's that bland.

I did not like this album, which is probably a sign that it achieved what it set out to do?

I don't know who this is for. It started out kind of OK, but then slowly devolved into sort of a throbbing backbeat with the singer kind of moaning and heavy breathing. I think he was literally masturbating on the song Girl. It was vaguely uncomfortable. As far as I can tell, Johnny is just him repeating the name Johnny for three minutes. Frankie Teardrop tries, I think, to tell some sort of story? But the random, very loud, distorted screams are kind of stupid. Like, it's not a rock song scream, it's just screaming for the sake of it. I appreciate the decency of it only being 32 minutes, but it just kind of drones on. It's kind of like if Elvis discovered Pro Tools and was 30% more pervy.

This is one of those albums that is on this list due to historical significance. Apparently it was used to inspire the work of a lot of others that came after it. That's one of the downfalls I think of this list. I won't argue that this album has historical significance and important in the music timeline... But is it really that enjoyable and something you must listen to? Probably not.

Not into it

Really different than I was expecting and could have been so much worse.

Bro why are you screaming 😭

Well, this was ok to be fair. Apart from Frankie Teardrop, which was woeful. Not rushing out to the record store for this one I’m afraid.

Low on the enjoyment scale.

Nope. Points for experimental originality I guess, but this just isn't doing anything for me. Sounds like arthouse keyboard karaoke night.

Not my cup of tea.

Interesting art rock but got weird when he started talking albouy killing his 6 month old kid and wife

Kinda better than expected from just the name and title but overall not very engaging and I found it quite soulless. I guess they already died inside or something *forced laughter*

It's okay, a little quiet for my liking. needs to add some wind to its sails I think, but it's fine. 2/5 stars.

Real odd, not a fan

Chli repetitiv. Sicher zimli krass für damals aber haut mi nöd vode socke

Ok

Whenever this list throws up anything from 1975 -1987 that I don't know my expectations aren't high. Those were my peak years glued to the radio, buying a metric shit ton of records so even if I'm not a fan I know the artist. When it's an unknown with the word experimental attached to it I'm starting to get nervous. At least it's only 32 minutes long. It bettered my expectations, by they were low.

Suicide is a bone of contention for Luke and me. I've never liked them and he is very into it. I did not like this album and did not get it. He said it was because I wasn't listening on headphones and therefore wasn't hearing the depth. I'm not sure that was it, it was boring music that's why and it sounded like the lyrics were improvised, but bad. It's a no from me

Never heard of Suicide or of electronica in ‘77. The repetitive base line made for a good (short) exercise session. Frankie Teardrop is disturbing (and too long). Album has a somber finish (2.4*s)

Very boring. After reading about it I understand, that it was quite important for the evolution of synth pop in the 80s. But still ... oh, so very boring.

2a, Köper att det var avant garde och nyskapande när det kom, men inte ett album jag skulle sätta på hemma. En hel del coola sound dock. Däremot blir den jävla trummaskinen blir tröttsam väääldigt fort! Varför går den genom HELA albumet.

cool ideas, but hard to get through

Sort of half and half on this album. Songs with melody were pretty good, and very forward-thinking for 1977. However the more experimental noise songs didn't do it for me, which seemed to comprise most of the album.

Not bad until the guy started having an orgasm

I kept waiting for these songs to burst into some rock & roll, but instead just long drawn out intros that never turn into anything. Feels like an art project, and these were just some backing noises for this guy's poems. That's fine, just wasn't feeling it.

Weird, experimental, and creative. The kind of album I'm glad to be recommended, and don't regret listening to, but have zero interest in revisiting. Probably would have given a 3 if not for the repeated loud screaming jump scares in Frankie Teardrop.

First track is great then it kinda fails major. Frankie Teardrop is a tough annoying listen. Historically significant but lacks substance.

Heavily experimental use of synth/electro sounds in the late 70s -- this feels like a concept album through and through. Can't say it holds up all that well 50+ years later, but I respect it for being different, and for serving as inspiration for other artists like Springsteen and Spacemen 3.

1.7 just for innovation faves: ghost rider

The first song Ghost Rider caught my attention quickly, especially since I have loved the comic book character ghost Rider as a teenager. matter of fact, my daughter just got me to go to comic books for the holidays. The hard part I had with this entire album was I felt like they were gonna be dropping the beat and it was just gonna release at some point and it never did. There was a lot of strong punk influence having been made right in the Golden Age of punk, which only lasted less than two years. But some also felt a little before it’s time echoing some of the early keyboard signs of OMD and Pet Shop Boys. It felt like the missing link between Lou Reed, Sex Pistols and modern techno-pop. I don’t know how often listen to this one, but it was a fun listen.

Random thoughts: * Cheree is on a "Wake Up" playlist from Sonos that I listen to frequently. That song is quite good. * I had to bail on this one, Frankie Teardrop was just too much. * I'm sure this offered something new and influenced others but I prefer to skip this one and just hear the influenced.

I was kinda digging it. Nice synth punk shoegaze Heard a bit of LCD Soundsystem influence as well. Unfortunately, then Frankie Teardrop came on, which is unlistenable pretentious shite.

Most of the songs sound similar, felt like I was listening to the same instrumental with different lyrics

"synth pop", but mostly echoey/atmospheric rythyms with mellow/screamy vocals

Don’t think I’ll ever go out of my way or want to listen to this again, but man does it create a very specific energy. Odd and off putting, but so unique and ahead of its time. Happy to have heard but don’t want to touch again, 2.5

I did not like this very much, especially the last two songs. Feels experimental, a precursor to shoegaze (which I don't like) but also inspirational to some groups I do like, like LCD Soundsystem. There's also a hint of doo-wap in some of the songs, like Johnny, whoch happens to be my favorite here. Shout out to the Donkey Kong sample here, that's neat.

The artist/album name and the cover makes this sound like a brutal punk album but it’s really just half an hour of moaning over industrial bass distortion

Would be FAR better without the vocals. Highlights: Cheree

The same synth sounds on every track made this album very boring and very repetitive

suicide by suicide das tönt doch schomal speziell, hans den aber meh schreiend und dröhnend erwarted alses den cho isch chöntmer als hintergrund musig bimene britische punk drug movie bruche maybe aber ezt so zum eimal durelose langets mir au hans im zimmer gloset wärend vor minnere tür mini mitbewohnerin gschaffet hett, han scho denkt wasi söll sege wenni den usem zimmer chume

There's some punk vibes and I would describe it as synth punk. Some interesting lyrics but overall I didn't like it for it's repetitive songs.

Oof. Really represents how I'm feeling on this very specific day.

Levyn kolme ensimmäistä raitaa kuunneltavia. Siitä sitten yhtä tuskaa kuunnella loppulevy ja jälleen tarvitsee ihmetellä mitä vittua tämä levy tekee tässä listauksessa.

It had some nice psychedelic sounds in it but it left me feeling deeply unsettled and not in a way that was enjoyable 😅

Welp, this was a little weird. It was mostly boring tones but Frankie Teardrop definitely got my attention.

A bad combination of both weird and boring

Sounds like 2 dudes being in a garage, one jams in the back and the other speaks some words into a microphone with a lot of reverb... Okay?

10/2/24. Don't think this was a bad album, but wasn't really feeling it. Interesting sounds, but felt a bit repetitive and stale after a while.

I really tried. I listened to this album a few times and I wanted to like it more than I did. It was okay

Ghost Rider is a really cool song. Nothing else comes close to being as enjoyable to me.

This is electronic rock, or synth punk? The band consists of 2 guys: The singer, and one "multi-instrumentalist". Because of this the musical accompaniment is super simplistic, usually consisting of a highly distorted synth loop, and a drum machine. Very weird. It isn't something I would ever rush out to listen to, but this is like the starts of industrial rock, post punk, or synth pop. Some songs are God awful, but some aren't bad. Like the song "Girl" is horrible. It's the singer saying: " oh girl, turn me on" followed by moaning and banging noises, all this while a synth loop plays. Then the next song after Girl, called Frankie Teardrop, is about a dude who kills his wife and kids, then himself. It is a 10 minute looped synth while the singer tells the story about how buddy went about this. Every time he killed someone, and then himself, the singer fucking screams.... and I mean screams..... into the microphone. At this point I think I've lost all hearing in my right ear.... This is a weird one for sure..... Favourite songs: Johnny, Cheree Least favourite songs: Girl, Frankie Teardrop 2/5

Added one track to 1001 Experience Playlist and got the hell out of dodge. This harkens back to a different place in my life and it's filled me with anxiety

Snarky review: This is what The Doors sound like to someone who doesn't like The Doors. Real review: The drums pulse with such frequency that it reminds me of a pump cavitating. The lyrics seem meant to shock, but they kind of come off as grade school (a la "Frankie Teardrop"). It's interesting, in a way, but it's nothing I think I'll revisit. Favorite track: "Rocket USA"

don't waste my time, man.

i dunno about this one, guys. i wanted to like it due to how weird it was and how much other people didn't like it, but it was too much even for me. there's some interesting stuff here with early electronic music and the punk/avant-garde aesthetic where you start putting elements together and being like oh yeah this is gonna work so well (since it seems great on paper) but then you end up with the musical equivalent of a looney tunes cartoon where wile e. coyote runs off a cliff and just stands there looking at the camera helpless for a second before plummeting to the ground. i blame it entirely on the 10-minute murder song. it's a third of your total album runtime! what were you thinking?! it's only scary because of how bad the song is!!! favorites: ghost rider

Alright, let's start here: instrumentally, this whole record SOUNDS pretty ahead of its time. Could be that synth-pop was still somewhat in its infancy around this era. It's all pretty minimalist in the production too, with some obvious nods to 50's rock melodies, somehow sounding simultaneously classic and modern. That being said, I didn't care too much for the trying-to-be-Elvis-like talk singing vocals. It somehow got more uncomfortable as the record went on. I don't think anything of value would've been lost if this was just purely instrumental.

Meh- I had a hard time getting through this one for some reason

Qué chucha. 4/10

It’s an interesting album and I can appreciate the influence it made to minimalist synth pop, the slow low synth keyboard below disjointed spoken vocals isn’t for me. 2/5 because of the historical significance.

Not horrendous put not really that good. And certainly a bit off putting of a title and band name.

DO NOT play Girl in public! I guess that’s what I get for listening to a band called Suicide at work. More melodramatic than dark as I expected from the name, and the music loops are kinda grating

What an eh album. Nothing particularly bad about it, just very bland and had a sort of white noise in the background of all the songs. Also weird that they had a remaster in 2009 and 2017 on Apple, who remasters something that frequently? Especially something like this.

Oh man, this started out with so much promise. The opening track has such an incredible guitar tone, I was hooked. But slowly but surely, it just lost me. Very melodramatic punky, melodies buried under noise, it just didn't have much for me to hold on to. I could've swore "Cheree" was a cover, but in hindsight I think it's just that it reminded me of that "Louie, Louie" song. Anyway, yeah, disappointed with this one overall. Not the worst, not even bad necessarily, and damn that first track rips, but as an album, I'm unmoved. Favorite tracks: Ghost Rider, Cheree. Album art: It's just the band/album name written with a bunch of blood dripping off and around it. Nothing too special, but it works. 2.5/5

My partner's review: "Could've done without all the moaning"

Umm no words, strange

Could have been great, it wasn’t

Første nummer var interessant og legende... de resterende numre præsterede ikke at sælge ideen om at det var en kunstner jeg skulle bruge en masse tid på at lytte fremover.

Not to sure what to make of this, in many ways it was way ahead of it's time but it's pretty dire to actually listen to. I don't think I minded the sound, lots of it was pretty straightforward but the low fi synth sound is pretty impressive for the late seventies. But the singing, lyrics and the length of some of the songs were grating, to the point that who cares if it sounds slightly more modern than you'd expect. I think 2.5 but closer to a 2.

I greatly admire the effort they've gone to to frequently produce music that is utterly unlistenable. A real commitment. Frankie Teardrop was something else. Incredibly innovative for the time, bizarre but +1 for effort. Something different.

Didn't do much for me. Think it's probably one of them that would've been a lot more interesting in 1977 than it is now. Thought the opening few tracks were better than the end, which grated on me a bit.

I didn't get it

2.5

The first track had me convinced. Unusually, the impression didn't last. For an album with such a provocative name and image, it's kinda... nothingy. Seems like they recorded one the beat of them rattling a shopping trolley and called it a day. The principal emotion quickly became discomfort after Girl - this generator seems to read my mind so often but this time, please, I'm begging it to stop with the sex nosie albums for a bit

It's one sound for 32 minutes. It does not spark joy

This album somehow achieved being simultaneously boring and short. It is hard to rate the innovativeness of this album in the late '70s. Nevertheless, I am sure of one thing - being innovative does not always mean being good. I don't need more unexpected screaming - especially after ~30 minutes of monotonous music.

I respect that this was somewhat groundbreaking and 1977 and that's probably why this is on this list, but it was another one that was hard to finish. The first song was alright. Second song, not too bad. But as another reviewer mentioned - it's like each song is worse than the one before it. The last few were pretty unlistenable, and a 10 minute "Frankie Teardrop" was....something. Girls might still be worse - can't say for sure, and I'm definitely not going to listen again.

Unusual, but not especially interesting to me. Frankie Teardrop painful to listen to - boring, overlong, preachy, and topped off with some obnoxious shrieks, and it is one-third of the 32 minutes of this album. Perhaps Suicide did kick off a new genre of synth, but I think I would prefer to hear a more developed sound.

Some interesting sounds, not something I would listen to regularly. The lyrics are wild, and one song is just outright weird. The synths and sounds are interesting though, but all follow the same feel

Þetta er alveg töff hljóðheimur í hófi, og eflaust mikill áhrifavaldur, en ég nenni ekki að hlusta á þessa plötu í heilu lagi aftur.

I see why it is influential, but it's a bit too strange

So unsettling. It’s only on here for “artistic merit” cause otherwise it is not a good album by any measure. Loved walking around town while he was screaming and killing his family and himself.

2.5

If the album didn’t have Girl into Frankie Teardrop it might have been a 3 but those two songs gave me aids back2back. Besides that was def a unique album with some cool songs

I appreciate people pushing boundaries in art, but this was a rough listen and not for me. I did enjoy the screams though - they were jarring and visceral.

Lo fi, dark, atmospheric. Reminiscent of Vanishing Point to Evil Heat era Primal Scream. It's ok, but I won't be listening again. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Cheree Date listened: 18/05/24

Cheree // 2.5/5

I understand why it's influential and important, I just don't really want to listen to it...

While trying to decide between 1 and 2 I thought that, y'know, at least it was relatively unique. This is the first album I've laughed out loud to all year (thanks to Frankie Teardrop). So I'll give it a 2

It was meh. The first song was good, but then it got weird.

2.5

Surprisingly super lo-fi and repetitive for a rock album. Should almost be under electronic.

I'm all for the dark stuff, but this makes Nine Inch Nails Look like Abba. Very one-dimensional.

In 1977, this would have blown people's minds. I understand the historical inclusion. The album starts off strong and quickly meanders into chaos, and not in a pleasing way.

Just fairly horrible all round. They can play pretty well, and there was enough interesting and melodic guitar in places to scrape it into the two star banding, but it was, it's fair to say, not for me.

great sample pack here

Some interesting Synth Pop parts but Overall to depressingly slow.

Sometimes a great idea can be so ahead of its time that it physically cannot be achieved at that time. That’s exactly the issue with Suicide. Because the idea is great, I really like the idea, but the execution….falls incredibly short. What this album actually sounds like is nothing close to how it could’ve sounded in theory, and the result is too primitive and too underdeveloped. The fact that it falls short actually does make it an important milestone, but it’s an incredibly hard listen to my ears today.

This was... weird. Way ahead of time and amazing how they created this relatively modern sound with the simple tools they had. Nonetheless, not my kind of stuff.

Meh. So what if this influenced a lot of mediocre synth pop bands?

I thought it was newer than 1977, but it still isn't particularly good. More interesting than the last couple we've had, but also a lot more unpleasant  I enjoy the experimentation enough that it gets a 2 rather than a 1, but really really do not understand how this gets anywhere near the best albums from the 1970s.

Was not able to get the songs to have meaning. Waste of an interesting band name

I did not like this, but this was bold as hell. A song like Frankie Teardrop is absurd given it came out in 1977.

Not good.

it started out good but then just got progressively weirder 2/5

I especially don’t like Frankie Teardrop

Interesting. Difficult.

C'est toujours agréable d'accompagner un suicidaire pendant sa masturbation, merci Robert.

Mais qui valide les propositions de hurlement de tous ces groupes obscur, n'ont.ils pas des proches pour leur expliquer que non, ce n'est pas agréable dans un morceau de musique ni dans rien d'autre ?

Strangely interesting for a while but gets old fast. Not into the screaming parts either. Not for me.

Poor Frankie

Started ok, and then not ok.

Lekker weer een ouderwets potje oorbloeden

This one was super weird and not in a good way. Why was he moaning in my ear? This is not it

Difficult to listen to at times, but still fascinating in its experimental sound and ability to create a dark, ominous mood with nearly every track courtesy of the harsh, buzzing oscillation of the primitive synth sound, not to mention the bloodcurdling screams on "Frankie Teardrop". That said, mere artistic merit will not warrant multiple listens, and this is generally too grim and unpleasant overall - not in an awe-inspiring way, but a dingy, dirty, diseased one.

I respect this for experimentations sake, but that’s about all I get from it.

Frankie Teardrop 4:37 dronee, hees, 1.5/5 aika jännä :p 2/5

Mix of electric music and rock, text is repeating frequently with echoing. **

Too avant-garde without the direction. Louis Reed without the feed. It kinda seems like a bunch of dudes got together with a drum machine and a synthesizer and tried to do edgy shit. YEa, it was 77, but whatever

Ghost Rider Cheree

Pathetic whining kills the somehow interesting staccato rhythms.

Weird. Innovative, but weird and a lil abrasive

Rock mit schnellen melodischen Rhythmen

Not a fan

Like a twisted velvet underground record. After listening it just kind of sounds like a funeral. I’m sure it’s important, but I’m not really into it.

I liked this album a lot until "Frankie Teardrop." But man, I hated that song. It dropped my review two stars.

Some songs not bad. Others silly

Proto a lot of stuff I'm into but not great on it's own

Rarísimo álbum. Cómo una base rara de electrónica con algún piano o guitarra y una voz tétrica que nunca terminan de acelerar o romper todo.

Shades of The Doors

The synthie minimalism rock didnt really catch me.

recht weird, d musig a sich isch no spannend gsi, aber d vocals hends leider versaut :/

Didn't enjoy it.

Extremely repetitive and predictable. Most, if not all songs has a bass/guitar/synth line that just goes on throughout the entire song with some weak lyrics on top.

Getting real sick of sex noises in albums. Cheree was ok but altogether this was pretty bad and borderline upsetting.

Moody, downbeat, eerie sounding. A bit too morose for my taste.

Clearly a huge influence for so much including Nichola Jaar and Darkside. Kind of love it but also won't ever listen to it again and this was my 3rd effort.

Interesting and ahead of its time but jesus fucking christ that 10 minute long Frankie song made me want to shut it off. Don't need that shit.

eerste twee tunes waren best oke, maar daarna werd het slechter en slechter

It's clear they were much ahead of their time, but even listening to it at the "right time," I still didn't like it. They influence a lot of good people according to the Wikipedia page, so they deserve some extra points, but not a new listening session.

Sicherlich extrem einflussreich für die spätere Postpunk-Bewegung mit den elektronischen Elementen und der teils düsteren Stimmung, aber musikalisch am Ende auch sehr dünn und repetetiv. Live bestimmt spannender damals. 😉

I wrote a pretty thoughtful review here but then it wouldn’t let me submit it so I refreshed the page and lost it… I am not typing all of that again. Favorite song: Frankie Teardrop Least favorite: Girl

Known before: / Standouts: / Rating: 3.0

Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy

A few songs save it from a 1. Would never want to hear a man moans without any background or filters.

It's rather dull listen. While there are some nice playarounds with instruments and I'm sure the loops at the time were a new thing, these days I don't find the appeal. It's cocktail rock music in a way.

So influential and also so difficult to listen to - I’ve never heard synth that menaced like that. Still, I’d rather be listening to Alan Vega’s best buddies - Devo. Where are they on this list?

Normalmente gosto da vibe mais psicodélica, mas essa é muito pra usar drogas e fritar, não deu pra apreciar muito. Do nada um gemidão... Duas estrelas só pela vibe que por sorte eu curto, se não era uma.

Pretty wild for ‘77 but not so much for now. It is repetitive. There’s like the same white noise sound over several tracks.

Ghost rider was cool but the rest sounded too similar

We'll, don't judge a book by it's album cover I guess. Key track: Johnny

Favorite Tracks: Ghost Rider, Rocket USA, Cheree

I can see how and where it has influenced others, but it just didn't do it for me.

Don’t think this is for me

Okay 4/10

Essential Tracks: Ghost Rider (Playlist) Cheree Frankie Teardrop

Nope.

Started strong then got weird for weird sake

Kinda lost me at the cover art. Southbound from there

This was too glitchy and meandering for me. Not very enjoyable.

After listening to this, I understand the name of the artist and album better… I can appreciate art for art’s sake and I personally don’t mind a dissonant soundscape but they lost me on “Frankie Teardrop” with the sudden shrieking. I see the influence of this album and appreciate the sound it may have eventually led other artists to explore, but at the end of the day I just don’t know who would listen to this album regularly. I certainly won’t be.

4/10. So, I didn't really like it, but it is pretty crazy that this is from the 70's, and it's fascinating how many successful artists were inspired by this album to make stuff that I actually do like

- Suicide is badass - Not at all what I was expecting, some weird ambient electronic stuff - Does not bring good vibes but I guess it fits with the title of the album? - Electronic instrumentals were cool but I didn't really like this tbh

- reminds me a little of the Smashing Pumpkins - sex noises during Girl weren’t appreciated - Frankie Teardrop is jarring

All of the songs were different sounding than any other group. But, all of the songs sounded alike. And then one of the songs was 10 minutes and ruined the album.

I can see it was groundbreaking, but the electronic noise just annoyed me. I did like one song.

Dude why are you so breathy

C'était vriament juste trop weird,beaucoup de répétition, pourquoi je sais pas trop. Les tounes suggérées apr`s cet album étaient pas mal meilleur et pourtant c'était le même groupe. Peut-etre que c'est leur premier album et c'est pourquoi il a été ajouté à la liste mais sa reste vraiment juste moyen... 2.5

Bisschen arg eintönig. Bin für dieses leicht krautige schon manchmal zu haben, aber das hier einfach nach Lied 3 on my nerves gehend. 2,5

2/5 Komprimierter Surfrock?? Experimentell

the overwhelming feeling that Dimery puts this in, and not any one of 1000 more worthy must listen albums. Greatest hits are valid. This isn’t.

OK a warning might be nice. Intense. Requiring serious attention, substantial tolerance for noxious psychological stimuli. Functioning as my own ethics committee, I assigned myself an antidote immediately (vagus nerve breathing). Astonishing and Potent. And how obviously Springsteen's NEBRASKA album sound - yeah verily, "Rocket USA" gave us the whoops on Johnny 99, and Frankie Teardrop fed State Trouper. Effective as all ____. But never again.

Influential, I’m sure, but of no interest to me.

At the time, I just never got Suicide. Listening to this album now, it makes a bit more sense. I really like the opening track.and Cheree very much reminded me of early Jesus & Mary Chain. But nothing else here floats my boat. It may be a very influential recording. But not for me.

I can see how it's influential and really pioneering for the time, but honestly, aside from Ghost Rider, this didn't do it for me. 'Girl' was serious cringe.

Al menos es corto.

Pas le plus mauvais. Juste trop de chansons bizarres. 5/10

This album felt a bit like a one trick pony, light synthy sounds over a clicky electronic beat. It was alright to begin with but wore thin towards the middle. Frankie Teardrop was just plain weird. In fact, that is the perfect word to describe the album as a whole

.....dioh mioh... muy tenebroso no me gu

Weird, dark moody record with annoying synths that actually give it the atmosphere you would expect with a band/album title, Suicide. Girl and Frankie Teardrop are both disturbing and embarrassing with a lot of screaming, creepy vibes and hilarity. A challenging, difficult listen, but worth the time if only to hear what they sounded like. Music to torture and punish your friends and family with! Yikes!

One of the strangest albums on this list. The music is so minimalist but I suppose it's punk but also electronic. And also horror? That one 10 minute saga about the man that murdered his family with the 5 minutes of screaming will certainly be memorable. If anything I can say it was ahead of its time.

Listened Before? N Apparently this was influential. Never heard of them. It's noisy and too many mumbled words and keyboards for me. Wikipedia classifies it as synth-punk. Please don't ever call this anything "punk". Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Ghost Rider

this one didn't really land for me. I'm sure there are some great artists that took a lot of inspiration from this album (maybe LCD Soundsystem?) but IDK how it belongs on so many lists of best albums

Couldn't get into this one. I like some of the electronic stuff on the list but this one got jangly and annoying

Not for me.

I guess there is some interesting innovation there, probably even more significant at the time. But listening to it today does not do much for me.

Unexpectedly boring.

I've never heard of Suicide before. This album fall into an interesting zone. It was good to hear something different than what I might pick for myself. I like some electronic music and I would be interested in hearing more from the band because they sometimes created a sound that I liked, but after listening to the whole album I had to admit that I do not like the album. While there are interesting sounds and portions of tracks that I did like, there were several elements that kept my overall rating below 3 stars. There was droning and heavy repitition ("Rocket U.S.A.", "Girl"), creepy lyrics ("Cheree"), and outright screaming ("Frankie Teardrop").

pure joie de vivre

Bleh

This album just did not do it for me. I could see a lot of the influences it had on later music, but this just really sucked in my opinion

I didn't finish. It became a bit too noisy/avant-garde for me in the office.

Front half is pretty good, Girl is one of the creepiest songs I've ever listened to, and then the album truly goes off the rails.

Music to lose your mind to. I’m surprised the band didn’t fall asleep while recording with how little variation there is in the instrumentals. On top of that the vocals are pretty awful and miserable. 3/10

It, uh, sure is something. I guess I didn't necessarily mind the vocals, if you exclude that blood-curdling screaming in Frankie Teardrop... If every song were like that, this would be getting a 1. Would you believe that the lyrics to that song were improvised? It's pretty obvious if you listen to how straightforward they are. Not the most fun listen at 1 A.M. Would probably be a good Halloween album with how haunting some of the music can be. I didn't hate it, so I can't give it a 1, but I didn't really like how structureless the songs felt. It feels like they just came up with an electronic loop and had Alan Vega sing whatever on top of it. I kind of like his voice, so I guess it's fine, but sometimes I'd lose focus out of boredom. Definitely interesting though, even if I never have any drive to listen to it again. My favourite song was Cheree.

Sounds like a Prestige Worldwide album

i didn't hate this album until i got to "frankie teardrop." i understand what suicide was going for in this song, and i admire the story they were telling, but i really could have done without the blood curling screaming in my ear. on the bright side, this is better than the other proto-punk on this list! i enjoyed the mix of electronic/synth with punk. the music of "johnny" definitely grabbed my attention. suicide's self titled and debut album is definitely a creative venture. just--i wish they opted from including that screaming.

Me before this album: huh, a synth-punk album from the 1970s?! Sounds fascinating! "Fascinating" is...A word for it. It just got worse as it went on. I don't have much to say, because there just wasn't much here. It wasn't great. Not everything that is groundbreaking is good. If we're splitting hairs, 1.5, I guess?

I can see what they're going for and I think the last 2 songs are particularly interesting. I just wish more of this album actually went somewhere that wasn't trying to jump scare you during the 10 minute song about a family being murdered. It's better than taylor swift though. Score: 50 Art: 70

Props to me: I tried. It just didn't work for me. But I can hear it's influence on second tier bands.

No thanks

Well that was something. Was it music? Maybe? Was it ahead of its time? I hope not. It felt like it wanted to be Throbbing Gristle and that's not a compliment. But does feel like it was on purpose, so I'll give it that.

weird

the only thing that really works here is the name...

One can really go mad waiting for something to happen on this album. Such a boring and disappointingly uneventful piece of music. It’s different and original from other music of the time, but fails to be very deep. You could just listen to one song and get the idea of the rest. Very uninspiring. Even “Frankie’s Teardrop”, by far the most out there song on the album, was fucking unbearable. They are technically talented musicians, but haven’t got a clue on how to make an enjoyable album. 2/5

Pretty decent start to an album. Not a great finish. I usually don't like hearing a strange man moan and ejaculate in high def while I'm trying to work, and "Girl" was no exception to that rule.

The first half I did not mind, but then the second half really lost me. Frankie Teardrop I could not stand.

I liked a few of the songs. The pained screaming not so much

I dont think the world needed this

Credit for trying something new and paving the way for future generations, but this was a little too raw for me 2/5

It was alright. for the time I think the sound is unique but nothing really special. No song I thought about going back to and whilst the premise of 'Frankie Teardrop' is heavy, the song doesn't match the them well enough. Too tame. I wanted to be like 'Oh heavy that' like a 40kg dumbbell but it was more like 15kg

p388. 1977. 2 stars. The Doors meet Nick Cave, but without any talent or songs. OK for maybe two tracks, which is all you need. Not for me. Bonus point for the screaming.

On the music side i can hear the influence. Keep hearing Vanishing point throughout it. lo-fi, analog goodness. On the vocal side? jesus wept. adds nothing.

Wasn't even sure they called music "alternative" back in 1977. This was bracing and challenging and interesting. Can see how and why it is considered a seminal album. 2 stars for me dawg.

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It’s incredible this is from the 70s and I can see how it influenced a lot of great music. Too bad it isn’t actually good music itself

Interesting listen. Seems as though this record was pretty influential. It definitely sounds like bands like NIN took things from it. It’s not a bad record, but pretty minimal. I could do without the moaning/groaning and the ear rape screaming tho (regular screaming is fine).

not for me

I will do this in the style of Suicide… Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Same idea every song Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Should have used real drums Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Building up to nothing Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Sammy Synther Sammy Synther I guess that’s good enough for now

Just too monotonous.

Clearly way ahead of its time, and I actually quite like the monotonous synthy soundscapes they create, but after a few tracks it became apparent they were one trick ponies. Gets 2 stars for style, half a star for substance.

Meh total

The snozberries taste like snozzberries.