Suicide

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.

Vervelende, hijgerige, matige zangstem. Qua muziek heeft het met vlagen wel wat, maar geen hoogvlieger wat mij betreft. En dan nog een half punt aftrek voor de kreunende-man-seksgeluiden bij de track 'Girl'. Denk je aan zelfmoord of maak je je zorgen om iemand? Praten over zelfmoord helpt en kan anoniem via de chat op de 113 website of telefonisch op 113 of 0800-0113.

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.

It goes along quite nicely but there is a super long track near the end that makes Itfeel like an EP

Started okay, but Frankie Teardrop is fucking dreadful

I disliked the boring repetitive blame beats and attempt at music. Not a fan at all.

feels like art-punk, eh

like it with the exception of the song where they scream, it totally kills the album for me

I guess its an album?

1977 is early for putting out an "electronic punk" album so without doubt they were pioneers, but the music is so minimal plus I've always had a low tolerance for Allan Vega's voice and old time rock n' roll delivery. Frankie Teardrop has landed on my plate a few times over the years and I've never made it past the first screams.

Het begin vond ik leuk maar daarna, downhill.

Profoundly unlike anything else at the time, and for that Suicide should be commended. But the droning melodies and disturbing lyrics definitely make this a niche album.

Don't really like it. Starts weird, gets weirder...

это очень странно, хватило на один раз

So I would describe this album as repeated primitive electronic phrases with some ranting and yelping over them. It's interesting enough, and I get why its creativity is celebrated, but I did not enjoy it, especially "Frankie's Teardrop" which was absolutely distressing music to paint a bedroom to.

I was vibing with this until the orgasm song, which killed my enthusiasm to the point that by the time the 10-minute child murder fantasy happened, I was already done. A shame, because there were a couple of decent tracks here. Best track: Cheree

Had the makings of a 3, but went off the rails after “Johnny.” 2 + .5 for that sweet sweet Vox Continental sound.

Nee, dit ging langs me heen.

Wat was dit nou toch weer?

meio palha na real

Ehhh I guess I respect the experimentation must it's not really fun to listen to now

A very disconcerting experience. The album is dark and unsettling, with some particularly offputting tracks (mainly Frankie Teardrop, which features a very dark theme alongside odd-timed screams of varying intensity which may or may not quite be called "musical"). But even the more "joyful" tracks in the album like Rocket USA and Ghost Rider have a dark tone to them which makes this a very odd album to listen to. I believe it did a lot of what it set out to do, I just personally didn't enjoy much of it.

Uuuuyyyy que Mello

Meh

Started off strong and ended up... Mediocre at best. Weird and experimental in a less offensive to the ears way than some others so far. Frankie teardrop was horrendous.

Avante garde from the 70s. Just not for me

Not really my cup of tea

Droney

This was alright the first few songs then it just annoying and gave me a headache

Un tanto experimental con toques más pop y algo de electrónica. No me ha parecido muy interesante

"I'm old enough to know when someone's acting like a total A-hole. And You know what? I bought another [Suicide] album and it SUCKS, it's just noise..." I credit Diablo Cody for this review.

The start of the album seemed to have a lot of potential. But it never went anywhere. Then the shrieking awfulness of “Frankie Teardrop” sealed the deal over 10 minutes I’ll never get back.

Feels like an album long build up to something that never comes. I like the build up, but I’m still waiting for the payoff.

No, just no

Never have liked Suicide. Not changed my opinion

jesus christ what the fuck was that

Напоминает The Doors, которые решили писать электронику. Но без харизмы Моррисона. Безусловно инновационно для своего времени, но не могу сказать, что сейчас повторяющиеся синтезаторные риффы и скудная лирика обязательны для прослушивания каждому.

Came into this expecting not to like it, but was surprised by how well I liked the opening music. Then the vocals really lost me. I am pretty tolerant of this kind of minimalistic, repetitive electronica but not as a vehicle for this kind of combination of dopey lyrics and creepy singing (hitting its peak on both fronts in Girl, though the intermittent screeching in Frankie Teardrop was also next level irritating and nearly made me give up on it. The vocal equivalent of a punchable face.

Innovador para su época, sin embargo después del primer tema se torna algo repetitivo.

Lots of shouting and strange noises throughout. Had to stop listening halfway through Frankie Teardrop

lame

Okay, bit of a mess, maybe could see the appeal for someone who's into this sort of thing, but not for me.

I get excited when there’s an album I’ve never heard of and wanted to like this more than I actually did

Very unique but not too appealing to me. 5-6/10

Feel like this was ahead of it’s time, but not very pleasant to my ears

I thought this was interesting at first, but the whole thing started to get old by the middle of the album and by the end of Frankie Teardrop I was ready to turn it off. 2.5/5

meh... the 1 star was close, im feeling generous, here's 2 for this crap

dark but a really monotonous nothing album

Depressing

Was okay

This sounds ground-breaking in its weirdness for the time. But I'm not really compelled to look further into that. The songs aren't timeless like the recent records on this list (XTC, Magazine, for instance). These guys really like to add distortion and tremolo to every instrument. I guess that's cool. Worked on "Crimson and Clover" so why not on every song. If the songs were better, I'd give this a 3. But its a two. Mostly due to the peers on the list. I might be discounting its influence. But David Bowie existed in 1977 too and I promise what he was doing was more interesting and weird.

After the first few tracks, I kinda dug this. I was like, "oh, it's the Violent Femmes but with keyboards instead of guitars" - but then it got real, real sketchy. The incessant grunting and screaming felt a bit lazy, lyrically. I'm never getting the 10 minutes I invested in "Frankie Teardrop" back.

Ikke lige mig

rock n roll

About ten years ago, as a sixteen year old, I somehow stumbled upon "Frankie Teardrop" (probably through an arbitrary Google search of "most disturbing songs"). I wasn't ready for it then and I still wasn't today. It's the centrepiece of this dark, disturbing record, where we hear "Suicide" at their most animated: in screams to punctuate the deaths of Frankie's wife and six month old son. It's horrific, grotesque... and genuinely powerful. After blocking the song out of my mind for so long, I was not expecting it to resurface in a list of 1001 albums to hear before you die. The last two minutes, chronicling Frankie's descent into Hell as the background noise builds into a thunderstorm around an insistent pulsing bass drum, is probably what earned "Suicide" a place on the list. Everything up to this song succeeds just fine in creating an eerie, detached atmosphere, but comes off a bit slight in retrospect, knowing where the album peaks. "Ghost Rider"'s cold, bare, electronic fuzz soon becomes repetitive in the next few songs. Further in, "Cheree" takes delight in perverting a three chord pop-song, as "Johnny" does for 50s rockabilly, channelling them into a kind of subdued electro-punk. (I started to hear where Jesus and Mary Chain specifically might have got some ideas). By the time it got to "Che" mining a limited sonic palette that had been exhausted over the last half hour, I was ready for it all to end. "Frankie" is the obvious way to close this album and I'm not sure why they didn't go with it. The best thing I can say about this album is how ahead of its time it feels- I was stunned to read it was from 1977, and can imagine it must have felt otherworldly, at least noteworthy, to punk fans. In 2021, this feels almost quaint. Any bedroom musician with a drum machine and GarageBand could probably create these tracks to cold indifference (a comment on the wealth of tech readily available now as much as the quality of Suicide's music). As atmospheric, experimental and frightening as it may be, and as influential it may have been for noise-rock and industrial music, I don't know what would compel me to listen again. Rating based on very limited everyday appeal... and to save me coming back to this in twenty years after having forgotten "Frankie Teardrop" again.

Minimalistic and stripped down approach to producing music makes it also not very interesting to my musical taste. Interesting that the song Frankie Teardrop inspired Bruce Springsteen and Marquee Moon - but I still have to rate it according my tastes and this never gets above a 2, especially after listening to Frankie Teardrop.

Johnny, what are you doing?

Interesting electronic additions into the usual late 70's punk angst guitars and yelling. Unfortunately, it's a bit unrealized - you can see some future Muse, or NIN, but it's not quite there.

No thanks. Started fine but it wasn't for me half way through.

If you think that screaming and making weird noises is good music, then you'll like this.

Holy Shit. The screams were pretty funny though.

Accessible, but repetitive 80s style synth with bleak vocals. Punk both synth pop?

https://youtu.be/FveF-we6lcE

Suicide must have been a shock in 1977. It's stylistically bold, eschewing then traditional instrumentation almost entirely, focusing on primitive drum machines and synths. It balances this aesthetic with song structures borrowed from 50s rock 'n roll and breathy vocals reminiscent of rockabilly legend Gene Vincent. This album no doubt influenced dozens of 80s synth based bands and industrial music as well. But is it any good? Well, there's no disputing the integrity of band's vision. The fullest expression of that vision is Frankie Teardrop, a ten minute wallow in despair. Alan Vegas heartrending screams are supported by Martin Rev's proto-industrial soundscapes. In spite of the simplicity of the track harmonically and melodically, it holds interest for the entire ten minutes based almost entirely on atmospherics. In the end though, for me, this album is more interesting to me as a forerunner of industrial music than as an artistic statement on its own. Why? Well, I don't like 50s rock 'n roll and I don't like primitive synths, so I'm not really the audience for this band. Still, Suicide has done a great job of realizing their singular artistic vision. One point for the music itself, one and a half points for execution.

2/5 nope, totally unrememberable

Strange album, strange band. Most of this feels like it should be an intro to a song that never comes. It quietly does its thing without really disturbing anyone, until it starts screaming. I really don't like that, it's very jarring.

Grand, heard before

Derivitive of Sexy Breakfast's early demos

Probably the favourite band of all your favourite bands. They died a death at shows night after night so The Horrors don't have to, sorta like rock n' roll Jesus. Definitely an album I like more in theory than in practice though.

Puedo soportar una canción; máximo dos.

Hmm. don't really know what to say, other than this is not for me. The screaming on track 6, "Frankie Teardrop", actually startled/frightened me. Musically was a bit of a mess in my opinion. It didn't make me consider suicide, but I wanted to kill the speakers. Cover art is pretty cool in a commie sort of way.

Feel like it needs to grow on me

Started strong. Some cool synth-y stuff. Got a little too modern art-y for me. Felt like I was in a cement gallery with urban street art that everyone understood and I didn't. Big no for the screams on 'Frankie Teardrop'

This one had potential, but what ruined it for me was the constant harsh synth sounds on repeat and the sucky mix. You change those a bit and I think it’s actually pretty decent, aside from how painfully repetitive the music is. Favorite Track(s): “Che”

Didn't hate it as much as I thought I would... there was something kind of interesting about it. Still, wouldn't revisit.

It had to take a lot of drugs to come up with album but upon looking at the release date (1977) the sound is certainly ahead of its time and I can respect that.

Not my type of music

2.5. it was pretty repetitive and while I liked the sound I got bored of it quickly

Just kinda creepy sounding almost. Not a fan.

Well this was interesting. I didn't mind it at first, and thought it was okay. Then, you guessed it, Frankie Teardrop happened. At first I was like, oh cool, a story about some dude, then the screaming happened and I was like, okay. That's enough. Then it kept happening and it got weird.

Markan 1 Sara 1

I'll keep this short, something album would've done if it didnt just have an absolutely bloated 10 minute borefest at the end. If this book is literally 1001 albums to listen to before you die..... what is gained by listening to this? I know that by the time I die that i hate it? if so mission accomplished. This did nothing for me. I understand that classics and pioneering albums for all genres should be included, and to some people this is under that umbrella. But i'll be damned, did this one just slip the cracks in terms of quality? If this book ever gets revised... i nominate this for removal. 1/5

Awful

Liked the first song but didn’t really vibe with the rest

úff, ég reyndi en náði eiginlega ekkert að fíla þetta.

Shit

Nah not for me

I don't get it & have no desire to try & get it either

To save a bit of time, can we all just agree this is dreadful in every respect and move on.

Hated this.

This album was another word that I can think of beginning with "s".

Nope, not for me. It just wasn't an enjoyable experience

Scream-mumbling over half-assed, repetitive synths = you’re gonna have a bad time. "Girl" might be the worst song I've ever heard. Why is this on the list?? 1⭐️

If I have to listen to anymore of Frankie's plight, I'M going to commit suicide

They say suicide is painless but it sounds like John Darnielle trying to make a Kraftwerk record with Bruce Springsteen lyrics. 1 keeper in 7 (14%). 1 klunker (14%). 1 star.

I've heard this a handful of times and each time I think Ghost Rider is an interesting start, that persistent one-note buzz saw riff, that throb below the surface, that evocative, haunted line, “America America is killing its youth”. I'm on board tentatively. And then Rocket USA does the same trick, and it's less impressive but it's longer with more grunts and gasps. And then Cheree invents every soft focus, huskybreath, goth adjacent yearn of the 80s. There's something to be said for being first I guess. But i'd rather just hear J&MC. By the time we get to Frankie Teardrop, the formula is dead and buried: repetitive, hypnotic, minimal difference from track to track, minimal lyrics from a minimal vocal talent. But Frankie brings the big guns. You kind of get hints of it in the annoying orgasm-coded moans throughout “Girl”, but this prototype for the much better Bela Lugosi's Dead, after much banal nothingness about Frankie Frankie, about the oh so tortured Frankie, devolves into squeals and screams and gasps and the whole mess of unlistenableness. It's a Jumpscare in song form… by now I know it's coming, but that unrelenting non-riff, that terrible, washed out echo of production, makes it so tense, so unpleasant, that you can't settle enough to steel yourself for it. It's already the sort of story an edgy but uncreative and socially inept goth kid would tell around a campfire without the cheapest tactic in the book. Frankie's lying in hell, alright, and his sin is inspiring this song, which takes up, for all intents and purposes, a full third of this pointless album. If I never hear Suicide again it will be too soon. ⭐️.

Wtf was that?

SHIT!

Probably on here caus it was different for the time. Doesnt hold up though. Nwver got going. Then got annoying. Thankfully it was short.

It didn't feel like music. It felt like a parody of what hip culture was doing back in the 70s. Maybe this is very culturally important but I've only experienced the satire of it. Either way, did not like it.

Yikes

Painful

This made me cry how bad it was

정말 듣는 내내 귀가 고통스러운 노래였다. 이걸 노래라고 할 수 있을지 의문이다. 앨범 제목과 참 잘 어울리는 것 같다. 0점을 줄 수 있었으면 줬을 것 같다. Listening to this song was truly painful for my ears. I question whether it can even be called a song. It seems to fit the album title perfectly. If I could have given it a zero, I would have.

didn't compel me

Apparently these guys were the first synth pop duo...it's good to know who to blame for crappy 80s music. They repetitive droning backbeat is sleep inducing. This is better than the bands Spotify wants you to believe came after it. There's clearly more of a punk/Velvet Underground edge to this than to Soft Cell or Erasure. Having Throbbing Gristle as a band you influenced is not a feather in your cap. I bet the Dust Brothers had this on repeat when they did the Fight Club soundtrack. Frankie Teardrop, between the screaming and the length, is pushing this album lower.

Music for art students who may have smoked a little too much herby business and spend their lives getting off with each other and being soooo cool.

I didn't really mind this until I got up to Girl. I just ran a half marathon and it was easier on my body and mind than listening to 10 minutes of Frankie Teardrop. On the plus side, this is a great album to give as an example if someone asks me what a one star album sounds like.

no tengo ganas de escuchar a un loco gimiendo

What? Why is this album even on this list?

Nyt oli harvinaisen huono! En pystynyt kuuntelemaan kokonaan. ⭐️

I felt that went nowhere and Frankie Teardrop was the final nail in the coffin. That screaming is annoying as hell.

ooooooooohhh turn it AWFFFFFFFFFFFFF

2.5/10

Velvet Underground wannabes

They tried to make it performance art but it was just awful. Groaning noises and jumpscare lyrics

Yeah. No.

Innovative, ahead of it's time, and basically unlistenable. The single star on the sleve is apt.

Suicide by Suicide is one of the few albums on this challenge that I can say I didn't enjoy at all. I tried to approach it with an open mind, especially considering how influential it was and how experimental it must have sounded when it was released in the late 1970s. For me, the album is relentlessly repetitive, abrasive and difficult to connect with. The sparse electronic backing and Alan Vega's vocal style never clicked, and I spent most of the album waiting for something to happen that never really did. Rather than sounding hypnotic or unsettling in an interesting way, I just found it exhausting. The biggest challenge was "Frankie Teardrop". In over 900 days of working through this challenge, it's the first song I've actually skipped. The relentless screaming was simply too much for me, and I couldn't make it to the end. I know it's often praised for its intensity, but it just wasn't an experience I wanted to continue. I completely understand why this album has such a devoted following and why critics regard it as groundbreaking, but it's a reminder that influential doesn't always mean enjoyable. This one definitely wasn't for me. Favourite tracks: I genuinely couldn't pick one. Nothing on the album stood out in a positive way for me. Least favourite tracks: "Frankie Teardrop". The first track I've skipped in more than 900 days of this challenge because I simply couldn't take any more of the screaming. Album artwork: The album cover is better than any of the music inside.

1 point for the cover, the design looks more modern than 1977. Everything else.... not a fan. Add this one to the Gooner Jams playlist.

Erik and I had the supreme misfortune of listening to this album together on the way to The Strokes, and I feel the editors of this book owe us each $50 for making it through all ten minutes of “Frankie’s Tears” because what the fuck

i was digging this until Girl and it soured the whole experience so much the rest was unbearable

What, was the studio charging $1,000 per chord used? This went from "huh, this is kinda cool" to "I never want to hear a droning synth bass again in my life"

какой долбоёб это записал я не знаю. Я бы ему ебало набил. весь альбом один и тот же рок н ролльный троп под однообразную дрочку драм машины и стонущий хуесос которого ты прямо представляешь в голове как он перед микрофоном стоит с закрытыми глазами и кривляется

This was hard work. High 1s.

A complete 'nope' for me. Hypercompressed fuzzed out guitars and excessive reverb is interesting for perhaps one verse, not an entire album.

Yeah, suicide.

Omg shut the fuck upppp

This is so forward thinking for the time, that is a fact. That does not make it in any way listenable. Maybe with the absolute perfect vocalist there's a version of this album that works but brother you are not the guy, what the fuck is this. No thank you not one bit

Barulho

That certainly was different. But was it good? No! Couldn’t have guessed the year this was released in if I tried, so I guess that is a compliment? The songs were extremely slow paced, meandering, and overall dragged on forever without any interesting pacing or structure. Sure, not all music has to be formulaic 3:30 songs, but come on. Mostly felt like a waste of time and not an album that belongs on this list at all.

A bunch of songs with annoying breathy vocals that go absolutely nowhere. Then you get to "Frankie Teardrop" which is wihtout question the most bizarre song I have ever heard. It's like if the ghoulish voiceover on Thriller was just the whole song. Just didn't really get this album at all.

holy moly this stinks

Makes a cool entrance, but left me waiting 30min for a sick beat to drop. Ultimately a disappointment. Don't waste your time, it amounts to a schizophrenic Lou Reed record.

Cheree, bloody awful track. The rest was mostly annoying repetitive and headache inducing crap. Not surprised it didnt chart.

Lyrics are laughable. The music is hilariously bad. The vocal is ridiculous. I think these guys might have been on some seriously strong shit. This is absolutely dreadful and I'm struggling to find any redeeming feature - even the shortness wasn't short enough. I fully expected it to be on the worst rated list, but somehow it isn't.

total nonsense

After the first track, I thought this industrial album had a chance of being not terrible. Silly me. Once he started moaning into the microphone, it all but locked in the 1 star. And then it somehow got infinitely worse with Frankie Teardrop. The blood-curdling screams, the rambling, the fast-tempo bassline. If night terrors and schizophrenia were a song, it'd be this one. Definitely in the Duck Stab/Kollaps conversation for worst album on this list.

wtf is going on in 'girl' and 'frankie' 😭

Suicide Notable Textzeile: It's doomsday, doomsday Ah, c'mon Speeding down the skyway 100 miles per hour Gonna crash Was ein Quatsch. Sehe auch ein paar musikalische Ansätze, aber darüber hinaus nix.
Beispiel „Girl“: Was ich wirklich nicht verstehe ist vertonter Sextalk. Wer will das hören? Das „Girl“ bestimmt nicht, wie absurd das wäre deiner Freundin das vorzuspielen und zu sagen - hier Song für dich. Oder wenn man beim Vorspiel einfach mal nix sagen will? Aber auch man selbst will das doch nicht von Platte hören oder spielen? Das lässt mich wirklich völlig perplex zurück. Und ich will es auch nicht upgiven für Frankie.

Pioneering electronic music band Provocative band name: Suicide Vocals: not good Songs sound the same; not interesting at all No like. One star

2/10 - I try to see past genres and styles I don't usually like to at least appreciate the music but this completely eluded me. Vocals and instrumentals did not give me any joy; it felt uninspired and similar throughout instrumentally.

Repetitive and boring. May have been influential for its use of synths, but the songs wouldn't be better even with guitars instead.

Surely this is the minimal viable product to even be considered music.

Some whiny noises, what the heck is this?

It was a 2/5 already, but frankie’s teardrop made me skip the rest 1/5

Dear Suicide, Thanks for the listen, but we're gonna have to break up. Your constant noise is giving me a headache, and quite frankly, Vega's vocals sound like he's being waterboarded with Tabasco. Pass the earplugs, please. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Johnny

You know that unpredictable alchemy that happens when creative people find each other and push each other to create groundbreaking works of art that would not be possible if it relied on just the output of one person? This album is not that. You know those stories that you hear of genius being thwarted by gatekeepers? This album is not that either. Somehow, no one involved in its creation tried to stop it, tighten the songs, or just begin again. This album proves the theme song from M*A*S*H wrong...Suicide is not painless.

Yikes, not my thing. Girl and Frankie Teardrop were hard to get through. Feels like something I’d listen to after watching Taxi Driver. Rating: 2/10 Favorite song: Che

Why is this a thing

Make it stop... I want my sounds and time back from that experience.

Maybe possibly a 1.5. Imagine a whole band constructed from “State Trooper” from Springsteen’s “Nebraska,” except five years earlier with way more synth and screaming. Now I love “State Trooper” and I am grateful for whatever this band had to do with it. But its power is in its subtlety and unresolved tension. Contrast that with “Frankie Teardrop,” a ten minute screed about a factory worker killing his kid and then going to hell. Not subtle. Anyway I’m glad this existed because it seems like it influenced some great music, but I’d be happy to never think about it again.

No thanks

This is not listenable music. I mean that literally. Like there is no way to listen to this. If I'm at home, in the car, at a party, in the bath, at a bar, committing suicide, there is no situation in which this would work. It actually just sucks.

Frankie cannot make music 2/10

I understand why it's called Suicide, that's exactly how I feel about listening to it again. Which means it should have been called Murder. "Suicide - Murder".

That was the most disturbing album I ever heard. I never want to hear his again.

Whole album in general just isn’t my thing but "Girl" is an absolute crime against humanity.

Seemed specifically calculated to be as offensive in as many ways as possible. More importantly, it was hard to listen to - almost headache inducing.

What the fuck was that.

If your name is suicide and your album is bloody you better bring it… but they did not. Ugh. Did I listen to an snl skit of someone trying to be cool but it was just unpretentious schtick? 1.1

I didn’t start skipping until halfway through Frankie Teardrop. Alternated between boring and unsettling. I found nothing to enjoy here. 1/10 Sucko Barfo

Something really bugged me about this album…

Zero stars. This has taken the award for the worst album so far. Christ.

uuuuuf nono, era escuchable hasta girl......q cojones

Stopped at the track 'Girl'. They didn't need to be doing all that. Saw that there was a ten minute track up and quit. This feels far from essential listening.

Truly one of the most awful albums on this list.

Slam poetry night at the noise factory. Jesus fucking Christ.

Exactly what it says on the tin 😐 i can tell they were trying to be edgy and artistic and #controversial but it sounds like pure shit

I actually know the artist by blind album. I know the artist from my comment radio station and found their album A Way of Life. Hearing this album makes me wish I committed their band name as my way of life. 1.

Not the worst, no where near the best, won't listen to it ever again

Don't get it

This was not good and somehow the songs felt WAYYYYY longer than they were. It felt like the songs went nowhere. This is definitely a 1/5. Liked Songs: Not much but "Cheree" and "Girl"

No I don't

Quite possibly the worst album I've ever listened to... And my sister used to make me listen to NKOTB a lot...

this critic is not going to take into count the history or influence of the album, I am simply going to evaluate what I thought of listening to it, under my own taste and criteria. Clearly the album was very Ground-Breaking in its time, given that we are going back to 1977. lyrically speaking, the project is poor and leaves a lot to be desired, it should not be heard expecting thoughtful and profound lyrics. In fact, it is quite the opposite, it describes urban life situations in a very simple and dark way. the sound of the album is minimalist, with electronic sounds of the time (remember that we are in 1977 and everything that was electronic sounds was something precarious, regardless of the fact that we are listening to synth-punk.) Simple, minimalist and tremendously repetitive rhythms generate a dense atmosphere. despite this, it was not difficult for me to listen to (not only because of its musical simplicity but also because of its short duration). Perhaps the most challenging moment is the penultimate song "frankie teardrop" (which in turn is also the most noisy and the most edgy song on the album) it's difficult to give it more than a 2 out of 5, if I could I would give it half a point, it's a 1 and a half out of 5 to be honest. on a realistic scale, with which you could rate things correctly, from 0 to 100, I would give it about 25-30 points out of 100. That would be a more realistic qualification according to the project.

Then never ending drone/buzz made me feel like I was being tortured

Utter garbage. Some of the worst songs I've ever heard on this album. Frankie Teardrop is 10 minutes of hell. Thankfully, it's only 32 minutes long.

This was weird, messed up and not enjoyable. They weren't anarchist and social crusaders they were just gross, dumb aholes. That doesn't make you interesting just imbeciles who make crappy music

I’m very surprised this isn’t on the lowest rated albums list. I try to keep an open mind but this was too fucked up for me to glean any enjoyment from it.

Jeez, this is downright awful. May have been innovative and daring at the time, but today it is tough having to listen to this monotonous young men's array of fear and desparation.

I get that it's, well, suicide, but it's so monotonous and unpleasant to listen to.