SUICIDE Suicide: Alan Vega · Martin Rev LP ZE 1980 UK orig+inner RIC OCASEK RARE
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SUICIDESuicide had been a part of the performing arts scene in New York City's Lower East Side
in the early/mid-'70s New York Dolls era. Their approach to music was simple: Rev would create
minimalistic, spooky, hypnotic washes of dissonant keyboards and synthesizers,
while Vega sang, ranted, and spat neo-Beat lyrics in a jumpy, disjointed fashion.
Although they barely received credit, Suicide (singer Alan Vega and keyboardist Martin Rev) were the source
point for virtually every synth pop duo that glutted the pop marketplace (especially in England) in the early '80s.
Without the trailblazing Rev and Vega, there would have been no Soft Cell, Erasure, Bronski Beat, Yaz,
you name 'em, and while many would tell you that that's nothing to crow about, the aforementioned
synth poppers merely appropriated Suicide's keyboards/singer look and none of Rev and Vega's extremely
confrontational performance style and love of dissonance. The few who did (Throbbing Gristle,
Cabaret Voltaire) were considered too extreme for most tastes
"Suicide: Alan Vega · Martin Rev"
1980 LP ZE/ISLAND RECORDS ILPS 7007
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: ZE - YELLOW LABEL w/B&W RIM & ZE (top) + ISLAND (bottom) LOGOS - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) ILPS 7007
Catalog on inner: ILPS 7007(i)
Catalog on labels: ILPS 7007 (ILPS 7007-A) / ILPS 7007 (ILPS 7007-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): ILPS 7007 A-1U
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ILPS 7007 B-1U
On labels: All songs written by Rev/Vega
Produced by Ric Ocasek
Zem SoundsRevega Publishing
?1980 Original sound recording made by ZE Records
On Back Cover: Produced by Ric Ocasek for Metrotube
Recorded January 1980 at Power Station Studios, New York City
?1980 Original sound recording made by ZE Records. Licensed through Island Records.
Manufactured and distributed by E.M.I. Records Limited.
tracklisting
Side A: DIAMONDS, FURCOAT, CHAMPAGNE - MR. RAY
SWEETHEART - FAST MONEY MUSIC - TOUCH ME
Side B: HARLEM - BE BOP KID - LAS VEGAS MAN
SHADAZZ - DANCE
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The Ric Ocasek-produced second album from Suicide is less confrontational
and more contemporary than the duo's terrifying debut. Vega's rockabilly snarl and Rev's
burbling electronics remain, but Ocasek's involvement purges a pop sensibility only
hinted at on Suicide. Hell, some of the tracks are downright pretty ("Shadazz," "Diamonds,
Fur Coat, Champagne"). Perhaps it's not as renegade as Suicide, but it's an arguably better,
more realized work, and just as essential...(AllMusic)
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