hypersongs

Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev

Their second album, produced by Ric Ocasek, known as The Second Album on its Mute reissue.
Suicide, 1980

Larry Alexander engineered. Trouser Press said it smoothed the sound considerably and called the "Dream Baby Dream" 12-inch the duo's zenith; Select gave it 5 of 5 in 1999, calling it unjustly less celebrated, and Fact in 2013 called it an astonishing album which simply refuses to age. Pitchfork gave it 8.7 in 2016. The Mute reissue on January 18, 2000 added "Super Subway Comedian", "Dream Baby Dream" and "Radiation", so the single was not on the original LP.

Track listing

  1. Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne3:21
  2. Mr. Ray (to Howard T.)5:14
  3. Sweetheart3:37
  4. Fast Money Music3:08
  5. Touch Me4:24
  6. Harlem6:38
  7. Be Bop Kid2:13
  8. Las Vegas Man4:10
  9. Shadazz4:25
  10. Dance3:23

More from Suicide

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Sources

  1. Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev, Wikipedia
  2. Martin Rev on A Way of Life, Flood
  3. Suicide, Trouser Press