Reviews (page 6 of 8)
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.
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.
If you like the sound of someone whispering (sensually?) and/or shrieking over cicada noises this is the album for you! Experimental? sure Successful? nah One star for the synthesized cello sound
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"
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.
Gewoon lawaai...
Title ain't wrong, commercial suicide
favs: che rating 0.7/5
Worst album
I wish I could be first at something so I could monumentally suck and still be see as “influential” for some reason. This album is bad. There are sharp spikes in volume, it’s droning and repetitive, and it evokes a rage fueled by boredom. These are the edgelords of the 1970s and this album holds nothing of artistic or cultural merit. The only influence it has is teaching future artists how to make better music than they ever could.
Comencé a escucharlo y luego de un par de tracks, me pregunté qué demonios hacía este disco en la lista. Cuando terminó, me pregunté por qué demonios este disco existía. Espantoso.
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music for psychopaths
Why would I want to listen to an album called suicide by a group called suicide. I just don't. You can't make me.
Not for me. Felt like a low 2-star for most songs, then Frankie Teardrop came along and made me very upset. I really disliked that song, and I ended up really disliking this album.
I didn’t hate the album at first, then the dude was just moaning and saying “Turn Me On” during one song and I was like FUCK THIS, and dipped.
This feels like all the "meh" bits of songs where you're waiting for a good part to kick in. Except it's a whole album of it
awful
When I first started listening to this, I didn’t really think it was that bad. But then the first song sounded so repetitive. And that blended into the next song which just sounded exactly like the one I had just heard. Maybe there was a spark of originality in how this sounded back in the 70s, but that has: 1. Not worn well 2. Diminished its own value by the repetitive nature through the album. That different lists consider this one of the great albums of all time astounds me. Just terrible.
Short and sweet, maybe for the best. Favourite track: n/a
sei nem oq falar
What garbage is this?
Really bad. Frankie's lying in hell.
yikes
Trash
Okay, so Frankie Teardrop is pretty raw and unforgettable. But the music, the vocals are the opposite of inspirational. A combination of dull and irritating.
No like! Cargantes!
A first impression of the first minute of the first track: wow, this may be a five. After listening to the full álbum, it was nah. A relisten convinced me this was shit.
I'm sure this is for someone, but it wasn't for me. It just translated as noise. Nails on a chalkboard. No thank you.
The whole album is like really bad and boring foreplay. Nothing happens, and when it does, it's the worst thing you could listen to.
Minimalist electronics with rock n roll vocals. Springsteen loved it, and I’m sure Trent Reznor was influenced as well. Sounds crap to me. I guess I won’t forget ‘Frankie teardrop’!
I appreciate experimentation but that doesn’t mean I need to hear it. Also some of the songs have this sound that made me think that my blinker in my car was on
Horrível. Praticamente nada aqui pode salvar este disco. Verdadeiramente péssimo, uma perda de tempo enorme. Difícil encontrar palavras para descrever o quão terrível foi a experiência de ouvir este álbum. Por sorte, ele não é tão longo assim. Dá pra apreciar o aspecto experimental? Não! É o pior tipo de experimentação possível, com berros e gritos, canções não-canções, e instrumentais tediosos. Nada aqui é interessante. É tipo pegar os Talking Heads e tirar tudo que fazem eles funcionarem. Comparação tosca, mas de verdade, este álbum torrou meu cérebro, não consigo escrever direito mais. 0.5, meia estrela porque a capa é boa.
Listening to this album felt like someone was trying to edge you by jacking you off with a tube of sandpaper. Horrible. If their goal was to make the listener commit suicide, they've probably been successful.
Hab’s kapiert: Schlimmer geht immer! Was soll das?
This is sort of like if you took the doors and removed every single cool/interesting part of them and had them repeat the same thing over and over
This is absolute wank. Makes you want to *Title*
"ahead of it's time" barf
Verstörend, dystopisch
why is he JUST screaming.
Grim, repetitive and somehow both confrontational and utterly dull. It’s less “challenging art” and more “someone refusing to turn the knob off the noise”. The only real highlight is that it doesn’t hang about — over and done with quickly, like a particularly bleak trip to the Post Office.
Hurt my ears
NOISE
Schrott.
I'll never listen to it again.
Just because something is new, shocking or controversial doesn't mean that it's good or profound. This album is a great example of this.
I had high hopes from the first few seconds of this, then the rest of the record happened. I don't know how a 30-minute album can be repetitive, and yet, they managed to do it.
Those last two songs are honestly some of the toughest listens of the 230 albums so far. How is this on the list. Specific rating - 0.3 Fav song - ghost rider Least fav - Frankie teardrop
Frankie Teardrop has got to be one of the worst songs I've ever had to sit through, and there's 10 minutes of it!!! Favourite song: Che Least: Frankie Teardrop
It's like listening to a whole album of intros not going anywhere.
I wish this wasn't shit. But it is just sooo bad. Almost unbearable. It's a fitting name to be honest, please don't listen to this if you love your life.
the worst....
Why? Why is this on the list? Why did they make this monotonous, repetitive album, punctuated by blood-curdling screams and vocals that devolve into guttural, animalistic sounds and libidinal pleas? "Johnny Teardrop" is disturbing, and I suppose it should be, telling a 10-minute-long tale of a down-and-out factory worker who snaps and kills his family in a murder-suicide. The other tracks meld breathy moans and spoken-word nonsense layered over mind-numbing synths. The sad thing is, this is not the worst album I've listened to on this list, so to give it one star unintentionally elevates some of that other garbage. Yet, here we are. Why?
This is my first one-star review. There is no way that anyone thinks this album is one of the greatest albums ever made.
weird and bad acid trip to the 5th circle of hell. the kind of sounds that make you grateful for other better sounds
I had a much kinder initial review but I just didn’t like this and I’m not going to pretend that I understood why this album is on the list.
At least it’s aptly named because I… well you get it.
respect the medium but not for me
I don't really have much to say about this one outside of the fact that I really didn't enjoy it at all. I don't have much to say critically, and I'm sure this music is for someone, just definitely not me.
Didn't care for this. Can see the value as a pioneer of electronic music, but man it's just too edgy. you couldn't even play this in a hot topic.
what the hell was that. unhinged lyrics. the synth was just droning half the time??
This felt like the same song for 30 minutes - a band just playing in the background while someone hums along random words. Wasn't for me.
no sé, muy raro, so not my style pero banco el concepto. pasas d q te hotee la voz del chabón en girl a re cagarte toda x como grita en frankie teadrop, casi me infarto. hay algo en el sonido de fondo que creo que se mantiene durante todo el álbum (o casi) que me llama la atención. no lo volvería a escuchar srry, pero me gustó la voz del chabón, transmite mucho con la voz únicamente. me llama la atención que sea del ‘77.
Garbage. A guy and his synth, making shitty songs on the fly.
Not for me
𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 may be historically important, but that doesn’t make it a satisfying listen. The album relies almost entirely on repetition and looping synth patterns, and instead of building tension in a dynamic way, many tracks stay locked into a single idea without real development. What was meant to feel hypnotic can instead feel monotonous and draining. The emotional outburst on 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 amplifies that effect — the screaming and escalating breakdown don’t feel cathartic if you’re not already in sync with the album’s approach. Rather than unsettling in a deliberate artistic way, it can simply come across as abrasive and unpleasant. Even recognizing its influence on later noise and experimental music doesn’t make the experience more enjoyable. Compared with Sonic Youth’s early albums, which use dissonance and harsh textures to create atmosphere and tension, 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 feels one-dimensional and stuck, focused on provocation more than musical progression.
Ok, kot prvo - včer mi je algoritem dal "Ready to Die", dons pa "Suicide"?! Tnx, res. Sj SAD je kr bad, ampak ne spet tok. Kot drugo, totalno nepoznano in samo ene 33 minut - odlično! Moje domnevanje je blo punk, ampak hitr wiki pregled obljublja bolj synth, electronic & minimalist. Ok, kul začetek ("Ghost Rider"). Žanrsko je res kot glihkar rečeno. Hm, ampak zj, k sm na drugem komadu, ne vidim ful razlike od prvega. Mmmm, ja, if ever an album blended into one, je to ta. Razen random kriki v "Frankie Teardrop", to te mal predrami.
Noise.
I can probably find 1001 albums not on the top 1001 list that are better than this album.
One track in, and I'm considering turning it off. On to the second track, and it's not got any better. I'll give it 1 more track. Third track, more of the same. Utter shit. The undoubted highlight of this whole experience was the youtube link being for 'Suicide - Suicide' which opened a page saying "You're Not Alone" and providing the number for the Samaritans. Very prescient of youtube, it must have known how people feel after hearing this album!!!
The first song on the album was kind of interesting, and if everything after it was similar but showed some more development, the album could have been fine. But some really lazy minimalism took over after that first song, and it got really bad really fast. I feel really bad for Frankie. Not only does his life suck, and his mental health is down the shitter, but the song about him also sucks. Favorite Song(s): Ghost Rider
Honestly some of the songs were some of the worst songs I’ve ever heard
The album opens with some intrigue, but spirals downward into repetitive synth-pulse riffs that go on for too long, accompanied by narrative story-telling that is very pedestrian, punctuated by shrieks and screams. And Frankie Teardrop is horrific and should never have been recorded.
*Sigh* Whoever sponsored their microphones must be beating themselves up over it Should be removed from the list /s If somebody rolls this as their last album you know exactly what's gonna happen Vile
Like Poledo but worse. Cortisol spiking core
Chiantos… ça a l’air très égocentrique comme groupe
Les hurlements de la dernière piste c'était trop, j'ai pas pu écouter jusqu'au bout. 1/5
Ugh
First two songs might've been a 3 or 4 but then the yelling and screeching in the rest of the album knocked it down to a 1. This is the kind of yelling and screeching that isn't artistic or unique or tells a good story. This felt like a band that wrote 2 okay songs, and then went - but we need 20 more minutes of content! And then screeched.
Fuck this shit. Not even going to spend time writing a full review. One song he's having a sad orgasm, another he'd just randomly scream while talking. Best song: Ghost Rider
I can see its influence, but I didn't like it.
point9.
Listened to the first few songs. Was not impressed.
I used to listen to this album in college I love it so much. Would give it a 10/5 if it was possible
0.3/5 What the fuck is this? This sounds like something I’d hear walking into a random dive bar in Cincy. Like 3 people gathered around the stage contently watching. I’d probably grab a coors banquet, realize the band is trash, chug the beer then leave. Appropriately named as I really did want to commit suicide many times throughout listening. I don’t know who the fuck picked this as one of the 1001 most influential albums of all time, but I think they need to be strapped to chair and forced listen to this for 24 hours straight so that they can reconsider that decision. Sorry if this review is a little mean but listening to this album was a complete waste of time and whoever picked this deserves to be fired from every job they have for eternity. Only positive- It fit the spooky Halloween theme for this time of year, I will give them that.
trash
WTF even is this? A backing beat with weird looped melody and sparse lyrics with way too much reverb. And they can fuck right off with a ten and a half minute track of that bullshit. These are the types of albums that make me think the writers of this book really lacked creativity and the slightest urge to look outside of what they already knew or had been told about. Just lazy and uncreative to include tripe like this.
2/10 Genuinely gave me a headache. Was probably sat on a low 2-star rating, but Frankie Teardrop was so long and so bad, it pushed the album to the depths. Just cos you do something 1st isn't always enough. This was terrible.
1/5
That's not my taste in music - uaaah
Every song sounds the same. At first I appreciated them using a somewhat unique sound even if it was kinda boring, but it ended up being that for the entire time, also the track "Girl" made me very uncomfortable. I didn't need to hear him making those strange noises for that long. The 10 minute long "Frankie Teardrop" was probably one of the biggest waste of times I've ever had, and the overly loud and terribly mixed screaming did not help. The last song was actually really great though, almost felt like a song from My Bloody Valentine. Overall not impressed with this one.
ma no dai
No. Just no.
Absolute garbage. 0/10.
Sounds like a couple of preteens got a hold of a Casio and made a tape in the seventies.
Torture
Im not sure any of these are songs. Not only that, they’re all the same not- songs, just some talking and noise over the sound of locusts. Just awful and about thirty-one minutes too long on its thirty-two minute run time. And that’s being generous.
i appreciate suicide's effort in making music, but honestly this offends me and i hope this music will never curse my ears again
This was going to be a 2/2.5 through the first four tracks and then we got to the moaning on Girl and the weird chanting on Frankie for TEN MINUTES and I was out.
wtf is this shit
Rating: 1.1 Why is this idiot gooning on the track like a fucking clown, how about singing the FUCKING SONGS!!!
Fuck you.
Hard Pass
Maybe it's seminal if you're a music pundit but to me it was just torture. Thankfully, not a very long one.
Öööööö... Miten kukaan voi kuunneella tätä ja nauttia. Mun piti oikeesti taistelle itseäni vastaan kuunneellessa eteenkin frankie teardrop. Ja miksi jokasessa biisissä kuulu jotain suhina rätinää kahinaa en ees tiiä mitä se oli mut meni maku. Ois voinu olla hauska jos ois ollu vaikka yhessä biisissä.
Started off thinking this might be interesting, but it quickly became just repetitive, boring, and at times just plain annoying
When searching for this album, a help message came up and said Is everything ok? If you need help or want to talk, call this number. This was utter shit, especially Frankie Teardrop, where they were just screaming to the point that I was considering suicide.
1. Ghost Rider - 2 Instrumentally this is okay lyrically it's very poor. Snoozefest of a track overall. 2. Rocket USA - 0 Mind-numbingly boring track. If you listen to the opening ten to fifteen seconds, you've listened to the entire track. 3. Cheree - 0 Exactly the same problem as Rocket USA. 4. Johnny - 1 Lyrically very poor but there's more to it at least than Cheree and Rocket USA. Instrumentally it's something that would play in a dark room in as a form of mental torture. 5. Girl - -1 Torturous track to listen to. Absolutely brutally bare bones and simple with no good lyrics or vocals in it. This might have sounded cool or edgy if you were a teenager and even then by the time you'd be nineteen you would think it sucks... because it does. 6. Frankie Teardrop - -2 I wouldn't wish listening to five minutes of this track upon my worst enemy, let alone the full ten. This is just atrocious musical writing, composition, and mixing. I could also do without the topic/message of the song. 7. Che - 0 Instrumentally it's almost exactly the same as Frankie Teardrop. Lyrics are drowned out on this track so you can barely make them out, but they're so intermittent as well that it makes you feel like the whole song is just a wash. Average Rating: 0 Adjusted To 5-Point Scale: 0 Not Rounded: 0 stars. 1 Star is given as 0 stars is an ineligible rating.
För konstigt utan att vara tillräckligt bra! En etta
Jesus. Christ. No.
Jesus fucking Christ.
No
Idk…
no way
This sucked
Probably groundbreaking but never going to listen to any of this again
Awful. This is zero stars.
Not my genre
Awful voice. I can see how this was way ahead of its time in 1977, but there is honestly nothing enjoyable about this album.
This might be my least favorite non-electronic album on this list to date. Best Song: N/A Rating: 1/10 Stars: 1/5
fucking awful
Let’s hear it for Frankie everyone! He killed his wife and kids…. That about sums up Suicide by … Suicide. No thanks. 1.7/10
already listened to this one last year and hated it to be honest lol. I’ve genuinely never felt scared or creeped out when listening to music until this. Like maybe I don’t get it but it freaked me out. 5/100
Very annoying.
The pioneer synth pop album was pretty alright. Didn't seem mildly impressive though the songs were pretty crazy.
I no like :(
I was expecting something way more harsh and dissonant, but this is incredibly minimalist. It's kind of nothing really, just breathy vocals over the top of some veeeery stripped back, basic synths, and a bit of fuzz sitting in the background at all times. All the songs sound exactly the same. It's genuinely shit and shows no skill or ambition at all. Absolutely bizarre. Frankie Teardrop has to be competing for the single worst song I've heard out of all 742 albums I've listened to so far, and that is IMPRESSIVE.
Completely word didnt like it at all
This was terrible. It makes me wonder why they put in in top 500? Did they feel bad for them? We need to do better.
It was bad