The First Album

Spin (8/98, p.139) - 10 (out of 10) - "...SUICIDE itself is beyond classica, a spare, claustrophobic collection that bottled big-city paranoia like nothing before or since. In spite of many attempts, no one has ever come close to replicating its monolithic vibe....Suicide didn't gesture at the surrounding darkness so much as point us toward the light..." Q (7/01, p.90) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...Musically representing an utterly debased humanity - knackered keyboards and a cheapo drum machine. The sound was Kraftwerk go rockabilly in hell..." Q (5/02 SE, p.142) - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums". The Wire (3/98, p.58) - "...attests to their terrifying immediacy....The dominant tone is dark, dripping off-white, run through with thin veins of lurid color....This is the kind of raw power that makes your hair stand on end. This kind of music is what electricity is for." The Wire (3/98, p.58) - "...attests to their terrifying immediacy....The dominant tone is dark, dripping off-white, run through with thin veins of lurid color....This is the kind of raw power that makes your hair stand on end. This kind of music is what electricity is for." Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.76) - Ranked #36 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" - "...A primitive synth and a swooning, screaming rockabilly voice spun tales of darkness..."