Suicide's Second Album

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shit is fire from start to finish, but which track (of the original release's 10) is best???

Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Harlem" - 6:38	5
"Shadazz" - 4:25	5
"Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne" - 3:21	4
"Mr. Ray (to Howard T.)" - 5:14	2
"Sweetheart" - 3:37	1
"Las Vegas Man" - 4:10	1
"Fast Money Music" - 3:08	0
"Touch Me" - 4:24	0
"Be Bop Kid" - 2:13	0
"Dance" - 3:23	0

― lookin qwyte (crüt), Sunday, 12 December 2010 00:24 (fifteen years ago)

"Touch Me" - 4:24
"Harlem" - 6:38
"Be Bop Kid" - 2:13
"Las Vegas Man" - 4:10
"Shadazz" - 4:25

this is one straight string of tracks between which I am equally torn

― lookin qwyte (crüt), Sunday, 12 December 2010 00:25 (fifteen years ago)

"Shadazz" is one of my all-time jams.

― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 12 December 2010 00:26 (fifteen years ago)

this is much harder than the s/t poll. every track is amazing. you posted the wrong album cover though, seeing as this is a purists poll

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― missingNO, Sunday, 12 December 2010 01:44 (fifteen years ago)

I play this one way more than any of the other Suicide albums. A perfect mix of experimentalism and their pop sensibilities.

"Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne" for me...

― Deluxe Merseybeat Wig (Jack Battery-Pack), Sunday, 12 December 2010 07:12 (fifteen years ago)

gotta be "Shadazz" tho

― the tune is space, Sunday, 12 December 2010 09:46 (fifteen years ago)

How old is Alan Vega in that photo at the top? I love the 'myth' bit of his wiki entry:

Alan Vega (born Boruch Alan Bermowitz on June 23, 1938)...

Myth

Prior to the announcement of the 70th birthday release in 2008, Vega was thought to have been ten years younger. The 2005 book Suicide: No Compromise lists 1948 as his birth year and quotes a 1998 interview in which Vega talks about watching Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show (1956) as a "little kid". A 1983 Los Angeles Times article refers to him as a 35 year old.

Yeah, Shadazz.

― Bob Six, Sunday, 12 December 2010 11:40 (fifteen years ago)

Preferably on endless repeat...

― Bob Six, Sunday, 12 December 2010 11:44 (fifteen years ago)

Be Bop Kid is the one that pops into my head the most when I'm walking down the street, so I'll go with that.

― Fetchboy, Sunday, 12 December 2010 12:03 (fifteen years ago)

All ten tracks better have some votes, ILM. I'm going with Mr. Ray because I like that kind of relentless machine beat that could just go on for half an hour while they improvise over it live.

supa cop - triple a

― StanM, Sunday, 12 December 2010 12:11 (fifteen years ago)

This is gonna be tough since I love the entire album. I'll be back with my vote after I listen for the 3rd time in a row.

― A happenstance discovery of asynchronous lesbians (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 12 December 2010 18:02 (fifteen years ago)

all these tracks deserve votes, but for me it's gotta be "Harlem". Pulsing and relentless.

― sleeve, Sunday, 12 December 2010 20:22 (fifteen years ago)

I went for "Harlem" as well.

― A happenstance discovery of asynchronous lesbians (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:18 (fifteen years ago)

ended up voting "Las Vegas Man"

― o tannenbaum, o judge (crüt), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:30 (fifteen years ago)

"sweetheart" or "shadazz" would do it for me if it weren't for "harlem"

so, "harlem"

search: live versions of these songs on the second disc of the first album reissue

― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:41 (fifteen years ago)

Already regretting not voting Shadazz

― Fetchboy, Thursday, 16 December 2010 17:18 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 17 December 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

Voted for Sweetheart. I wanted to vote for Dream Baby Dream, had kind of forgotten that was a bonus track.

I much prefer this one to the debut.

― Kitchen Person, Friday, 17 December 2010 00:38 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Saturday, 18 December 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

Only 18 votes :(

― StanM, Saturday, 18 December 2010 06:24 (fifteen years ago)

Count one more for "Mr. Ray" if you like, I missed this

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Saturday, 18 December 2010 23:17 (fifteen years ago)

Where is my Bebop Kid vote? :o

― Fetchboy, Sunday, 19 December 2010 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

Only 18 votes :(

not exactly a canon album

I like the tie between the synthpunk and synthpop tracks

― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Sunday, 19 December 2010 00:05 (fifteen years ago)

I would like to see this album become a canon album

― o tannenbaum, o judge (crüt), Monday, 20 December 2010 05:20 (fifteen years ago)

four years pass...

why didn't/doesn't this album get more love?

― piscesx, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 00:35 (eleven years ago)

The second album could be a bit less known as it was out of print for quite a few years.

― earlnash, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 03:14 (eleven years ago)

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