A Way of Life

by Suicide

A Way of Life cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Chapter 22
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:41
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Martin Rev, Alan Vega

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'A Way of Life' revives Suicide's pioneering synth-punk sound after nearly a decade of silence, updating their abrasive electronic minimalism with slightly modernized production. Alan Vega's anxious, rockabilly-inflected vocal tics clash against Martin Rev's cold, repetitive synthesizer pulses, creating a dark, urban tension.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, repetitive, rhythmic, distorted, analog, synth, synthesizers, electronic, noisy

Tracklist

  1. Wild in Blue
  2. Surrender
  3. Jukebox Baby 96
  4. Rain of Ruin
  5. Suffering in Vain
  6. Dominic Christ
  7. Love so Lovely
  8. Devastation
  9. Heat Beat

Credits

  • Suicide - primary artist
  • Joe Barbaria - engineer
  • Bridget Davy - engineer [assistant]
  • John Magnusson - engineer [assistant]
  • Ken Steiger - engineer [assistant]
  • Martin Rev - instruments, written-by, performer
  • Renaud Monfourny - photography by [backcover photo]
  • Ric Ocasek - producer, photography by [cover photos]
  • Alan Vega - vocals, cover [concept], written-by, performer

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