| Blue Suicide | ||||
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| Released | March 15, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
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| Length | 35:52 | |||
| Label | Fork and Spoon | |||
| Coma Cinema chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10 [2] |
Blue Suicide is the third studio album by American indie pop band Coma Cinema. The album was released on March 15, 2011, on Fork and Spoon Records.
Blue Suicide is the third album of the one-man band Coma Cinema, and was recorded on a limited budget. [2]
The album received mostly positive reviews from critics. Zach Kelly of Pitchfork gave the album a score of 72/100, calling it "ambitious and arresting". [2] Alex Young of Consequence gave the album a "B" rating, describing it as "gelatinous sorrow, powdered with ambiance, and riddled with the fruits of every rendezvous gone awry." [3]
All tracks are written by Mathew Lee Cothran
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Business as Usual" | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Hell" | 1:21 |
| 3. | "Greater Vultures" | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Lindsey" | 1:49 |
| 5. | "Desolation's Plan" | 1:33 |
| 6. | "Caroline, Please Kill Me" | 1:50 |
| 7. | "Wondering" | 2:28 |
| 8. | "Her Sinking Sun" | 2:33 |
| 9. | "Crystal Ball Broken" | 1:42 |
| 10. | "Gentlewoman" | 2:17 |
| 11. | "Whatevering" | 2:29 |
| 12. | "Eva Angelina" | 4:14 |
| 13. | "Wrecked" | 1:40 |
| 14. | "Blue Suicide" | 2:36 |
| 15. | "Tour All Winter" | 2:56 |
| Total length: | 35:52 | |
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