Half Alive (album)

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Half Alive
Suicide - Half Alive.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1981 (1981-09-09)
Recorded1974 (1974) – 1979 (1979)
Genre Synthpunk
Length37:15
Label ROIR
Suicide chronology
Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev
(1980)
Half Alive
(1981)
Ghost Riders
(1986)
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Half Alive is a compilation album by Suicide, originally released on cassette only on September 9, 1981 by ROIR. It is composed of live recordings from 1978 and home and studio demos recorded between 1974 and 1979. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Harlem II" (recorded live at CBGB's, 1978)3:58
2."Goin' to Las Vegas" (recorded live at CBGB's, 1978)4:16
3."Love You" (recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1979)2:46
4."Cool as Ice" (recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1979)3:19
5."All Night Long" (recorded live at Horseshoe Club, Toronto, 1978)4:10
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sister Ray Says" (recorded live at Marquee, London, 1978)4:26
2."Johnny Dance" (recorded live at Marquee, London, 1978)3:01
3."Space Blue" (recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1974/75)1:47
4."Long Talk" (recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1974/75)1:27
5."Speed Queen" (recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1974/75)2:27
6."Chezazze" (recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1979)3:25
7."Dreams" (recorded at Sun Dragon Studio, 1975)2:13
2000 CD re-issue bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."All Night Long" (recorded live in the UK, 1978)4:31
14."Sweetheart" (recorded live in the UK, 1978)4:44
15."Scream and Shout" (recorded live in the UK, 1978)4:17

Personnel

Adapted from the Half Alive liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1981 ROIR CS A 103
Italy1990ContempoCD, LP CONTE148
Japan1993 Meldac CDMECR-25022
United States2000ROIRCD, LPRUS 8264

References

  1. Kennedy, Patrick. "Suicide: Half Alive > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  2. Barnes, Mark (September 1990). "Suicide: 1/2 Alive". Select . No. 3. p. 106.
  3. Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Suicide". Trouser Press . Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  4. Half Alive (booklet). Suicide. New York City: ROIR. 1981.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)