Why Be Blue

Why Be Blue
Studio album by Suicide
Released	1992 (1992)
Recorded	One Take Studios, New York City
Genre	Synthpop, electronic
Length	41:10
Label	Brake Out
Producer	Ric Ocasek
Suicide chronology
A Way of Life (1988) Why Be Blue (1992) American Supreme (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Why Be Blue is the fourth studio album by Suicide, originally released in 1992 by Brake Out Records. It was reissued on Mute Records Blast First sub-label in 2005 containing a new remix of the entire album by keyboardist Martin Rev, a revised track order, new artwork, plus an additional disc of live material from 1989.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Why Be Blue"	4:33
2.	"Cheat-Cheat"	4:02
3.	"Hot Ticket"	3:59
4.	"Universe"	3:56
5.	"Last Time"	3:35
6.	"Play the Dream"	4:24
7.	"Pump It"	3:50
8.	"Flashy Love"	4:43
9.	"Chewy-Chewy"	3:57
10.	"Mujo"	4:11

2005 Track listing

Disc 1 – Remixed by Martin Rev

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Why Be Blue?"	4:33
2.	"Cheat-Cheat"	4:04
3.	"Mujo"	4:10
4.	"Pump It"	3:52
5.	"Last Time"	3:36
6.	"Play the Dream"	4:25
7.	"Chewy-Chewy"	3:56
8.	"Hot Ticket"	4:02
9.	"Flashy Love"	4:44
10.	"Universe"	4:00

Disc 2 – Live at Le Palace, Paris / 17 April 1989

No.	Title	Length
1.	"C'est La Vie"	7:02
2.	"Johnny"	5:04
3.	"Mambo Mambo"	6:18
4.	"Rock Train"	8:36
5.	"Jukebox Baby '96"	7:40
6.	"Dream Baby Dream"	6:56
7.	"Night Time"	8:04
8.	"On Fire"	5:12

Personnel

Adapted from the Why Be Blue liner notes. ^[2]

Suicide

• Martin Rev  – keyboards, drum programming
• Alan Vega  – vocals

Production and additional personnel

• David Heglmeier – engineering
• Brad Johnson – mastering
• Ric Ocasek  – production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1988	Chapter 22	CD, LP	CHAP 35
United States/UK	2005	Blast First/Mute/EMI	CD	BFFP 191/07243 8 63538 0 1

References

1. Kellman, Andy. "Suicide: Why Be Blue > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
2. Why Be Blue (booklet). Suicide. München, Germany: Brake Out. 1992.

External links

• Why Be Blue at Discogs (list of releases)