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Suicide is the debut album from the American rock band Suicide. It was released in 1977 on Red Star Records and produced by Craig Leon and Marty Thau. The album was recorded in four days at Ultima Sound Studios in New York as the group already had practiced and created songs from their previous five years of music gigs. The album featured songs about urban life and people whom vocalist Alan Vega knew in New York. Vega’s vocals on the album were influenced by 1950s rock musicians such as Elvis Presley, while the backing music was provided by Martin Rev who provided a “dense unnerving electronics” sound. Suicide was released in December 1977. It was greeted with positive reviews from the British press, but with a mixed reception in the United States, where it also failed to chart.... Read on...