Album Info

Half Alive (Live)

Rock - 2000

Originally released as a cassette in 1981, Half Alive collects live material from 1974-1979 and rare early demos that present... more

Tracklist

1

Harlem II

3:56 min
2

Goin' to las Vegas

4:15 min
3

Love You

2:45 min
4

Cool As Ice

3:19 min
5

All Night Long

4:05 min
6

Sister Ray Says

4:25 min
7

Johnny Dance

3:00 min
8

Space Blue Bambo

1:46 min
9

Long Talk

1:27 min
10

Speed Queen

2:27 min
11

Chezazze

3:24 min
12

Dreams

2:09 min
13

All Night Long

4:31 min
14

Sweetheart

4:44 min
15

Scream and Shout

4:18 min

About Half Alive (Live)

Originally released as a cassette in 1981, Half Alive collects live material from 1974-1979 and rare early demos that present Suicide at its most gloriously experimental. Consisting of just Martin Rev on keyboards and drum machines and Alan Vega on demented vocals, Suicide has since proven to be a major influence on industrial bands and confrontational art-punks throughout the decades. There's a horror-show feel to this material, as Vega gasps and screams in mute-nostril agony over pulsing sound collages. "Goin' to Las Vegas" sounds like a David Lynch road movie. "Love You" adds a disturbingly mutated samba to a mess of notes that break into bursts of electronic organ. "Johnny Dance" adds a perverse, early rock 'n' roll progression to the madness. The recording quality is tough at times, but it adds to the mystery; improved sound wouldn't necessarily benefit the songs.