Half Alive (album)

{{About|the compilation album by Suicide|the live album by Helix|Half-Alive|5=Half Alive (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Half Alive

| type = compilation

| artist = Suicide

| cover = Suicide - Half Alive.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1981|9|9}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1974}} – {{Start date|1979}}

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Synthpunk

| length = 37:15

| label = ROIR

| producer =

| prev_title = Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Ghost Riders

| next_year = 1986

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Patrick |last=Kennedy |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000690716|pure_url=yes}}|title=Suicide: Half Alive > Review |website=Allmusic |accessdate=September 19, 2015}}

| rev2 = Select

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{Cite magazine |last=Barnes |first=Mark |date=September 1990 |title=Suicide: 1/2 Alive |magazine=Select |issue=3 |page=106}}

}}

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.{{cite magazine |first1=Steven |last1=Grant |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=suicide |title=Suicide |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=September 19, 2015}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Martin Rev and Alan Vega

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Harlem II

| note1 = recorded live at CBGB's, 1978

| length1 = 3:58

| title2 = Goin' to Las Vegas

| note2 = recorded live at CBGB's, 1978

| length2 = 4:16

| title3 = Love You

| note3 = recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1979

| length3 = 2:46

| title4 = Cool as Ice

| note4 = recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1979

| length4 = 3:19

| title5 = All Night Long

| note5 = recorded live at Horseshoe Club, Toronto, 1978

| length5 = 4:10

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = Sister Ray Says

| note1 = recorded live at Marquee, London, 1978

| length1 = 4:26

| title2 = Johnny Dance

| note2 = recorded live at Marquee, London, 1978

| length2 = 3:01

| title3 = Space Blue

| note3 = recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1974/75

| length3 = 1:47

| title4 = Long Talk

| note4 = recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1974/75

| length4 = 1:27

| title5 = Speed Queen

| note5 = recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1974/75

| length5 = 2:27

| title6 = Chezazze

| note6 = recorded at Suicide Home Studio, 1979

| length6 = 3:25

| title7 = Dreams

| note7 = recorded at Sun Dragon Studio, 1975

| length7 = 2:13

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2000 CD re-issue bonus track

| title13 = All Night Long

| note13 = recorded live in the UK, 1978

| length13 = 4:31

| title14 = Sweetheart

| note14 = recorded live in the UK, 1978

| length14 = 4:44

| title15 = Scream and Shout

| note15 = recorded live in the UK, 1978

| length15 = 4:17

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Half Alive liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Half Alive |others=Suicide |year=1981 |type=booklet |publisher=ROIR |location=New York City}}

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