Why Be Blue
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{{Infobox album
| name = Why Be Blue
| type = studio
| artist = Suicide
| cover = Suicide - Why Be Blue.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1992}}
| recorded = One Take Studios, New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Synthpop, electronic
| length = 41:10
| label = Brake Out
| producer = Ric Ocasek
| prev_title = A Way of Life
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = American Supreme
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Andy |last=Kellman |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000094178|pure_url=yes}}|title=Suicide: Why Be Blue > Review |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=September 19, 2015}}
}}
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
{{track listing
| all_writing = Martin Rev and Alan Vega
| title1 = Why Be Blue
| length1 = 4:33
| title2 = Cheat-Cheat
| length2 = 4:02
| title3 = Hot Ticket
| length3 = 3:59
| title4 = Universe
| length4 = 3:56
| title5 = Last Time
| length5 = 3:35
| title6 = Play the Dream
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = Pump It
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = Flashy Love
| length8 = 4:43
| title9 = Chewy-Chewy
| length9 = 3:57
| title10 = Mujo
| length10 = 4:11
}}
2005 Track listing
Disc 1 – Remixed by Martin Rev
{{track listing
| title1 = Why Be Blue?
| length1 = 4:33
| title2 = Cheat-Cheat
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = Mujo
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Pump It
| length4 = 3:52
| title5 = Last Time
| length5 = 3:36
| title6 = Play the Dream
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = Chewy-Chewy
| length7 = 3:56
| title8 = Hot Ticket
| length8 = 4:02
| title9 = Flashy Love
| length9 = 4:44
| title10 = Universe
| length10 = 4:00
}}
Disc 2 – Live at Le Palace, Paris / 17 April 1989
{{track listing
| title1 = C'est La Vie
| length1 = 7:02
| title2 = Johnny
| length2 = 5:04
| title3 = Mambo Mambo
| length3 = 6:18
| title4 = Rock Train
| length4 = 8:36
| title5 = Jukebox Baby '96
| length5 = 7:40
| title6 = Dream Baby Dream
| length6 = 6:56
| title7 = Night Time
| length7 = 8:04
| title8 = On Fire
| length8 = 5:12
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Why Be Blue liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Why Be Blue |others=Suicide |year=1992 |type=booklet |publisher=
Brake Out |location=München, Germany}}
;Suicide
- Martin Rev – keyboards, drum programming
- Alan Vega – vocals
;Production and additional personnel
- David Heglmeier – engineering
- Brad Johnson – mastering
- Ric Ocasek – production
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| United Kingdom
| 1988 | Chapter 22 | CD, LP | CHAP 35 |
| United States/UK
| 2005 | CD | BFFP 191/07243 8 63538 0 1 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=151401 |name=Why Be Blue}}
{{Suicide (band)}}
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Category:Suicide (band) albums