Commercial Suicide
| Commercial Suicide | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Chamber pop, art pop, minimal wave | |||
| Length | 41:54 | |||
| Label | Crammed Discs | |||
| Producer | Colin Newman | |||
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Commercial Suicide is the fourth studio album by English musician Colin Newman, released in 1986 by record label Crammed Discs.
A massive change in style for Newman, Commercial Suicide is reflective and highly orchestrated. His next LP, It Seems, followed a similar path, albeit with far more use of sequencers – something Newman would continue to work with for a number of years. Both Commercial Suicide and It Seems featured Malka Spigel, who married Newman in 1986, and who has been included in all subsequent solo and collaborative work.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
The album received positive reviews. Fact called it "an unmitigated delight: a complex, consoling, literate pop classic",[3] going on to rank it the 69th best album of the 1980s.[4] Wilson Neate of AllMusic wrote that the album "approaches listeners in a more subtle, measured fashion, its sound often deliberate and spacious, at times recalling the abstract textures of Provisionally Entitled the Singing Fish (1981). That's not to say this album lacks a pop sensibility." He went on to write that it "prefigure[s] [...] the deconstructed symphonic pop done so well by Blur."[2] Jim Derogatis and Wilson Neate, writing in Trouser Press, said that Commercial Suicide combined Newman's "ambient and pop interests by bringing a more spacious, minimalist approach to vocal-driven tunes."[5]
Track listing[edit]
- "Their Terrain" - 5:01
- "2-Sixes" - 5:17
- "Metarkest" - 5:12
- "But I..." - 4:53
- "Commercial Suicide" - 4:02
- "I'm Still Here" - 3:47
- "Feigned Hearing" - 4:02
- "Can I Explain The Delay?" - 4:55
- "I Can Hear Your..." - 4:46
References[edit]
- ^ Neate, Wilson. Colin Newman at AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ a b Neate, Wilson. Commercial Suicide – Colin Newman at AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ Sande, Kiran (3 February 2013). "Lost and Found: Colin Newman's Commercial Suicide – Fact Magazine: Music News, New Music". Fact. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: 69: Colin Newman, Commercial Suicide". Fact. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ DeRogatis, Jim; Neate, Wilson. "TrouserPress.com :: Wire". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
External links[edit]
- Commercial Suicide at Discogs (list of releases)