AMG Review of Suicide [First Album Expanded]

Tim Sendra
All Music Guide

Mute's 2000 release of Suicide's Suicide/Live at CBGB's/23 Minutes Over Brussels is a double-disc set containing the influential art punk band's first album, a remix of "Cheree," the additional tracks "I Remember" and "Keep Your Dreams" on the first disc, and two live recordings on the second disc. The first is a six-song set recorded at ~CBGB's in 1977 that has a wild version of "96 Tears." The second live set is the band's legendary and incendiary 23 Minutes Over Brussels, which was originally released on a flexi-disc but has been remastered for CD and sounds great. This set really gives a feeling for how extreme Suicide's live shows were and makes an interesting addition to the band's seminal album.