0442. Suicide
Suicide

By some said to be the first synth pop album, I for sure can't find a whole lot of pop in here. Suicide's eponymous debut isn't a cheery number, but maybe that would be expected.

Two negative things first:
1. Alan Vega's voice is too high in the mix, it'd be better if it was more immersed in Martin Rev's music. Maybe there's a remastered version out there?
2. The lyrics on Frankie Teardrop are just a little too big dose of unembellished narrative. The sparse Hemingway-style just seems to lessen the narrative.

Buuut, anyway.
The duo Suicide can claim fame to a number of things since they were the first to describe their music as punk (on a flyer for a concert) as well as premiering styles that would influence probably at least a dozen genres later on (and being sampled by M.I.A.), everything from electroclash to techno and industrial (and you know you can't say NIN never heard Suicide).

Very dark and nisy, not as inaccessible Throbbing Gristle, but still not for the weak of heart.