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Why Be Blue

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Why Be Blue
Studio album by
Released1992 (1992)
RecordedOne Take Studios, New York City
GenreSynthpop, electronic
Length41:10
LabelBrake Out
ProducerRic Ocasek
Suicide chronology
A Way of Life
(1988)
Why Be Blue
(1992)
American Supreme
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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

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All tracks are written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega

No.TitleLength
1."Why Be Blue"4:33
2."Cheat-Cheat"4:02
3."Hot Ticket"3:59
4."Universe"3:56
5."Last Time"3:35
6."Play the Dream"4:24
7."Pump It"3:50
8."Flashy Love"4:43
9."Chewy-Chewy"3:57
10."Mujo"4:11

2005 Track listing

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Disc 1 – Remixed by Martin Rev

No.TitleLength
1."Why Be Blue?"4:33
2."Cheat-Cheat"4:04
3."Mujo"4:10
4."Pump It"3:52
5."Last Time"3:36
6."Play the Dream"4:25
7."Chewy-Chewy"3:56
8."Hot Ticket"4:02
9."Flashy Love"4:44
10."Universe"4:00

Disc 2 – Live at Le Palace, Paris / 17 April 1989

No.TitleLength
1."C'est La Vie"7:02
2."Johnny"5:04
3."Mambo Mambo"6:18
4."Rock Train"8:36
5."Jukebox Baby '96"7:40
6."Dream Baby Dream"6:56
7."Night Time"8:04
8."On Fire"5:12

Personnel

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Adapted from the Why Be Blue liner notes.[2]

Suicide
Production and additional personnel

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1988 Chapter 22 CD, LP CHAP 35
United States/UK 2005 Blast First/Mute/EMI CD BFFP 191/07243 8 63538 0 1

References

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  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Suicide: Why Be Blue > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  2. ^ Why Be Blue (booklet). Suicide. München, Germany: Brake Out. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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