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.

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]

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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