''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
''It Seems'' is the fifth studio album by Colin Newman, lead singer of post-punk band Wire. It was released in 1988 by Crammed Discs.
''It Seems'' built on the reflective and highly orchestrated of his 1986 album '' Commercial Suicide'', albei ...
'', followed a similar path, albeit with far more use of
sequencer
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s – something Newman would continue to work with for a number of years. Both ''Commercial Suicide'' and ''It Seems'' featured
Malka Spigel
Malka Spigel (Hebrew: מלכה שפיגל, born 19 July 1954) is a London-based Israeli musician and artist. She was founding member of the Israeli-Belgian rock band Minimal Compact. She has also worked as a solo musician and as a visual artist, ...
, who married Newman in 1986, and who has been included in all subsequent solo and collaborative work.
Reception
The album received positive reviews. ''
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'' called it "an unmitigated delight: a complex, consoling, literate pop classic", going on to rank it the 69th best album of the 1980s.
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
''Provisionally Entitled the Singing Fish'' is the second studio album by Colin Newman, lead singer of post-punk band Wire. It was released in 1981, through record labels Beggars Banquet and 4AD.
The album is entirely instrumental, with each ...
'' (1981). That's not to say this album lacks a pop sensibility." He went on to write that it "prefigure
..the deconstructed symphonic pop done so well by
Blur."
[ 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."]
Track listing
#"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
External links
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{{Colin Newman
1986 albums
Colin Newman albums
Crammed Discs albums
Post-punk albums by English artists