''Time to Suck'' is the first and only album by the

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

n hard rock band Suck. Released in 1971, it was recorded at the EMI Studios in Johannesburg in six hours. Other than the song "The Whip", a Suck original, all songs are covers of bands like King Crimson and

Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock music, but their musical style has changed over the course of its existence. Ori ...

. An outtake from the session, a cover of " War Pigs" by

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath were an English rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy met ...

, was released on the compilation ''Rock Today with the Big Heavies!'' in 1972, alongside "Aimless Lady", "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "The Whip".

Track list

"Aimless Lady" was released as a single in 1971, with "The Whip" on the B side. On the original, Megaphone and Shadoks vinyl editions of ''Time to Suck'', "Sin's a Good Man's Brother" begins side B. "I'll Be Creeping" begins Side B of the Manik release.

Versions

The album was initially only released in South Africa. In the 1980s, French label Megaphone Records released a bootleg LP version of ''Time to Suck'', featuring inverted colours on the cover art. The first official CD release came in 2001 on Fresh Music with the bonus track "War Pigs". In 2002, a German bootleg label called Progressive Line released its own CD version of ''Time to Suck''. German label Shadoks reissued it in 2009 on CD and vinyl, the first vinyl issue of the album since 1970. The vinyl editions came with a 33 1/3 rpm 7" containing the track "War Pigs". In 2019, ''Time to Suck'' was reissued on LP by Greek label Manik Records, incorporating "War Pigs" into the tracklisting.

Personnel

* Andrew Ionnides – vocals, flute * Stephen Gilroy – guitar * Louis Forer – bass * Saverio Grande – drums

References

External links

''Time to Suck''
at

Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the la ...

(list of versions) {{Authority control 1971 albums Suck (band) albums