How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today is the third studio album by Suicidal Tendencies, the American crossover thrash band. It followed Join the Army from 1987 and came out in 1988, with a US release date of 13 September. It was their first record for Epic, a move up to a major label for a band that had built its name on hardcore speed.
It also marks a change in personnel. Mike Clark played guitar on a Suicidal album for the first time, and Bob Heathcote was on bass, his only record with the band before Robert Trujillo took over in 1989. The album leans further into heavy metal and thrash than the band's earlier work, and Revolver counts it as an essential release in the genre. For anyone tracing how crossover thrash grew up, it is a key stop.
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today: tracklist and credits
11 tracks · 50:16Tracklist
- 1Trip at the BrainMike Clark and Mike Muir4:33
- 2Hearing VoicesLouiche Mayorga and Mike Muir4:14
- 3Pledge Your AllegianceLouiche Mayorga and Mike Muir4:32
- 4How Will I Laugh TomorrowMike Clark and Mike Muir6:45
- 5The MiracleMike Clark and Mike Muir5:28
- 6Suicyco ManiaLouiche Mayorga and Mike Muir5:53
- 7Surf and SlamRocky George and Suicidal Tendencies2:52
- 8If I Don't Wake UpMike Clark and Mike Muir4:54
- 9Sorry?!Rocky George and Mike Muir3:48
- 10One Too Many TimesMike Clark and Mike Muir3:13
- 11The Feeling's BackMike Clark and Mike Muir4:05
- Produced by
- Mark Dodson, Suicidal Tendencies
- Recorded at
- Cherokee (Hollywood)
- Recorded
- April 1988
- Engineered by
- Mark Dodson
- Label
- Epic
- Length
- 50:16
Line-up
- Mike Clark · guitar · guest
- Rocky George · guitar · guest
- Bob Heathcote · bass · guest
- R.J. Herrera · membranophone · guest
- Mike Muir · lead vocals · guest
Singles
- “Trip at the Brain” · 1988
- “How Will I Laugh Tomorrow” · 1989
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1988, 1990)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 9 November 1988 | ignored lone early release dated 1988-09-13 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 13 September 1988 | |
| Wikidata | 1990 | |
| US release | 13 September 1988 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1988 | earliest UK or European date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | US | Epic | 074644428841 | other |
| 1988 | AU | Virgin | 5012981255121 | other |
| 1988 | US | Epic | other | |
| 1988 | XE | Virgin | 077778675723 | other |
| 13 September 1988 | US | Epic | 074644428827 | original |
| 9 November 1988 | JP | Epic | 4988010230951 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 494×499 | upscaled |