Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies' self-titled debut came out on 5 July 1983 on Frontier Records. It is a hardcore punk and skate punk record from the American band, and it was the first of a run of studio albums that stretches through to 2018's Still Cyco Punk After All These Years.
The song that carried it furthest was "Institutionalized", the album's only single. Its video was one of the first from a hardcore band to get airplay on MTV, and that exposure brought the group considerable popularity. The record went on to rank among the best-selling and most successful hardcore punk albums, and it won over fans and critics alike. It also left a mark on what followed: its influence fed into the emerging thrash metal scene and the crossover thrash that grew out of it. If you want to hear where punk speed and metal weight began to meet, this is a good place to start.
Suicidal Tendencies: tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 28:16Tracklist
- 1Suicide’s an Alternative / You’ll Be SorryMike Muir2:45
- 2Two Sided PoliticsLouiche Mayorga and Mike Muir1:04
- 3I Shot the DevilMike Muir1:51
- 4SubliminalMike Muir3:08
- 5Won’t Fall in Love TodayLouiche Mayorga and Mike Muir1:00
- 6InstitutionalizedLouiche Mayorga and Mike Muir3:50
- 7Memories of TomorrowMike Muir0:59
- 8PossessedMike Muir2:07
- 9I Saw Your Mommy…Mike Muir4:53
- 10Fascist PigMike Muir1:18
- 11I Want MoreLouiche Mayorga and Mike Muir2:28
- 12Suicidal FailureMike Muir2:53
- Produced by
- Glen E. Friedman, Mark Dodson, Mike Muir
- Recorded at
- Rumbo Recorders, Titan, Golden Age Recording in Hollywood, California
- Recorded
- February 1983
- Mixed at
- A&M Studios
- Engineered by
- Mark Dodson
- Labels
- Frontier Records, Frontier (FLP 011)
- Length
- 28:16
Line-up
- Grant Estes · guitar family · guest
- Mike Muir · lead vocals · guest
Singles
- “Institutionalized” · 1988
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 5 July 1983 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 5 July 1983 | |
| Wikidata | 1983 | |
| US release | 5 July 1983 | earliest US date |
11 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | US | Frontier Records | 018663460420 | other |
| 5 July 1983 | US | Frontier Records | original | |
| 1987 | XE | Virgin | 077778675525 | other |
| 1987 | XE | Virgin | other | |
| 1987 | GB | Virgin | 5012981249526 | other |
| 1990 | US | Frontier Records | 018663101125 | other |
| 1997 | XE | Epitaph | 8714092010428 | other |
| 11 February 1997 | US | Epitaph | 045778010424 | other |
| 20 February 2001 | US | Frontier Records | 018663101125 | other |
| 23 September 2008 | US | Frontier Records | 00018663101194 | deluxe |
| 22 March 2012 | XW | Frontier Records | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · native: native 1500x1500
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1500×1500 | native: native 1500x1500 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |