Track Listing 1. Sometimes I Don't Mind 2. Permanent Holiday 3. Fade Away, The 4. Too Many Words 5. No Sale 6. Green 7. Extraordinary 8. I Hate Everything 9. All Out 10. Perfect Day 11. Sincerity 12. Reasons 13. Goodbye For Now 14. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
| Details | | Producer: | Julian Raymond | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes The Suicide Machines: Dan Lukacinsky (vocals, guitar); Royce Nunley (vocals, bass); Jason Navarro (vocals); Ryan Vanderberghe (drums). Additional personnel: Patrick Warren (harmonium); Bennett Salvay (organ); Joe Bishara (programming, loops). Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California. A marriage of a punk/ska sensibility to catchy songwriting is the simplest way to describe the music of Detroit natives the Suicide Machines. The band's third album, THE SUICIDE MACHINES, continues the group's tradition of emotional extremes. The group has focused its sound, and it's obvious that the Suicide Machines have settled into their collective skin as a pop band. "Green" revisits ground broken by pop-punk pioneers such as All, while "I Hate Everything" slips in some hip-hop stylings. The band delivers a heavy-handed love anthem with "Perfect Day." Echoes of the Clash shine through in "Sincerity." Clocking in at barely more than a minute, "Reasons" is the shortest and most brutal track offered on THE SUICIDE MACHINES. "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" uses thrash and ska grooves, which contrast surprisingly well with a string section. Ironically, what you'd expect from a band named the Suicide Machines is a far cry from what it delivers: tight arrangements, strong vocal harmonies, and plain old good songs.
Editorial Reviews 3 out of 5 - ...Infectious songs...with jangly guitars, feel-good choruses and more pop hooks than a Matthew Sweet record....this is the album that will move the Suicide Machines from the mosh pit to the malls. Alternative Press (04/01/2000)
...a remarkably compelling pop-punk album, where the best bits are the pop parts rather than the expected punk... CMJ (02/01/2000)
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