Commercial Suicide
# Commercial Suicide

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, followed a similar path, albeit with far more use of sequencers – something Newman would continue to work with for a number of years. Both Commercial Suicide and It Seems featured Malka Spigel, who married Newman in 1986, and who has been included in all subsequent solo and collaborative work.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

The album received positive reviews. Fact 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 (1981). That's not to say this album lacks a pop sensibility." He went on to write that it "prefigure[s] [...] 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
