Ladies and Gentlemen, The Suburbs Have Left The Building explained

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Suburbs Have Left the Building (Suburbs album)
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	The Suburbs
Cover:	LadiesandGentlemenTheSuburbsHaveLeftTheBuilding.jpg
Released:	October 27, 1992
Genre:	New wave
Length:	1:04:34
Label:	Twin/Tone
Producer:	Paul Stark, Steve Greenberg
Prev Title:	Suburbs
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Viva! Suburbs! Live at First Avenue
Next Year:	1994

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Suburbs Have Left the Building is a compilation album by the American New wave band The Suburbs that focuses on their releases from 1978 through 1984. The album does not contain any songs from their 1986 self-titled release. It was released by Twin/Tone Records in 1992.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Stewart Mason wrote of the album "An excellent although not perfect introduction to the art rock and dance-pop world of the Suburbs... It's not all the Suburbs one will ever need—at the very least, In Combo and Credit in Heaven are essential—but it's a fine entry into the group for newcomers."

Track listing

All songs composed by The Suburbs.

1. "Love Is the Law" – 4:40
2. "Tape Your Wife to the Ceiling" – 1:51
3. "Black Leather Stick" – 2:47
4. "Music for Boys" – 6:46
5. "Rattle My Bones" – 3:29
6. "Cig In Backwards" – 3:46
7. "World War III" – 2:56
8. "Baby Heartbeat" – 2:41
9. "Goggles" – 3:21
10. "Prehistoric Jaws" – 2:23
11. "Cows" – 1:35
12. "Monster Man" – 3:14
13. "Cig Machine" – 1:26
14. "Spring Came" – 3:18
15. "Girlfriend" – 4:51
16. "Drinking with an Angel" – 5:28
17. "Waiting" – 3:43
18. "The Best is Over" – 4:56
19. "Chemistry Set" – 1:23

Personnel

• Chan Poling – vocals, keyboards
• Beej Chaney – vocals, Beejtar
• Hugo Klaers – drums
• Bruce C. Allen – guitar
• Michael Halliday – bass