Suck On

Suck On
Compilation album by The Pastels
Released	1988
Recorded	1983-1985
Genre	indie pop, neo-psychedelia
Label	Gasatanka
The Pastels chronology
Suck On (1988) Truckload Of Trouble (1994)Truckload Of Trouble1994

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Suck On is a compilation album by The Pastels, released in 1988. It consists of a number of singles and B-sides released by the band between 1983 and 1985, as well as three tracks from a BBC session recorded in 1984. Tracks 4, 6 and 7 come from this session.

Track listing

1. "Baby Honey"
2. "I Wonder Why"
3. "Something Going On"
4. "Million Tears"
5. "Surprise Me"
6. "She Always Cries on Sunday"
7. "Baby Honey"
8. "I'm Alright With You"
9. "Couldn't Care Less"
10. "What's It Worth"

Personnel

• Stephen McRobbie (or Stephen Pastel) – guitar, vocals
• Brian Taylor (or Brian Superstar) – guitar
• Martin Hayward – bass, vocals
• Bernice Simpson – drums
• Sandy Forbes - drums
• Jill Bryson - vocals
• Rose McDowall - vocals
• Annabel Wright - vocals, artwork

Notes

• Tracks 1, 4 and 5 originally released on the 1984 single "Million Tears"
• Track 2 originally released as a single in 1983
• Track 3 originally released as a single in 1984
• Tracks 8, 9 and 10 originally released on the 1985 single "I'm Alright With You"
• Tracks 4, 6 and 7 recorded for a David Jensen BBC Session in 1984, previously unreleased

The BBC session tracks were not originally broadcast. One song; "Twenty Five Unfinished Plays", an early version of their 1986 single "Truck Train Tractor", has never been released but is available online.

The original version of "Million Tears" from the single is not included but is available on several Various Artists compilations.