Album of the day (#3919): Suede by Suede

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Today's album of the day

Suede by Suede (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1993.
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Overall rank: 594
Average rating: 78/100 (from 457 votes).

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Tracks:
1. So Young
2. Animal Nitrate
3. She's Not Dead
4. Moving
5. Pantomime Horse
6. The Drowners
7. Sleeping Pills
8. Breakdown
9. Metal Mickey
10. Animal Lover
11. The Next Life

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[AlvaroIesus]

Failed to impress me.

[LordMark]

One of my favourite albums! Brett Anderson is among my favourite vocalists, and Bernard Butler is an excellent guitarist. It's too bad that they didn't get along because just like McCartney and Lennon, they were great foils for one another.

From start to finish, it's an excellent album. I even love "Moving" and "Animal Lover", two songs that Brett Anderson constantly shuns. The self-titled debut also has excellent B-sides, including "My Insatiable One", "To The Birds", "He's Dead", "Painted People", "High Rising", and "Dolly".

I've always been a bit baffled as to why Suede gets labelled "britpop". Alongside Dog Man Star, I see this as more of an alternative rock album. The only Suede album that I might consider britpop is Coming Up.

[theblueboy]

Great album. Great band. Definitely britpop

[an-outlaw]

Pretty cool album
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[MadhattanJack]

I think they were labeled "Britpop" because they didn't think "Glam Revival" would sell as many records...?

It's a good album, but the production isn't up to snuff (it's basically a "cocaine mix"), and IMHO they didn't really hit their stride until the second one ("Dog Man Star"). After that they had a string of three albums that were great. But this one got all the "Next Big Thing" accolades from Sounds and the NME, and the later albums didn't, because they just weren't the flavor of the month anymore. The same thing happened to Slowdive and a bunch of other British bands of that era.

Still, having just listened to it again just now (in order to make an attempt to comment intelligently), I definitely still like it. As spotty as it is compared to the later ones, you can hear the goodness potential pretty clearly. Maybe I'm just getting too old, but to me, the standout tracks are the quieter ones like "She's Not Dead," where they're trying less hard to channel Ziggy Stardust.

[theblueboy]