The Blue Hour (studio album)
by Suede

The Blue Hour by Suede
Year: 2018
Release date: 2018-09-21
Overall rank: 3,529th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 82 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2018 (66th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (612th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,529th)

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Suede bestography

The Blue Hour is ranked 6th best out of 20 albums by Suede on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Suede is Dog Man Star which is ranked number 463 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,732.

Suede album bestography « Higher ranked (3,406th)
Head Music
This album (3,529th)
The Blue Hour
Lower ranked (3,851st) »
Sci-Fi Lullabies

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Christmas with Elvis featuring Scott Wattles & the Blue Suede Crew
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The Blue Hour track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Blue Hour rankings

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The Blue Hour ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 82 votes)
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10/31/2025 02:54 Andras  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 17580/100
 
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10/22/2025 21:26 EyeKanFly  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,97565/100
 
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10/18/2025 10:04 Tamthebam  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 22,77069/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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60/100
From 05/11/2020 18:37
No signs of Suede slowing down. This is another strong album with some great tracks, my favourite being the operatic Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You.
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From 01/15/2019 11:57
25 years after their seminal self tilted debut it's wonderful that Sued are still making music and music that matters at that

I wasn't too enamoured with 2016's 'Night Thoughts' but I'm really digging this album. It's an English Gothic gem of a record that is dark and brooding yet has that Sued charm and swagger

Great come back from one our generations most important bands
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From 10/15/2018 12:28
Nothing offensive but nothing groundbreaking. It's Suede being Suede and it's fine.
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85/100
From 09/22/2018 17:16
Quite possibly the best Suede album since Coming up. It's obvious the band and hungry and inspired. And it's a real grower too. There's no, Animal nitrate, here but as a complete piece of work it's a fine effort. Very good.
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95/100
From 09/21/2018 18:25
As time goes by it becomes more and more apparent how Suede were one, if not THE most important band of the nineties. Whilst the new album isn’t quite a return to the punked-up, bottom-slapping, glam rock of the glory days, it is a mature and noble addition to their back catalogue with a welcome step towards (surprisingly enough) Art Rock.
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