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This is their self titled debut album that sold 100,000 copies in just 6 days!
This was the time
when Benard Butler is still in the band,
he was the guitarist of Suede before he
left the band during the
recording of their second album 'Dog Man Star'. Bernard was
replaced by
Richard Oakes. The music in this album is raw, with Benard's
guitar riffs and solos.
Most of the songs in this album are fast numbers except for
Pantomime Horse,
Sleeping Pills, Breakdown and The Next Life
which is the mellower part of the band.
These few songs proves
that Suede is not only capable of delivering kick ass tunes
but also
slow songs.
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Poison & Love
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�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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This 6 tracks EP was released in US under the name The London Suede.
But in UK and some other countries it was released as a single . In this CD
you can listen to Bernard's guitar playing skill at the "highest peak". He played
very well in this album, especially in Stay Together and My Dark Star.
In my opinion I think Stay Together is one of the best song ever written by
Brett Anderson and Bernard Bulter. But Brett and the rest of the band members
claimed that the song received too much publicity. 'Stay Together' is Brett's least favourite song
Both Brett and Bernard are marvellous partner
in song writting. I love the horns
and piano part in the unedited Stay Together. Brett's vocal is excellent and
brings the "life" into the songs.
This CD is really worth buying, it is not easy to find a CD that almost 98% of the
tracks is wonderful. Tracks like The Living Dead and My Dark Star also
deserve credits.
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Stay Together (EP)
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������ 3. My Dark Star
������ 4. Dolly
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Dog Man Star (DMS) is Suede's second album that was eagerly awaited by the fans.
Suede sure didn't disappoint their fans. This is my all time favourite album by Suede. DMS comes with its own
identity, different from the previous album. The concept
of DMS is more 'dark' and melancholic. In this album you can hear a lot
of string arrangements and orchestra in the background.
DMS received a lot of good reviews from critics and some even compares it with
'Sergeant Pepper' by the Beatles. DMS kicks off with an
Indian mantra like song 'Introducing The Band' , here is where you will
start to feel the mood of the album.
From my observation, most of the tracks in side-A are fast numbers
while songs in side-B are slow songs. This album contains
a lot of Suede's greatest songs such as The Wild Ones,
The Asphalt World, 2 Of Us and Still Life. One interesting fact about the
cover of this album is, in Malaysia the cassette cover for this album doesn't
have the picture of the lying naked man. Yes....it 's true....believe it or not ?
The bed is empty....maybe he went to the toilet huh ...??.
Click HERE to see the Malaysia Version of Dog Man Star Cover Design.
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Dog Man Star
Track listing :
1. Introducing The Band
2. We Are The Pigs
3. Heroine
4. The Wild Ones
5. Daddy's Speeding
6. The Power
7. New Generation
8. This Hollywood Life
9. The 2 Of Us
10. Black Or Blue
11. The Asphalt World
12. Still Life
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After a long hiatus from the music scene, Suede returns with another
great album in 1996 entitled Coming Up. This album is the most
diverse from their previous releases. The concept of this album is more towards
pop. Some says that this is the best album from the band so
far. Although the concept is different from the previous albums but
the fans still love it. This album also help the band to gain many new fans.
As soon as your spin this album, the first song 'Trash' will
have you heading towards the dance floor. With its
catchy tunes you will be shaking your body to the 'popular tunes'. Overall this
album is good, among the few outstanding songs in this album are
Lazy, The Beautiful Ones, Saturday Night, The Chemistry Between Us.
Songs such as She, Filmstar and Starcrazy are some of the influence that we can see Richard and Neil brought
into the band.
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Coming UP
Track listing :
1. Trash
2. Filmstar
3. Lazy
4. By The Sea
5. She
6. The Beautiful Ones
7. Starcrazy
8. Picnic By The Motorway
9. The Chemistry Between �����Us
10. Saturday Night
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This is a double CD collection of their B-sides from their first album until the
recent one. This album is really worth buying and you will not regret spending
a little bit more of your pocket money for this double CD. In disc 1 all the songs
are from the days when Benard is still in the band. For fans who just join the
Suede bandwagon from the Coming Up album, this is an opportunity for them
to experience the sound of Benard's guitar playing. Actually I like all the songs in
this album, but still everybody have their own favourite. My favourite songs in
CD 1 are, The Insatiable One, The Living Dead, My Dark Star, Killing of A
Flashboy, Whipsnade, Modern Boys and Europe Is Our Playground.
As you put in the second disc and press the 'PLAY' button, you will enter
the era of Suede. With Richard Oakes and Neil Codling joining the band after
Benard's sudden departure from the band. From here you can hear the slight
changes in their music. With Neil Codling in the band, they used his talent to
experiment with new sounds. You can hear a lot of keyboard effects in this CD
such as song like W.S.D. In song like Sadie is where I think Richard's talent really
shows. Just listen to the guitar solo and you will understand what I mean.
My favourite songs in CD 2 are, The Sound Of The Street, Money, Sadie,
Jumble Sales Mum, These Are The Sad Songs, Graffiti Women and Duchess.
Overall all the songs in this collection of B-sides are great. Give it a try and
maybe you will find your favourite songs here. This album is given a lot of good
reviews by a lot of magazines such as Select. It is stated in the review in the
magazine ( November Issue page 119 ) saying that 'this is truly as good as any
greatest hits albums'. The magazine give this album 4 points out of 5 which really
good. I also remember reading a quote from a magazine saying that this is the only
collection of B-sides album that is worth buying this decade.
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Scifi-Lullabies
Track listing :
CD1.
1. My Insatiable One
2. To The Birds
3. Where The Pigs Don't Fly
4. He's Dead
5. The Big Time
6. High Rising
7. The Living Dead
8. My Dark Star
9. Killing Of A Flash Boy
10. Whipsnade
11. Modern Boys
12. Together
13. Bentswood Boys
14. Europe Is Our �������Playground
CD2.
1. Every Monday Morning �����Comes
2. Have You Ever Been This �����Low?
3. Another No One
4. Young Men
5. The Sound Of The Streets
6. Money
7. W.S.D.
8. This Time
9. Jumble Sale Mums
10. These Are The Sad �������Songs
11. Sadie
12. Graffiti Women
13. Duchess
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3 years after the release of the hugely successful album 'Coming Up', Suede
returns to take over the indie scene crown with Headmusic. This album continues from
where they stop in Coming Up. The style in these 2 albums is almost similar..this time with
more effects and electronic sounds...thanks to Neil Codling and Steve Osborne?? The guitar works by Richard Oakes
in this album is also mixed into strange sounds by Steve Osborne. Sometimes it's hard for me
to differentiate between the sounds of the keyboard and guitar in this album.
Headmusic is not an ordinary rock album. It has a little bit mixture of electronica and indie rock.
Once again Suede moves one step ahead of other bands in UK, by taking the risk in experimenting with new
sounds in HeadMusic. Will HeadMusic be the pioneer of rock album for the next millenium?
The first single Electricity opens for HeadMusic with Richard's punk guitar riff and Mat's heavy basslines. After a long wait..fans of Suede are happy to hear Brett's falsetto vocal again. She's in fashion a radio friendly song, is the song by Suede that receives most airplays in Malaysia. Can't Get enough 3rd Single from HeadMusic is a favourite among the fans. It is a great song to warm up the fans during gigs. The fans in Singapore gig (30th September 1999)were pogo-ing when Suede kicked off the gig with Can't Get Enough.
Another excellent track from HeadMusic is Everything Will Flow. A ballad that will make everyone humming or whistle to its tunes during shower.
She's In Fashion, Everything Will Flow and Indian Strings have the oriental sound in them. These songs will definately become favourites among Suede huge fan base in Asia. Track such as Down and He's Gone will reminds us of the b-sides in Sci-fi Lullabies. These 2 songs will be able to calm down some fans
who thinks that Suede is morphing into electronica or pop band. Again HeadMusic helps Suede to gain more new fans..especially teenagers. But will HeadMusic help Suede retains its cult followers from the Love And Poison era?
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Head Music
Track listing :
1. Electricity
2. Savoire Faire
3. Can't Get Enough
4. Everything Will Flow
5. Down
6. She's In Fashion
7. Abestos
8. Head Music
9. Elephant Man
10. Hi-Fi
11. Indian Strings
12. He's Gone
13. Crack In The Union Jack
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An album that suppose to launch Suede back up to the pedestal of British indie rock scene and dethrone acts such as Travis and Coldplay from their reign. They have prove themselves worthy
in filling up the void while Suede was back in the studio working with producer Tony Hoffer to come up with an exceptional and unique folksy rock album. Unfortunely things just don't work out between
Tony Hoffer and the band. Maybe there's just not enough 'Chemistry Between' them, as the band claimed that the materials that the have produced with Tony Hoffer is just not up to the band's standard.
So what we suedeheads get instead is the product of Suede with producer Stephen Street who is famous for producing Blur's album. Yeah the band that was once Suede's arch enemy. If you are anticipating to hear something like stuff in
Dog Man Star.....then you will be really heartbroken. Long gone is the melodramatic and gothic vibe in Suede. The only track that come close to the Dog Man Star era is 'Lost In TV', a reminiscence of 'The Wild Ones'. If u still have the thirst for
melodramatic and gothic tunes....i suggest you dig for The Cure's back catalogs, because that's what i do.
The reason is because the band claimed that they have a more positive persepctive towards life and the new songs are more upbeat, hence the title of their first single from ANM - Positivity.
The outstanding tracks in this latest effort by Suede are Obessions, One Hit To The Body, Lost In TV and Lonely Girls. Majority of the tracks in this album is kind of mellow and makes you wonder what happened to the raw guitar twang and tunes that makes Brett's slaps his arse.
Well people move on... and it looks like Brett is in love again ... in track such as Morning....and When The Rain Falls...and the hidden track Oceans.. it seems like Brett is serenading his love ones. Do not fear, as Suede is still capable of belting out some kick ass tunes such as Obsessions. A detailed description of a man's observation of his woman accompanied by Alex Lee's wailing harmonica and groovy guitar riff by Richard Oakes.
Mat's sexy guitar basslines and Simon's heart stomping skin bashing will help you move your body as u immerse your soul into this song. ANM is a "drugs and alcohol free" album ..that's what the band claimed. For once lets enjoy the sensitive side of the band.
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A New Morning
Track listing :
Asia release (Limited Edition)
1. Positivity
2. Obsessions
3. Lonely Girls
4. Lost In TV
5. Astrogirl
6. Beautiful Loser
7. Street Life
8. Untitled
9. Morning
10. One Hit To The Body
11. When The Rain Falls
12. Bonus Track : You Belong To Me
13. Oceans (Hidden Track)
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