Borrowing heavily from David Bowie and the Smiths, Suede forge a distinctively seductive sound on their eponymous album.
Guitarist Bernard Butler has a talent for crafting effortlessly catchy, crunching glam hooks like the controlled rush of "Metal Mickey" and the slow, sexy grind of "The Drowners," but he also can construct grand, darkly romantic soundscapes like the sighing "Sleeping Pills" and the tortured "Pantomime Horse." What brings these elegant sounds to life is Brett Anderson, who invests them with bed-sit angst and seamy sex.
Anderson's voice is calculatedly affected and theatrical, but it fits the grand emotion of his self-consciously poetic lyrics.
Suede are working-class lads striving for glamour, and they achieve it by piecing together remnants of the past with pieces of the present, never forgetting the value of a strong hook in the process.
And while the sound of Suede frequently recalls the peak of glam rock, its punk-influenced passion and self-conscious appropriation of the past make it thoroughly postmodern.
Coincidentally, its embrace of trashy pop helped usher in an era of Britpop, but few bands captured the theatrical melancholy that gave Suede such resonance.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So YoungBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Animal NitrateBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | She's Not DeadBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | MovingBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | The DrownersBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Sleeping PillsBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | BreakdownBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 06:02 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Metal MickeyBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Animal LoverBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | The Next LifeBrett Anderson, Bernard Butler | Suede | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Pantomine Horse | Suede | Play | 05:50 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 45 mins | 104 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Anderson | Composer, Vocals |
| 2 | Lynne Baker | Viola |
| 3 | Caroline Barnes | Violin |
| 4 | Peter Barrett | Design |
| 5 | Andrew Biscomb | Cover Design, Design |
| 6 | Suzanne Bramson | Session Coordinator |
| 7 | Ed Buller | Arranger, Engineer, Keyboards, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 8 | Jon Buller | Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements |
| 9 | Trevor Burley | Cello |
| 10 | Bernard Butler | Composer, Group Member, Guitar, Piano |
| 11 | Simon Clarke | Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor) |
| 12 | Tee Corinne | Photography |
| 13 | Simon Gilbert | Drums, Group Member |
| 14 | Mat Osman | Bass (Electric), Group Member, Guitar (Bass) |
| 15 | Phil Overhead | Percussion |
| 16 | Pat Pope | Photography, Portraits |
| 17 | Pennie Smith | Photography, Portraits |
| 18 | Gary Stout | Assistant, Engineer |
| 19 | Suede | Primary Artist |
| 20 | Shelley Van Loen | Violin |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |