Reviews (page 7 of 8)
It's genuinely getting hard to write reviews for Britpop. I've never heard of these bozos, nor am I sure what the "hit" song is on here that convinced our glorious 1001 book overlord to include this. Thanks for another Britpop album I really enjoy them a lot and think they're such a great attribute to music history.
One of the most nothing albums I've ever fucking heard. Opening track is cool tho I guess 4/10
A friend got me into them right around this time, he's a brit pop dude and listens to nothing but. It's been decades since I listened to it but my first impression still stands, it's not my thing. The wall of sound with no hollows or breaks is not for me, so many bands at the time mixed their album in this manner. It's just busy with every nook and cranny filled with an instrument. "We Are The Pigs" has some good rock vibes going and is the one song I remember liking. On "The Wild Ones", his delivery is so dramatic, it highlights the fact that his voice is just OK at best The album got a Remaster and includes B-Sides now so it must be popular but the most listened to song ("Wild Ones") has only 11M listens and the average is under 1M for the majority of songs. Never would have made my T1001. Has its moments but overall it didn't age well, but then I don't think it was that great when it was released.
kinda like Duran Duran + The Cult + The Cure... it was okay. It was kind of interesting but I found myself 4 songs in and wondering how much more I had to listen to. I turned it off.
Pa ono, nije najgore ikad, ali mi nije ni nešto predobro. Zvuči mi kao engleski ili američki Urban 😂. 2/5, 3/10
Another ‘sure, fine’ entry I’ve already forgotten, to be honest. At its best moments, it kind of reminded me of U2. Just nothing notable to me. (1.5 stars)
Just found it a bit whingey
Hard pass
Why why on this list? This album was about 50 minutes too long.
Definitely should have been shorter to stop the pain that it was
Okay so first off, these are the fools I have to thank for Britpop. Yippee. Secondly, I thought this could get a 4 through the first three songs, then I got gradually more irked as the album went on. This has got to be one of the most pretentious albums of all time, like Radiohead levels of "woe is me" poor tortured misunderstood artist. Bleh. Lyrics were pretentious, the way the fool sang, trying to be all dramatic and such, pretentious and bleh. This album just irritated me. Now I'm in a bad mood and have to listen to a Radiohead album so thanks for that album generator.
again-WHY so much Brit pop? and this one is a very poor one. vocals are poor. comes across as a Spinal Tap version of mid 90's alt/indie band that takes themselves too seriously.
Hate the production choices. There's probably a good cover of The Wild Ones. 2.4.
This started off ok but really dragged. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5
This was disappointing. I know Suede and like pefer Coming Up or Sci-Fi Lullabies to this. Dare I say that in my opinion they're better post-Bernard Butler.
Not too sure of Suede. Sounds to me like a poor man's Bowie impersonator singing songs oasis and blur would have rejected.
Pues otro álbum de Britpop más para la colección. Comienza bastante bien, diferenciándose de la mayoría de álbumes de su época por ser más sofisticado (algunos lo llamarían pretencioso) e introspectivo. Es más interesante que la mayoría de álbumes por estilo a los que el generador me tiene acostumbrado, pero no me termina de convencer. Es larguísimo, y la segunda mitad es un tostón, la verdad, con temas muy autocomplacientes. Buena nota para la primera mitad, mala para la segunda. 2.5.
This album does not hold up. It comes across as factitious, no real originality
2 mediocre across the whole thing
Another tough one to find and had to listen to it on YouTube. And another tough listen. It had its moments as an album to put one asleep.
I think I have reached my breaking point - I can't take it any more. If there is one more "English Alternative" Album on here that all sound like the same boring drivel ... I don't know .. But, ugh ... Why do they keep doing this to me?
What a bore. Hate the vocals.
Ein paar wenige gute Lieder..
I tried. Wasn't for me. Very easy to not pay attention to this. Bland to annoying. Would not listen again. If I owned this I would give it away. Two stars.
I really didn't enjoy this but I got the feeling that this is definitely someones favourite album.
Some cool moments, but Generally, too much of the wrong things. It seemed overdressed to me.
I’m leaning more toward the early assessment, “one of the most pretentious albums ever released by a major label.” Its growth in critical acclaim is fairly meaningless when considering quality or talent. Plenty of ugly old things are now considered priceless… yet it doesn’t change the fact that they’re still pretty damn ugly. Such is the life of the lazy art reviewing industry.
Didn't hold my attention at all
took a while but I fell asleep to this
I have scattered memories of Suede from childhood. There’s one that’s just Brett Anderson going up (or “coming up”?) on an escalator – we’re at the top but crouching down, seeing him steadily appear – there’s a lot of blue and black, and I’m wondering why they’re in Meadowhall after everyone’s gone home to bed already. It’s around that time that I’m told by various men about the importance of a good hifi (perhaps not literally, but rather through the decisiveness of their actions when around a tall all-in-one and general seriousness of their expressions). There’s the bloke my mum’s mate is going out with who likes to play Garbage on repeat. There’s the fella next door who puts Toploader on and has it blasting out his conservatory while he tends to the BBQ. And then there’s grandad, who I don’t actually remember ever seeing interact with his hifi system but had some cool looking CDs. It’s the 90s, and we are shiny disc – don’t scratch it! – worshipping audiophiles. And it’s here, in this groove of memory (I’m analogue, sorry), that I place my impression of Suede. A band who could give a home speaker system a ruddy good run even if they don’t do much else for a listener like me. This is all absolutely fine. There are really well crafted hooks (“The wild ones”), very tasteful nods to their influences (Bowie, especially throughout) and some stirring atmospherics (“The asphalt world” is a personal highlight). There’s often a bit too much – guitar, whining, strings, song, songs – though, and the accusation that this is a pretentious record certainly starts to feel fair by the ”Still life”’s final “swell”. But it’s also a portentous record, in many ways – something like “The Black Parade”, for example, feels like a spiritual cousin. I’ll pay it the due respect, but likely no more.
I feel like this album gaslit me, because by the end I was wondering if I had somehow switched to a different record without realizing. The first half is generic alt rock that didn't stand out in a particularly positive or negative way (although I didn't like the occasional falsetto). The second half was very different and the last track might have been the end credits to a movie. Then the first bonus track was maybe my favorite song? Weird.
Excessive and ridiculous. The soundtrack of egos inflated by early success. Interesting from a rock history point of view, but not necessarily enjoyable. I could die without it, to be honest. Some good playing though. Production was spotty, also overblown (the orchestra is insultingly cliche).
Vocals throw me off. Guitar work is cool.
This was ok
Never heard of this band or album. Not sure i was missing out on much.
Not as good as the first album - shame really
meh
I don't know, man. I'm honestly surprised at the number of five (not even four) star reviews for this, and the number of people who say it's top 5 Britpop. Granted, my bar for Britpop is now very low, but this just seemed so ordinary. It was supposed to be big and sprawling and almost prog, but it just seemed like an album of fine, but forgettable, songs of medium length. I'm not sure how this album actually became divisive, but it's at least not among my one-star albums.
I like Suede. I believe we reviewed their album The London Suede not too long ago. This album seems to lack a lot of the power of that album and comes off as pretty flat and disorganized by comparison.
Music for people that love that insufferable twat, Morrissey.
Suede’s debut was our #27. Here they are back, a year later for them, three and a half years and 950 albums later for us near the end of the journey. And so many Britpop albums of annoying voices in between. I may have had more patience for it before. Back then, I said that: “I could definitely see myself listening to Suede again. I will agree that I don't dig the singer's voice at times, which is what is going to keep this album from earning ****. Sometimes - sometimes - I really like the way he uses his voice, with short sudden high notes and quick swings to the lower register. But too often he hits that sweet spot of saccharine Sussex accent that makes pretentious-ass sick to their stomach and disrupts their bowels.” To no surprise, I have not actually listened to Suede again in the interim. And I’m now hearing too much of the saccharine Sussex and not enough of the short sudden swings. And that was before things got worse with “The 2 Of Us” and “Black and Blue.” So where did they go wrong after a promising debut? Well… touring with the Cranberries as their opener before this album, they may have gotten jealous that the Cranberries were getting bigger than them… the guitarist was on too much acid, and left the band during the recording of this album… they may or may not have created Britpop, but grew to hate it (kind of with them on that, as they describe it as a “whole boozy, cartoon-like, fake working-class thing”)... but the Britpop bands that followed them (Blur, Oasis, and Pulp particularly) eclipsed them… and they changed their name to London Suede, because a Maryland singer owned the US rights to the name Suede (and then they proceeded to never be a big deal in America). Justine Frischmann and Justin Welch were with Suede before their debut album, and would go on to form Elastica, which wasn’t long-lasting but also had a bigger hit than anything Suede did with “Connection.” Which still rocks, by the way. All of which is to say that things did not turn out for Suede the way they may have hoped or envisioned. The potential still shows up on occasion. (See “Asphalt World.”) But the reviewers who called it “pretentious,” “pompous,” and “overblown” were spot-on.
There must not have been very much happening in the British music scene in 1994 for this to stand out. Underwhelming.
Day372 - i’ll keep trying but so far other than oasis you can count me out of the brit pop genre.
It's very telling that my anglophile wife who loves all things britpop has never brought these guys up.
Meh. Kind of Bowie vibes, kind of Smiths vibes. Nothing stood out. Could have been worse but could have been a lot better.
slow britrock. While good I feel like I've heard it before even before I listened to the album. Nothing wrong with the music but nothing that makes me seek it out. While the singer has a good voice and I don't dislike the songs on this album, Beautiful Ones is the only song that I know by Suede and I don't think any song on this album will stick with me enough to remember it.
Not a classic
Bunch of pretentious wankers! I have always hated Suede, mainly because of the screeching vocals and this one doesn’t change my mind. I am guessing the debut will be better as it helped shape Britoop, but so glad the music scene pivoted away from this lot onto the likes of Nirvana, Oasis, Radiohead etc.
Suede in 92 was a bit of a classic, this is not.
This confirmed that Suede are not my taste. I even tried listening to their first album to see if I was missing something, but gave up on that after the first few songs. I'm hearing Bowie in their sound, but none of these songs connect with me like his have. They're good at what they're doing I guess, it's just not for me.
It's too feely, too slow
Pretty boring and generic. Standouts songs: The Power Asphalt
Pretentious and boring. Not much more to say. I was relieved when it was over.
Not really sure what he was on about, but consider me out of the loop
I've been a lifelong fan of most of David Bowie's eras, but I've never been a fan of Brit-Pop since listening to Suede's COMING UP in 1997, and the barrage of Oasis, Blur, and The Verve records throughout that era. This album manages to capture more of the DIAMOND DOGS, THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST, THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD, vibes that I am convinced that DOG STAR MAN references. All of which makes the album a bit more listenable than the records of the previously mentioned bands but not by much. The best British Commonwealth music, of the 90s, in my opinion, is actually the albums of Depeche Mode, The Cranberries, Seal, Sting, The Prodigy, Billy Idol's CYBERPUNK, U2, and The Chemical Brothers who were all creating something new instead of desperately trying to recapture an era of British rock and pop that had already been explored to death.
Not my fave. 2/5
It was whatever. Would rather just listen to Bowie. How these guys competed with blur oasis and Pulp is beyond me.
This feels a bit like how Hugh Grant's character in Paddington 2 wants to do a one man show. It's got some talent but is clearly so deep into its own thing that it can't really make sense or be good. I always appreciate someone going for it but considering the things that must have inspired this, it doesn't feel like it's treading any especially new ground. I really hope they enjoyed making it and if I heard they had other things like this I'd give it a chance to see if it grew. May not be the best thing to have on the list. Still Life got fun at the end when it got orchestral.
Is this a U2 cover band?
Better towards the end. Second half acceptable.
The folly of Brit-Pop. Suede collaspse in on themselves by believing their own hype and writing a concept record of such bloated pomposity, I suppose it really is a marvel. It's just a drag. Best Tracks: We Are The Pigs; The Wild Ones; New Generation
Nothing special. Not bad, but just very mediocre. Just didn't do much for me.
2.5
2.4 1x
Also eh. I’ve concluded I do not like Brit rock at all
Ik ben behoorlijk verdeeld over dit album, Amerika is er niks bij. Aan de ene kant is het verfrissend voor een 'Britpop' album om zo grandioos, verrassend en levendig te zijn. Geen één song is verwaarloosd, en elk nummer is met de passie bezongen en bespeeld alsof het de main single was. Maar dat grootse, zowel muzikaal als vocaal, slaat wel echt te vaak om in theatraliteit. En de gelijkenis met Bowie is nooit ver weg. Dit vond ik in het begin van het album nog wel leuk, maar toen het vijfde nummer langskwam waar letterlijk elk moment zo van een 'Ziggy Stardust' of een 'Aladdin Sane' kon komen, was voor mij de koek op. Die over-de-top performances lieten het album een beetje voelen als een David Bowie-musical. De reeks vanaf 'Heroine' tot aan 'New Generation' voelde te veel als een coverband dan als Suede. Ik ken hun eerste album best goed, en daar weten ze toch wel echt een unieke, eigen sound tentoon te stellen. Op deze plaat valt dat soms te betwijfelen. 'New Generation' en 'This Hollywood Life' zijn wat meer classic Britpop in het straatje Pulp, en slaan daardoor ook wel lekker aan, vooral na die toch wel een beetje ongemakkelijke David Bowie show. Daarna valt de plaat helaas weer een beetje terug in oude gewoontes, tot 'Asphalt World'. Dat is een aardige song, met een crescendo zoals Roxy Music dat deed in z'n beste jaren. Dit had ook absoluut de afsluiter moeten zijn, wat mij betreft, en niet het tenenkrommende 'Still Life'. Maar die past dan ook wel weer, als de credits van de David Bowie biopic rollen. Ik heb toch wel genoten van wat de leadsinger met zijn stem kan en doet, waar sommige songs toch aanvoelen als een duet. Hij switcht echt moeiteloos tussen verschillende toonladders, echt ongekend. En daarnaast zijn de glamrocky gitaren op dit album ook wel echt on point. Maar over het algemeen heb ik me vooral verbolgen over het gebrek aan eigen geluid dat ze er uiteindelijk mee weten te vormen. 6/10 Highlights: We Are The Pigs New Generation The Asphalt World
Suede wordt vaak genoemd in het A-rijtje met Blur en Oasis als de echte 90's britpop revelaties. Nu brachten ze Dog Man Star inderdaad ook in 1994 uit, verder is dit album weinig vreugde-verhogend. Wat de britpop-collega's zeker wel is gelukt. Dus niet meer dan terecht dat Suede nooit echter echt bij mij op de radar is gekomen. Een bekende hit (die nu nog steeds voortleeft) kan ik ze dan ook niet toeschrijven. Er zitten op Dog Man Star best wat interessante werkjes tussen, maar géén van allen heeft het in zich een echte stadionbanger te zijn. Het album is daarnaast veels te lang om in z'n geheel tot grote hoogten te stijgen. Wat overblijft zijn de schamele momenten in nummers die tot de verbeelding spreken. Helaas is dat niet genoeg om hier nou een heel enthousiaste review over te kunnen schrijven. Suede mag weer terug op het B-lijstje van 90's britpop artiesten. 6/10 Highlights This Hollywood Life The Asphalt World
I appreciate what this band was trying to do - a little shoegaze/glam/art rock/etc mash up. Was it successful? Nope.
I enjoyed some of this, but the album and many of the songs overstayed their welcome. This could have been a decent 40 minute album, but the 19 minutes or so of filler ruined the experience.
This wasn't as depressing as their other album; however, nothing left a lasting impression on me.
I don’t have any introductory background information on this band to really start this review. So I’m just going to get straight into my thoughts. This album is surprisingly recent. For a record released in 1994, it very much harkens back to the sound of the three decades prior. It takes some of the most impactful and popular genres in British rock music history, such as glam rock and psych rock, and brings them together with the Britpop sound that was thriving during the period this was released. And all of these things together makes an art rock hodgepodge of really dense and almost dirty sounding instrumentals. It’s an interesting mix, and one that seemed to be revived generally pretty well. So I went into this with hopes for something decent. Little did I know this would turn out to be one of the most boring listening experiences I have had in a very long time. To really sum it all up, this album is just mind-numbing and boring. An absolute slog that I felt well overstayed its welcome, being nearly an hour long. This is due to the track length being, on average, about four to five minutes. Not horrible really, but when put in this context, it is a struggle to get through. These songs aren’t plain necessarily, but I was left uninterested even after the first or second song had ended. And it just felt like they were repeating the same kind of sound, ad nauseam, for another ten songs. They were pulling from so many unique spaces, and didn’t manage to stick the landing on any of them. The singer also wants to be David Bowie so badly. And there are moments where he actually sounds quite similar. But I mean that in the worst way possible. It took until the second to last song for me to find something I wasn’t being put to sleep by. And you know what, I’ll give them credit where it’s due. The Asphalt World is pretty good actually. And the closing track isn’t half bad either. But this album as a whole is just more proof to me that the “Britpop” movement of the 90s was not as good as people remember it being. Rating: 3/10
This was pretty bad.
Not for me
Ik heb het uiteraard al vaak gehad over de selectie van de snobs. Maar hier hebben we toch wel weer een bijzondere keuze. Ik heb zelf niet per se heel veel met Suede, dus mij persoonlijk zal het niet zo veel boeien. Maar ik heb toevallig wel een classic albums aflevering gezien over Suede. En die ging over het 3e album Coming Up. Terwijl in onze snoblijst alleen de eerste 2 albums staan van Suede. Onbegrijpelijk, maar inmiddels verbazen me de keuzes van de snobs niet meer. Om terug te komen op die docu, daardoor kan ik Suede wel meer waarderen. De stem van de zanger moet je namelijk eerst wel even aan wennen. En zo'n docu helpt daar altijd wel bij, aan het wennen. Daarna kun je je dan meer aan de muziek gaan wagen. Wat het gemeen heeft met een band als Oasis, zijn met name de gitaren. Een moddervette muur aan geluid. En zolang die muur er is, is het fijne muziek om te luisteren. Als het wat langzamere ballads worden, dan komt die typische stem iets teveel om de hoek zetten. Het wordt dan wat te theatraal allemaal wat mij betreft. En op dit album zit er toch een flink aandeel theater in. Sterker nog, het tweede deel is zo ongeveer alleen maar theater, verschrikkelijk. Vervolgens luister ik maar even naar het 3e album, want dat is dus verkozen door classic albums als een album dat je zou moeten luisteren voordat je onder een grasperkje beland. En dat is echt 100x beter. Ik wil niet per se elke keer moeten klagen over de snobkeuzes, maar op deze manier blijft het een terugkerend thema tot het einde van deze reis. Ongelooflijk. Dog Man Star zit ergens tussen de 2 en 3 sterren in, terwijl Coming Up een prima 4 sterren zou krijgen. Maar ja, die hebben de #&#$^# weer eens niet uitgekozen, dus zitten we hier met 2-sterren troep, terwijl we ook gewoon lekker 4 sterren hadden kunnen luisteren. En bedankt!
Grand, 2.5
In the UK they'd call this "bloody awful".
Started at meh and went downhill from there
A slow burner. Not half bad but most of the album is too drawn out and boring. I hear the Bowie and Smiths influence for sure. Had to read up on the album title meaning and it's fitting for a singer who saw this as a growth project. May check out another song or 2 by the band but won't be purposely playing this album again...1.65.
At first I got my hopes up. Then it turned into the usual British pop rock slog.
I’ve never been much of a Suede fan but this wasn’t too bad despite Brett’s crooning. ‘The Wild Ones’ is the standout track for me, with some lovely noodling on the guitar.
I'm sorry, but England or not, it's 1994!! This isn't bad at its core, it's enjoyable at tines, competency is displayed. But it sounds like a good 80s record, not even a 90s version os 80s music. For that it's a 4/10 rating amd rounded down
3.81 rym non orrendo ma no
I was very underwhelmed.
The 2nd half of this album was really tough, every song felt like it was 15 minutes long and filled with mundane music and whiney vocals. First few songs were pretty good though. 2.5.
A bore.
The first half was better then their other album. The last 4 or 5 songs were rough.
I much preferred the other Suede album, the S/T one. This one was weird and the second half sucked.
Started out alright but was too long and started just droning on and on and on……
Bowie glam rock, but add a sprinkle of 90's guitar sound and make it drag on too long.
Jaha paska wibe.... Junasta myöhästymissessio heh..
- Are the Brits responsible for the most inconsequential, non-discript pop / rock music? Serious question .... -
Idc
Boring
Might just a be a mismatch in my own mood to the record, but this really wasn't it for me. Sounded like an unsuccessful attempt to tap into a Bowie aesthetic. I was pretty worn of the experience by track 3 and this drags on for 70 minutes... 2 / 5
Definitely sounds like faux Bowie. There are some not great songs on here. Kinda sounds opera-y. Some moments I think are alright but not great. Will not be back.
Sounds like end credit music for a not so good movie
2.5
I should love this since it kicked off the Britpop that I love so much. But I didn’t listen to it then and it’s not that special sounding now.
Too experimental
This was one of the more difficult albums for me to rate thus far. I liked a few of the tracks on this album quite a bit, however, the tracks I liked tended to be ones that were then repeated later in the run time of the album. My main issue with the album lies in the run time and repeating of tracks. After about an hour in I felt I had heard everything the album had to offer and the next hour felt like an inconvenience more than anything. To say it overstayed its welcome is an understatement. I listened to this album on a road trip and had planned on catching up on some of my backlog of albums during my 4 hours in the car. I got a phone call in the middle of the album causing this one album to then take up a majority of the drive. I know that’s not the albums fault, however when the last half of the album contains a number of different versions of songs heard on the first half of the album it begins to be a bit fatiguing and feel as though it’s wasting my time. I really wanted to give this at least a 3 maybe a 4 but cannot justify that given that I was angry with the album by the time it had finished. I’m giving this a 2 only because I feel as though the musicality on display here was good, albeit nothing special. The album isn’t objectively bad enough to earn a 1 but also overstays its welcome to the point of genuine frustration.
Barely a 2
Did not care for this. Too Morissey-y for my tastes.
Not good
Meh, they are just a wet Pulp. I remember I had to do a presentation about Suede for GCSE music. I remember thinking they were really boring then and really boring now. I guess there were some nice guitar breaks on some of the better tracks but I generally have no interest.
We Are The Pigs The Wild Ones New Generations Black Or Blue
Not my thing nor is it anything I would choose to listen to.
Regular album, I think I'm more into the latter albums in Suede's career.
Slough to get through after a while - it has some good songs but gets boring.
ok album nothing special
#205. I don't know why there's a greater than zero amount of Suede albums on this list. They're both a bit shit, aren't they? 2/5: narp
Not as bad as the other Suede album on here that I hated (no more please) but still not very good. That singer really comes across as trying to be Bowie, he's no Bowie and these songs don't even compare with his work.
Suede? More like shite.
Every song starts off really promisingly, but then the vocalist starts singing.
I have had enough Britpop for the rest of my entire life, I am begging for another genre
Getting tired of punk, neo-punk, post-punk etc.
Pulp for Southeners
The Asphalt World kinda rules...
Meh. Too much David Bowie and I’m not a huge fan. Liked the album less and less as it went on. Made me think of a lot of other artists as well, but not as good as them. Two stars.
Ups and downs. Not worth listening again.
There are some lovely dreamy sequences, unfortunately they get interrupted by a boring mess.
It sounds like Echo and the Bunnymen...but not quite as good.
I've tried a couple of times with this album and I just can't make it all the way through. I can tell there are some decent melodies buried in these songs somewhere but it sounds like garbage. The production is so weak and airy, there's no punch to anything and the caterwauling vocals really grate on me after a few songs. I think the Bowie comparisons are honestly insulting to Bowie. Not my kind of thing at all.
A point for weirdness, definitely was a ride but that kind of singing kind of annoys me.
Oky album. Would give 2.5 stars. For every thing I liked about a song there was 2 things I didn’t like. Guitar and piano both pretty consistently good. Not a fan of vocals. Rhythm of music seemed weird as well. Overdone almost
Not going to lie, I checked the time multiple times seeing when it would end. Found it to be a little boring and not much depth. Didn’t enjoy the lead singers voice
no major standouts, nothing terrible, but nothing great either.
Generic English rock, rather listen to new order
Much as I usually enjoy Suede, I straight up think this album is dull as ditchwater. It's all filler, no killer. The only truly stand-out track is Stay Together, which isn't really a track from the album.
I was a floppy haired indie kid in the UK in the 90s but I never liked Suede. You’d think I’d at least recognise some of the choruses of the singles? No, that’s how forgettable these songs are.
Not a big Brit-pop fan
Was never a fan, but certainly got a bit nostalgy about it.
sounds like a parody of itself
This album is indie /brit pop. This is the second Suede album I've had (the first being their self titled debut). I don't care for this one as much as the first one I had. This one is pretty weird. A lot of the songs on this record have like 20-30 seconds of silence after the song ends before the next song begins. Seems like something that should have been fixed prior to release. Favourite songs: We Are The Pigs, This Hollywood Life, The Power, New Generation Least favourite songs: Daddy's Speeding, The 2 of Us, Black or Blue, Still Life 2/5
No es un estilo de música que me agrade mucho. Demasiado depresivo.
At times boring.
Can’t say I liked this group or the fact there were 31 cuts included. Listen to half, advanced up to the last one and fast forwarded after listening to a few minutes. Music and lyrics were dark for the most part, not worth listening to in my opinion.
I enjoyed this when I first heard it in the 90's. Listening to it again now it is just feels too grim for me.
I quite enjoy this despite there being no brilliant tunes. But it’s too long and so gets a high 2. If they’d knock 25 minutes off this it would be better for it.
Fine but not at all interesting
Not for me, but nice butt.
Forgettable
I understand why the Cranberries outshone these guys on tour.
I don't even know man, I listened to it, but did I even care? I don't know.
Meh, it’s okay but doesn’t do a lot for me. I was thinking when this came up, “I don’t know a lot about Suede” and really, this doesn’t make me want to go any deeper.
Didn’t work for me, not terrible but nothing standout either. 2/5
Someone wanted to be Bowie but couldn't pull it off. And really, nobody but Bowie can pull off Bowie. Which is why nobody should try. The whole thing is decidedly mid-90s and decidedly middling. Nothing standout, just generic 90s derivative rock. They clearly pulled in elements of their influences and just... dumbed it all down so it would all fit together.
all sounds the same.
Boring
Really just felt like heavily Bowie influenced filler without adding much new
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: it was ok Favourite song: didn’t have one
2.5 just not my kinda tunes
Not my thing, not opposed to it, just not that interested.
Not quite for me but I can appreciate it for what it is.
A bit strange
A rather desperate pick of an album, innit?
not now Bernard. a right moaning cunt is brett.
Just give me shoegaze or actual rock, so much brit-pop is lukewarm, middling, meh to my ears. This record is a fine example of the wet noodle sounds of many British bands in the 90s.
Most bands and artists have influences. This album is 120% influences. If I wanted to listen to crappy U2, I'd go looking for Pop.
Niin tylsää ja aivan liian suureellista. Annan toisen tähden kuitenkin siitä, että tässä on silti mukana vilpittömyyttä, aitoutta. Harmi että ovat aidosti tylsiä.
Ugh this is depressing Brit pop again. They want to be the Beatles and Bowie I can’t do it.
Not great One song had a Mars Volta type breakdown which was a highlight track for me but the rest very boring. Like if you took Joy Division/The Smiths and made them have less energy and much less to say
This sounds like one not great Brit alt song.
Meh
jaki tu spokój nananana nic się nie dzieje nananana
The opening feels like a mix between the Black album by Metallica and a U2 record. it starts cool and then settles into something a little less than a bother but also less than inocuous.
Interesting Suede vs London Suede. When Inlistened at home the artist was Suede but when Inwas out they came up as London Suede. Not really a must listen today though. Seemed to remember it as a bigger deal at the time though. You can definitely feel their influence on other contemporaries though
Overated, didnt have tunes man
Still dull
Beigest
I'd listened to this one a couple of times last year, thought it was alright, but with today's listen, I found it quite boring.
I like the guitars, I hate the singer's voice
There some cool moments and interesting ideas that I did enjoy, I just wish there were more of them to make the song/album overall worthwhile
Never understood the friends who preferred this to Suede or Coming Up, and still don’t. The Asphalt World is alright but the rest is cat.
Luulin, et Suede teki vaan yhden levyn, joka on kova. Tää ei kyllä oo samaa tasoa
Meh
This is British art rock and I cannot say I am a fan.
Underwhelming, Bowie knockoff
This wasn't enjoyable to listen to. Too long and I didn't care for the singer
The singer was whiny and the music was obnoxious. A few decent moments but nothing to put this album near mediocre even.
I wouldn't even know how to classify this, I'm guessing some sort of alternatvie-grunge-prog?
Equate brand David Bowie
An overall unexciting and boring album. I couldn’t find much of this that was worth noting throughout. It seemed like a glob of British made by a band with a gun to their head in the studio. Overall it’s not worth a relisten. 3.6/10
Started off ok but got fairly repetitive and i gave up.
Enjoyed some of the songs well enough and struggled with others. This felt very uneven to me. 2.5.
Dull
No wonder so many people who grew up in the 90s are sad. This was their music
Couldn’t really bring myself to care about this one. I didn’t hate most of it. Didn’t love any of it.
Felt like it was trying to do something at the start then the majority was nice but bland. 2.4
Tja, die zang.
De productie viel me wat zwaar. Ik heb zeker 5x gecontroleerd of er iets aan de hand was met mijn noise cancellation headphone. Voor de rest, meh!
Muziek is oké vanwege de jaren negentig feel, maar die zang trek ik echt heel slecht
I read that this album was described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most pretentious albums ever released by a major label". After the first 5 tracks I couldn't understand why, as they are a pretty accessible, if slightly arty, version of 90s Britpop. An enjoyable start to the album. After that, the album does more pretentious. Whilst it's admirable for Suede to do something different to the genre that followed in their wake, it does make this record much harder work to enjoy. I expect it probably would reward repeat listens and a deeper dive, but my initial reaction is that it's a bit tedious. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: The Wild Ones Date listened: 19/02/23
It is a meh album. I have no desire to listen to any of the songs again. It got a little long. One song could have been cut in half entirely at least and the others tightened up. I didn't skip any songs.
Call me the guy in this album cover as I tried to listen to this album. It opened really strong, from a hook perspective. I figured we’d be in for a treat, but it felt like watching a bike go down a hill really fast, you know it’s going to crash but can’t look away. This hasn’t been a great week but I saw we hit 500 reviews so halfway done!
Ok, but slow
Preferred their debut - this is OK, wasn't interesting
Stellar, expansive production and guitar on the first few tracks and then
2 Never heard of Suede before this so I was curious but cautious. Pretty much right off the bat I knew this was going to be interesting. Soaring and catchy I can hear their influence immediately. They reminded me a lot of REM (though I know they were contemporaries). The album does go through a bit of a lull after Heroine though, which isn’t really picked up again until New Generation. Too much of nothing to be something. I can really only see myself listening to the first few songs again. Favorites: Introducing the Band, We Are the Pigs, Heroine
Too long. Good tracks throughout, but really bogged down by length.
Ok. 2.5
Starts well but the orchestrated parts are so pompous and overly grandiose. They only really serve to highlight the paucity of the music at the root. A bit like being stuffed in front of the Phantom of the Opera against your will.
Meh
I know *some* Suede fans love this one, but I still think most of the songs on this record are overblown and dreary (like its ugly cover, actually). When the debut album popped up, I only gave it three stars (I'm not a *huge* Suede fan, as you can see). Now I'm thinking my review of it at the time might have been a little harsh. *Suede* is still a very decent LP, and it actually deserved a four-star grade. I even bought a secondhand copy of it since. But this is probably as far as I will go to defend that band. I've tried digging *Dog Man Star* but it did absolutely nothing for me. I guess that this Suede guitar player must have felt something quite similar about it, since he left the band quickly after it. Or maybe it was the band that felt ill-at-ease about the music he wrote, beyond any of the personal problems they might have gone through as a band. One thing's for sure: the songs on the album after that one are way better. But are all those records that followed the band's debut *essential* listens? I highly doubt it. Number of albums left to review: less than 800, I've temporarily lost count here. Number of albums I will keep on my own list: half so far, approximately. Number of albums I might keep: a quarter Number of albums I won't keep: another quarter (including this one)
below average Britpop
a wide variety of music on this album
At first, I thought this sounded like an interesting cross between Oasis and U2, but it quickly devolved in boring drivel. I doubt this album would be included if the book wasn't written by Brits.
Quelques bonnes pièces qui m'ont faites penser que j'allais aimer un album de britpop, mais ultimement un gros snoozefest avec tellement de pièces lentes et drainantes.
A discovery for me. Some songs I find hold well together, others are just over the top. When does too much become excess? All in all, an uneven album.
Meh
I'm not sure what the hype is all about for that one. Sure, this is some competent modern glam rock carried by the beautifully melodramatic voice of Brett Anderson, but most of the album feels clogged with syrupy ballads that you can't easily distinguish from one another. Also the last three tracks are weak and that's all I can remember about that album now.
I like it more than I thought, but still too long and boring
There's a few memorable and nice moments, but really a few. This seems to be a blend of the glam side of David Bowie, The Who and Foxygen, but it never reaches the quality of even one of those three.
Nothing special about this album. They almost sounded like Echo & the Bunnymen & Bowie at times, but the songs never developed into anything. A real bore.
Not so bad, but considering it’s namesake it’s disappointingly ordinary and sorely lacking the energy of their debut. Also, not sure why but the sound quality felt a bit funky. Maybe it had to do with my mood, but it felt like the album got better towards the end, especially the song ”Black Or Blue”
2 stars feels pretty generous
It's ok, kinda generic sounding to me. There is music that will melt blood and bone and wash away the rock of the mind, but I haven't heard much of that here so far.
not for me
I had high expectations after loving Suede’s debut album two weeks ago. I feel so let down. It just wasn’t as interesting or engaging as I’d hoped. They steeped themselves thoroughly in some psychedelic rock influences that just didn’t do it for me. It’s a shame, it just doesn’t compare favourably to the first one.
Strong 2. Surprisingly good- creative and ahead of their time guitar and rock adages here. Need to re listen to this one
Best Song: The Asphalt World. Progressive feel with nice multi-layered vocals and a gloomy lyrical feel. Worst Song: The 2 Of Us. Pure melodrama. The sparse instrumentals, particularly those that close the song, as nice, but they can't overcome the full cheese vocal performance. Overall: A totally average British band cosplaying as David Bowie.
Pompous, overblown, overlong and grandiose, Brett Anderson wants to be Bowie but lacks - well, almost any of the qualities that made Bowie a genius artist. A tiresome listen.
anguished, grandiose, murky and deeply indebted to Ronson-era Bowie.
Brit rock, huh? Yeah, listenable, but not totally my case.
Ok, but not more
"Heroine" is the only song that I'll remember from this album. Everything else just sounded like variations of the same song.
Po ostatnim dlugim striku jakosciowych piczkow wreszcie jakis powrot do standardow brytyjskiej pretensjonalnosci popowej, bo pojawia sie on dog man star, drugi album w dyskografii bandy londonskiej bandy suede, podczas nagrywania tego materialu 4 osobowej bandy, ktora jeszcze przed zakonczeniem nagran do tego krazka zmniejszyla sie o jednego czlonka, pan od gitarek nie wytrzymal jaka muzyka byla tworzona co doprowadzilo do spiec wewnatrz bandy rezultujacych w jego wyjebaniu, pomimo tego ze pierwszy raz slysze o takim zespole, krazku, czy osobach w niego zamieszanego, to z samego odsluchu albumu w tym konflikcie stalbym murem za panem gitarkowym, ktory staral sie grac o wiele zbyt rokowo, gdzie reszta bandy leciala raczej w brit popa, nie chodzi nawet o same wokale czy teksty o szopenie, ale ogolna nijakosc grania, nie ma tutaj na czym ucha zawiesic, a w polaczeniu z przygnebiajacym, wyjatkowo pretensjonalnie, nastroju jakim utrzymana jest tematyka albumu gwarantuje to rezidentowegosleepera, bylby to jeden z pretendentow do oceny jednogwiazdkowej, gdyby nie jeden numer ktory jednak jakos rekompensuje ten prawie godzinny album, chodzi mi o trak numer 11, the asphalt world, ktory to wlasnie byl bezposrednim punktem zapalnym konfliktu, bo pan Bernard Butler od gitarki i klawiszy, ktory mial w planach kawalek 25 minutowy z 8 minutowym solo na gitarce, wersja albumowa ma zaledwie 9:25, a i tak jest najdluzszym utworem, no i najbardziej muzycznie zlozonym, a nie jak reszta radio songow z wyliczonymi czasami chorusowymi jak przystalo na britpopa, wiec z calej plyty jedynym wartym odsluchu kawakiem jest asfaltowy swiat sutenerstwa, dlatego tez leci on na plejke, mam nadzieje, ze nie pojawia sie kolejne albumy tego zespolu, zwlaszcza gdy glos rozsadku w postaci pana Butlera wyskoczyl z tego parostatku
Brits gonna Brit! This list totally came straight out of Buckingham Palace, lol. It’s fine. It’s the Verve. It’s _______. But I’m taking away a star for that dumbass title.
Otro en el que nachito nos vendió humo
Weird
Interesting. Curious to hear more
File under ‘we get it buddy, you’re from London and like weird late 70s early 80s shit’
I've listened to so many new wave albums on this list, and there's just no end in sight. When New Wave is good, there's nothing like it. It washes over you, and you can really get a feel for the emotions of the time. When it's bad, it's just dreary and meandering nonsense. This is a time when it was bad. Really just took forever to get through this.
Meh
Weird. Interesting. Liked the end better than the beginning. I'll be listening for someone to say they know this so I can ask questions lol
Well, if I ever kill myself I at least now what song it will be to. The 2 of Us.
The intro was ok, the psychedelic part at the end was alright. The power song wasn't bad but the rest pretty much was.
first three songs slapped, the rest ehh....
Never again. Was probably a dope album in certain sectors of the world during that time period, but not for me.
This was okay. Didn’t stand out too much but I liked a few of the songs
Never really liked Suede apart from a few early singles, notably Stay together. Overblown and not enjoyable.
Was ok. Not sure I like Anderson's voice so much.
Boring drony music
Aside from "We Are the Pigs" - which is a fine song - the rest of this record screams new wave mediocrity. I didn't like it 25 years ago... I still don't.
a little precious
Sounds like just another Oasis, but with an even more annoying lead singer
It's ok.
Couldn’t get into it
meh
Underwhelming. Plodding. Even boring.
I like alt rock, but not all of it.
Niet echt mijn smaak
Not a fan.
Meh
Britisk 90’er pop-rock, varieret, lange numre,
I don't think I recognize this artist, so I'm mostly going into this blind. There's just something about this that I don't like. I definitely don't like the vocal style. It's both whiny and pretentious. And the music just feels overblown and melodramatic. The track "The Wild Ones" just came on and I think I've nailed it: it's like budget Morrissey. And I hate Morrissey.
I couldn't focus on this one. It kept getting lost in the background, like white noise that is noticed for a few seconds and then fades.
Solid
What a fucking bore holy shit
Everything I hate about BritPop bands in one album. Overblown and boring. Zero stars.
Ah damn another one from them is in here? Yet again musically they are good, but fuck all to the lyrics. Also this album is so melodramatic it should have a montage associated with it. This doesn't need to be on the album same as their first album. It's fine music but feels very try hard and there are better bands out there not on the list.
Meh.
I liked the first song, but it kind of goes a little too art-rock after that. Actually it gets progressively more art-rock Bowie like as it goes on, so I can see why it's on this 1001 albums that are related to Bowie or pay tribute to Bowie list. 1/5
Really sick of having to listen to pretentious British wankers during this challenge.
Проблески нормальности здесь есть, но в целом какие-то оперно-восторженные запевы
It sounded horrible and that was the remastered version. Whiney 90s Brit rock
Started as two stars, but the longer it went on the more I was ready for it to be done.
Does not age well like Suede
Weird
Bad
Its like David Bowie and King Crimson made a shitty album.
Not for me
Not for me at all
I did not listen to this album.
bit boring
blah
You cannot perSuede me to like this Dog(shit) Man(ure) Shart
British music needs to be wiped off the map
Probably won’t be returning to that one
0.00 FOAD
Just listen to "Introducing the Band". That should tell you all you need to know. It told me, this is not for me. But, I listened anyway. It's bad. LIke real bad.
Child: "I want U2!" Mom: "No, honey, we have U2 at home." The "U2" at home: Dog Man Star Child: "Awww, mom, that U2 sucks ass. It's not even real U2!"
This is just The Cure, but way worse
Heard waaaaaaaaay too much shit just like this already. Kindly fuck off with your britpop.
Sounds like a glamorous emotional breakdown recorded inside a wind tunnel. Admirably dramatic, but also exhausting in the way only very pretty misery can be.
can’t … I want to be able to listen to the album, but this is just not for me and after a 3rd attempt I am bailing after just 3 songs …. the bits I listened too do not sound like 90’s and are very reminiscent of 70’s David Bowie (who I am not that fussed about either) … it’s a hard pass from me.
Alter nerft das Album.
What’s up with all these unheard of British bands where the bloke just wails
A ver, no sé si tengo mucho que decir de este disco. Dog man star se lanzó en 1994, en medio de todo el movimiento britpop, este disco es de un britpop más oscuro de lo que mostraron las dos grandes bandas del género que fueron blur y oasis. Lo siento un disco desabrido, sin ánimos de ser despectivo, pero lo siento sin algo que le de un poco más de relieve a las melodías, con sonidos sutiles poco convincentes, no sé si hay algo nuevo en lo musical o en la producción que me llamara la atención porque no me dieron ganas de escucharlo una segunda vez más detenidamente para hacer el análisis, como si hice con el resto de los discos de la lista. Es un disco sin hits lo que lo hace un poco más pesado y largo. Más allá de que es un disco que suena algo nostálgico, no puedo decir que me hiciera sentir algo en particular, en ese sentido me pareció plano. Si bien es britpop, tiene como un sonido híbrido entre pop, rock y me suena un toque ochentero. Creo que comparado a los discos que nos han salido, para mí es el más bajo, por lo que se lleva el 1:( Canción favorita: puta en vola introducing the band que me recordó un poquito a los Stone Roses
3 song rule....did not finish
Wasn't appealing - felt pretty pretentious and I had to hear it on youtube. Won't be back, won't be looking into this band any further.
298/1089 - Too lengthy for how uninteresting it is. Reminded me of that Primal Scream album from awhile ago but slap on an orchestra and make everything sound big, empty, and lifeless.
Not an album i would listen too twoce
Pretentious Brit pop
Wildly uninteresting and uninspiring.
The ass-end of Britpop
Seriously. There's two albums on here from these nobodies. I'm sick and fucking tired of listening to wish.com version of the Smiths, let alone the smiths themselves. So fucking bad
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Whiney Brit crap. And a horribly long double album's worth of it too. Can we please just skip all the random British bands that nobody outside of the UK has ever heard of? Every time I think this list is doing something interesting and showing me some new music to dig into, it goes and buries me with a week of unlistenable bullshit like this. I can hear undertones of Bowie and U2 in this, but it's faint and really poorly done.
Not for me
too alternative.