Dog Man Star

some highs and lows but mostly mids

You ever woke up with a hangover feeling like this album cover? Nothing as good in here as their song Animal Nitrate (and what a banger that is, just feel like I need to emphasise that This one was long and felt it (but thankfully 10 mins shorter than expected), but a nice moody departure from what I’ve heard of their prior album, and not at all without some really catchy vocal melodies and blown the f out guitars. I bet this is a better album as a whole than their first. Definitely one I’ll come back to Never understood why suede are considered britpop

dog, man. ★

Not my thing. sounded too artsy

Doesn’t really feel like it has an identity. Well-produced, well-performed, but lacks any real soul.

Cool.

Good album! Feels like one I’ll need to listen to again in the future to get more out of it. Favourite track: Daddy’s Speeding

Some good soaring choruses. Bit too u2 for me though

Somehow found myself listening to Bernard Butler’s album with Jessie Buckley via a Wikipedia deep dive instead of this album. Who knew her voice was magic? And how are there so many British bands I’ve never heard of that have so much good lore to unpack. (Actually. And I think irrelevantly, are we lumping Irish people in for the sake of simplicity when discussing UK music bc that seems problematic af); I should sleep // This was v fun to listen to. I can’t tell if I’ll forget it exists by tomorrow. “Described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most pretentious albums ever released by a major label…” 💀 I don’t have enough context to understand the “invented Britpop then rebelled against Britpop” history but it sounds a bit like Nirvana’s Nevermind to In Utero pipeline. Also love that they imploded while on tour with the Cranberries? Still Life is so drama and I get that they all hate it but Click Clack Symphony is my song of the year so I’m not put off by an orchestra. And Scott Walker influence will always be a draw. And by “always” I mean since I discovered I love him a few months ago via this project jfc who am I? 😂 Also: “Spin gave a figurative description of the record as "the work of a man cautiously opening the bedroom door and reeling from the discovery that other people have lives“ jfc music critics are fucking funny and annoying Okay honestly I think I love this? Too many lingering David Bowie vibes to ignore (complimentary).

Pretty good to be fair, it would be a 7 on a 10 scale.

an absolutely excellent record, and one of the most fun listens i've been exposed to from this list so far; i was very close to giving this a 5/5. the vocals are especially notable, but even more so the guitar work.

Slit slapper

I don't agree with a lot of the reviews for this album. I think the beginning is a very hazy start to the album and I really like it.

Decent album for an artist I never listed to before!

I think Suede are my second favorite of the 90s bands that got tagged as Britpop, after Blur.

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7/10

Not digging this one, started off kinda weak and then got weaker 2.5

Always believed I was a big Britpop fan. This list is proving I was wrong

Trás bons momentos proporcionados pelas melodias conduzidas pelas guitarras, mas não é nada de extraordinário.

Not impressed by the beginning but it came around

I swear: when I’m done with all 1001 of these I will have developed a phobia of bands that only British music journalists like - anglocriticophobia, if you will. I hope there will be a therapy for that condition available by then lest I have to suffer for the rest of my days from mental exposure to all the XTCs, Pulps, Echos and the Bunnymen, and, well, Suedes of that island

Even though the voice still is not my cup of tea, I liked this one a lot better.

Really enjoyed this. I need to listen to more Suede.

one of my favourite bands but actually not one of my favourites of theirs. i don't think it particularly flows very well and a select few of the b-sides (my dark star particularly) are in my opinion much better than most of the album. for the most part though i do really like this album, particularly the ballads like the 2 of us and the wild ones. they are usually my favourite suede songs and i think the ones on here are done very well, shoutout to them for playing the 2 of us in brighton back in february, really emotional

what an important album to me. i just played it this weekend and my heart felt overwhelmed the whole time. the asphalt world is one of the most important songs of all time. suede i love you <3

For some reason this incited rage in me

didn’t finish it

an interesting mix of a bunch of different things. it's more or less catchy when it tries to be, and there's some decent songwriting in there, but the overly melodramatic vocal style provides a significant upper bound to how compelling it can be overall

It’s a…decent enough glam alternative pop-py offering that’s nothing I needed to listen to before I took my last breath

Just enough rock to be good, just enough britpop to be bad.

Perfectly fine. His voice was oddly reminiscent of Geddy Lee (Rush), especially in We Are The Pigs but other tracks as well. Very cluttered 90's style indie pop/alt rock. 3 and as it dragged on (and it dragged IMHO) it's a low 3.

Introducing the Band 3.4 We Are the Pigs 3.5 Heroine 3.5 The Wild Ones 3.3 Daddy's Speeding 3 The Power 3.3 New Generation 3.4 This Hollywood Life 3.5 The 2 of Us 3.4 Black or Blue 3.2 The Asphalt World 3.6 Still Life 3.4 Score: 3.375

Ughhhh I don’t know if this needs to be on here. it’s fine, the vocals are a bit much. Other than that it’s just an average alt Brit pop album Almost a year into this there seems to be a bend towards British music which makes sense considering the author. Slightly disappointed by the bias, but I came here to listen to more music and I certainly am. Discovering a lot about my taste, sometimes crystallizing what I really like, some surprises, some realizations about the recording industry, album lengths, and quite a few slogs, but still very enjoyable

Favorite track(s): We Are the Pigs, This Hollywood Life, The Asphalt World

Meh, not for me. Some songs are ok but it’s a lot

Very mediocre

This album was a real mixed bag for me. When Suede rocked, I was completely on board. Songs like “We Are the Pigs,” “Heroine,” “New Generation,” and “This Hollywood Life” had a guitar-driven post-punk/new wave sound that reminded me of an ’80s British band, but with darker, more ’90s-style lyrics. The slower, moodier songs were where the album lost me. “Daddy’s Speeding” and “The Power” dragged, although “The 2 of Us” worked better and “The Asphalt World” kept my attention by mixing things up despite its length. Then came “Still Life.” Easily my favorite song on the album and a fantastic closer. It was slow and moody too, but this time the theatrical build and payoff worked. If more of the slower songs had that kind of drama, while the rockers remained as strong as they were, this could have been a much higher rating. There’s plenty here that I liked, but too many stretches where I checked out.

(4/7) more British propaganda

Dit is niet aan mij besteed. Het zit best dicht tegen wat ik wel leuk vind aan, maar alles wat ik er wel leuk aan zou kunnen vinden wordt overstemd door een aantal elementen die ik niet zo leuk vind: Het is theatraal, huismerk Bowie, kunstzinnig, pretentieus, een beetje zeikerig, vaag. Het is een lange zit. Ik dacht een tijdje aan 2 sterren maar met elk nummer werd het voor mij duidelijker dat ik een 1 moest gaan geven.

The album sounds like highly experimental and varied Britpop—or rather, not really Britpop at all. This record, which was completely unknown to me, contains some truly beautiful, melodic songs! The David Bowie influence is unmistakable. The track "The 2 of Us" is gorgeous! After listening to it for the first time—and it certainly won't be the last—I have to say: this record is an orchestral, baroque, and exuberant masterpiece.

I’ve never listened to this album of theirs and I have to say I like it more, not sure if it’s less brooding or more theatrical and that’s why I like it but it worked for me anyway.

There are several good songs

The front half of this album tries really hard to win you over. There's hook, there's production quality that might be the reason it's considered pretentious, and there's a classic feel to the rock sound. It's a link between decades of rock, the bluesy origins of rock and roll are clear here without falling into the production habits of the '90s. Strip it of the context of the timeline and it's just another album within that spectrum. It's trying to be less Bowie but it's still very Bowie, so, I can see it on a list of must-listens for the historic context, but it's hard for me to accept this one on a list of best-albums. 2.6/5

I didn’t know this band, but the sound is incredibly enticing.

This was unexpected but I really enjoyed the music.

I really don’t know how to feel about suede, they aren’t really my kind of band, but they are so close that I feel I should like them… I think the problem for me is I find their music instantly forgettable… I’m not sure that I’d recognise any song on this album again if I heard it today… I can appreciate why people would like this, but for me it’s just bland, like eating toast.

Saturday, 26 September, 2026 Beautiful day on Sage Lake. Mid album, at best. Clearly the worst of the big four 90s Brit bands.

Don’t think I’ve listened to Suede enough in my life. This was good, 3.5

This was really groovy outside of its slower parts

Not good

Hits and misses. Doesn’t really do it for me personally.

Best Track - "We Are The Pigs"

Exellent j‘ai ps les mots, une fin d’été mélancolique mais joyeuse

My first thought was "We have Midnight Oil at home"... and while I stand by that, it wasn't a terrible listen. You can tell they pull inspiration from acts like Bowie, The Beatles, and The Smiths, but still manage to find their own way.

Pas très original ou intéressant

The singles for this album were great. Anthemic, detached, forlorn, and catchy. I can't say the same for other britpop-type listens on this list so far. The rest of the album was also decent. The songs were long burners which are hit and miss but there was enough going on musically to enjoy them. Better than expected.

Giving Bowie! Quite good, although apparently they were ill-received in America for being pretentious. Fair enough! Doesn’t stop it from being a darkly flamboyant vibe.

This is the rating system really fails me. I like this better than my 3 stars, but less than my 4 stars. Took me a couple listens to really feel the difference between songs. I kinda like the second half of the album better for its odd all tracks. New Generation was good, and The 2 of Us really grew on me.

marvelous. it is a marvel. i marvel at it. there's something derivative (maybe "excessively inspired") here that comes out on repeat listens, and there are a couple of skips but gosh do i just love how it sounds quite a bit. kind of what i wanted echo and the bunnymen to sound like when all i knew was killing moon. simply really dope alt rock shit hiding some very catchy choruses. favorite song is Heroine or The Asphalt World

Rating: 7/10 Sometimes pretty cool and also sometimes pretty shit innit. I'll give them props for having a damn unique sound for the 90's mainstream Britpop wave, and for keeping me interested enough throughout an hour runtime. Pulls off some crazy/cool shit sometimes like on Daddy's Speeding and the ending of the Asphalt World with a heaping of psychedelic rock noise, it's also got orchestration with some brass instrumentation going on, definitely some good tricks being pulled here. The Bowie inspiration is felt and is cool as well. 3 for now

Weird. Maybe a grower

Não conhecia a banda, achei o som interessante, vi na wiki que é uma banda que ajudou a fomentar o britpop. Vou procurar mais sobre a banda depois (3/5)

Ace

I thought it was quite nice, the reviews are very divisive

Doesn’t feel right to give this a 3. I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was but I don’t know that it’s quite at a level that will make me reach for this album versus something it’s very clearly inspired by. Maybe a couple more albums by this artist will help me figure that out.

Fine, just fine. Maybe I should have remembered to write the review right after listening but even after playing a couple songs back a week later, it's enjoyable but unremarkable to me.

I think these guys must genuinely wank off every time any brit puts out an album. This is so mediocre I just don't see the enthusiasm here.

Nothing but zzzzzzz's here.

Genre distinctions are so funny. I was reading the wikipedia for this article, and Suede was largely criticized for being too pretentious, and too far away from Britpop. Sure, they don't sound like Oasis, but this is pretty much a Britpop record. Maybe less poppy, but not entirely dissimilar. I thought it was just ok.

Not too shabby.

Wasn't into it at first but there's some good stuff going on here

I took the occasion to also listen to their 1st album, which I never did. I prefer the latter (which is the first, confusion I know). This one I loved a bit less, but it's still cool and there is an interesting evolution.

very good - feels refreshing and quite innovative

Of the Britpop bands Suede is usually my least favourite, ,that’s not saying they are bad. This album is good but it’s a bit of mix bag in spots Tracks I love are We Are The Pigs, Heroine , The Wild Ones , The Power, The Asphalt World, Still Life. Think my main thing is the album is a little long in spots and is still good but I know I prefer their next album “Coming Up” as it’s more consistent and maybe a little more of britpop record. This one does have a bit of pretentious vibe. It’s comes off a bit Self important and Arty. Saying that sometimes you need artists to go all in and in believe in their vision Probably feeling a 3.5 but will round to a 4 since I do enjoy the band and honestly maybe with more time it’ll get there anyways. The Highs are High and there’s no real Lows but maybe some mid tempo slogs for songs

It's giving David Bowie

We have The Smiths at home.

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.

got to track 9 when Ian came over and said sternly, 'Alexa STOP' followed by 'I never liked them'..lolll honestly, neither did I. Another whiny dude and that Bernard Butler, ick. I interviewed him and Ben Watt of EBTG once for my radio show and they were both so condescending and Britishly annoying. They get a 2 bc they are at least accomplished musicians

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.

More histrionic than historic. Too many swooning ballads. Some decent guitar - especially when they pick up the tempo - but the Tim Buckley derived croon is a lot to take.

Solid

Not offensive, but didn't do much for me. Not a fan of the vocals. 2.6/5.

A couple decent tunes and a fair piece of stuff I didn't care for at all. The opener was damn decent and I was honestly excited for what was generally a let-down.

It’s alright. Not bad but not that memorable.

Bowie meets U2? Le tone et le style de guitare + basse sur We are the pigs et the wild ones, très très U2. Intéressant, mais je dirais pas que j'ai eu un coup de foudre. J'ai bien aimé la pochette qui me laissait présager un album métal ou grunge plutôt!

Britpoppy

Dark suede is a good suede

Dark and sleazy, vaguely glam, vaguely pretentious, and downright self indulgent in places.

Some interesting, most overlong and pretentious.

I like this better than the other Suede album I've gotten (their self-titled one with the upsetting cover). This has some excellent moments, without rising all the way to a 4-star album for me. Good, not great.

Surprisingly banger album. More palatable Pulp, which some might not like

just background noise

I saw Britpop, and I got worried this would be bad, but it's not all Britpop, and the more alt-rock songs are okay. The range of songs is pretty wide. There are some songs that I like a bit and some that fall too far into Britpop/New Wave for me to enjoy. So, it's a real grab-bag of an album. It does end up leaning more bad than good, though, and it ends up dragging on and on. I'm wishing the album ended like 3 or 4 songs earlier than it actually does. Favorite Song(s): The Wild Ones, This Hollywood Life

Weird dreamy album that feels a bit overlong. They do have a sound. I'm kind of surprised they weren't a bigger deal at the time in america.

This is fine overall. There are a few songs I liked, but the album is long enough that some of it becomes a bit of a drag to get through.

The music was good (at times), but overall a slog and lyrics that don't connect.

Not a fan but couple of tracks I quite liked

Meh...

Idk stellenweise mochte ich es und stellenweise so gar nicht. Es hat auf jeden Fall coole Momente. Mediocre 3 i guess