Reviews (page 7 of 8)
While it has definitively more verve in the instrumentals than its compatriots, this LP falls squarely into the Britpop bucket I’ve grown so tired of throughout the project. I did find myself bopping my head to a few tracks, but otherwise the vocals were forgettable at best and the overall feel tiring at worst.
YAY! Probably 4/5 (9/10; 18 or 19/20), based solely off the three songs I have heard. Maybe 5 because it's better than the other 4s? 1993 Mercury Prize winner. Songs I had heard beforehand: 'Metal Mickey' (not to my taste but I understand why many like it), 'Where the Pigs Don't Fly' (excellent and I like the techniques), 'Animal Nitrate' (AMAZING and excellent pun in order to highlight social injustices). I LOVE the androgynous front cover. WHO was going to tell me these were public????????????????!!!!!!!!!!! Good start to the album with 'So Young' (heroin references!). Probably a 4. 4.5 if I could. All good styles but I don't think it's absolutely amazing. It did deserve the Mercury Prize though! 'She's Not Dead' is pretty good. The lead singer has a good voice. I like the cohesion in the songs. It reminds me of 'Parachutes': every song is similar but still fairly memorable and different. 5. 'Sleeping Pills' is very good! I now like 'Metal Mickey' -- an acquired taste of a song that must be listened to multiple times, it seems. I know Suede did not like the term 'Britpop' being applied to them but this is definitely a Britpop album. 'Animal Lover' is another highlight.
Didn't like it
Would have enjoyed it more with a different singer
Decent Brit rock
Early britpop album with strong glam rock influences but actually rocks pretty hard. There’s some slower ballady type songs to mix it up but the highlights are definitely the more uptempo ones. Surprisingly good, especially the lead guitar on songs like So Young and Pantomine Horse.
Like Animal Nitrate, not so keen on She's Not Dead Moving and Pantomime Horse sound like filler The Drowners is great Where the pigs don't fly is a dreamy ending to the album
Like the singles, happy to have it on in the background, but a whole album of Suede and Brett's voice gets a bit much for me. Appreciated the glam aspects, which I hadn't thought about much previously with regards to Suede.
Didn't love the songs where it sounded too new wave-y like the B-52s but the songs where it sounded Bowie-ish I was into. I was digging the jangle-y guitars too. Overall, a miss for me though.
some ok songs/stuff but, overall, not my thing.
I'd give it 3.5 if I could. I expected to like it more than I did as it touches on several styles I enjoy, but for some reason it didn't totally click, too all over the place maybe.
Meh
Remarkably unremarkable. I forgot the sound immediately after listening.
Very interesting album, 3/5
Yet another album where I knew a bunch of songs, liked them quite a lot, and had never listened to the album as a whole. Kicking off with So Young, what a way to open an album! And then straight into Animal Nitrate, wowzers. This album is upbeat and rocking in a few areas, but there's also a lot of really lovely songs with floaty guitars and really nice melodies. I like his vocal, it's quite ethereal and I think it works well with the songs. I'll be re-visiting this again, but have also added a few additional songs to my liked list, including 'Breakdown'.
Good vibes but nothing really stuck out to me
Favorite Song: I liked how Animal Nitrate sounded. Honestly seemed good, but not good enough to be on this list. Where is the epic ground-breaking-ness???? The main words that come to mind for this album are "weirdly mid".
Great classic British record from the 90s. I always found suede to have a unique sound that sometimes perfectly hits the spot. Other times it just not the right thing to put on.
Good but not especially great. I don't get what all the fuss is about. I had Ziggy Stardust a few albums ago and this isn't that. Two thumbs up for the cover art, though. 3
A good start…
as much as i like this sound this didn’t really blow me away - lots of better out there
So very boring to get through. I don't understand the appeal at all.
Oh yes, I remember now...... Early-ish 90's when we were still recovering from the 80s and didn't know what the 90s would bring. Lush and intelligent, delivered with a swagger.
Wildly inappropriate cover art.
Couple Ok songs. 2.5
Enjoyed this one. Loud wall-of-sound production reminiscent of other britpop groups like Oasis. Eccentric, new-wave style vocals. Mixing 90s alternative with glam elements. Cool listen. Sick album cover too.
Nothing to write home about, but listenable.
Brilliant debut record
Listened a week after seeing them live, and 30 years after its release. So colour me biased but yeah - 5 stars. Probably 4.5 as they've done better but still what a debut.
Första två låtarna är ju jäkligt bra. Resterande låtar är sen inte särskilt spännande.
"So Young", "The Drowners", and "Metal Mickey" I like very much. The rest of the album is good, but doesn't live up to the hype that the British music press heaped on the album.
Quality indie solid and unshakable
Suede were OK. Just OK, noting special but not shit.
Good fun. A little whiny. Guild me with nostalgia for indie clubs in the 90s.
Good album. 3.5
yess yes uhmhm about time i love suede i love suede really like this album although i prefere some of their other stuff
Je l'ai préféré à l'autre album que j'ai eu d'eux. Il était pas mal plus dynamique. Mais tellement de compositions sonnaient peu inspirées et avait trop un son qui faisait penser à des pièces contemporaines (voir le début de drum de la première pièce qui sonne comme Angry Chair). 6/10
Another yeah why not
I find their songs all a bit too similar
An enjoyable listen. Sounded quite Smiths-esque, which I'd not picked up from Suede previously.
Eh
I start this off having grown up, very much, with Suede. So Young is a delicious track to listen to fresh for the first time in years. The distortion of the soaring electrics - stolen from and improved massively over their shoegaze inspiration - the competency of the drums and a bassline that complements, but doesn't overwhelm... Oh holy fuck that piano is just perfect isn't it? And it stays there, nestling in with the guitars and Brett Anderson's utterly incomprehensible voice, just at the edge of your hearing. Then the very first moments of Animal Nitrates and, wait, sorry, I'm having difficulty typing this from behind my massive throbbing erection. What does it take to turn me on? Apparently the first couple of tracks of this album. She's not dead is a little bit shoegazey for me. Very twiddly and a little morose. The drums of "Moving" assault your earballs in an absolutely delightful way, giving you a Bishop Brennan style kick up the arse. Pantomime Horse is a chore. The only good thing you can say is that it just about prepares your earballs for another drum lick at the start of The Drowners. Bernard Butler does solid work throughout this album. Brett Anderson's vocals really do stray, sometimes being utterly magnificent, other times completely indecipherable. Mat Osman is consistent, underlining the whole album without ever sounding like a show off - unlike, of course, Butler. The drum work from Simon Gilbert is massively underrated. The album doesn't quite live up to the promise of the first two tracks, straying at times too close to the overwrought and overplayed shoegaze style, but the power of it - the influence of it - gets it high marks.
Pretty good.
It’s good. My favorite song is ‘The Next Life’ - it’s such a good closer.
brit pop with more glam and grit.
Loved it! One of the best albums I’ve listened to.
I have seen this album around for a long time, but had never taken time to actually listen to it. One of the first bands to really make it big in the Brit-Pop craze of the early 90's, Suede was always destined for greatness. They showed what they had and made a giant name for themselves with singles such as The Drowners, Animal Nitrate, and So Young. Personally, the album just doesn't resonate with me like albums from other bands of the time. Singer Bernard Butler gives a great performance on almost every track, while guitarist Brett Anderson is clearly the highlight of the band. Favorite tracks: Moving, Sleeping Pills
If Oasis and Sweet had a kid and they gave him a guitar fuzz box pedal turned all the way up for his birthday - you would get Suede. Could use a little more fun, and better annunciated lyrics. Or just a touch less fuzz effect on the guitars. Extra point for real drums and guitars.
Somehow the last album was better infinitely better than this one. Just did not really enjoy any of the songs or the vibe. Although Pantomime Horse would make a sweet band name.
Enjoyed this album!! Was poppier than Oasis but I am a fan of a 90s UK band. I do hate how Spotify only has the anniversary editions and then adds extra songs to the track list.
Decent BritPop, again with the whiny voice from the lead singer though. The best songs were the ones where the guitar was allowed to rock out a little bit.
Boring. The last song is definitely the worst and leaves a terrible aftertaste
pretty sick album, some really good songs and some really bad songs, averages out
Really hate the squeaky vocals here.
Ganske fett, men ikke helt min greie
generic 90s alternative rock sound. not great, but not terrible either.
I had never heard of this band prior to listening to this album. Pretty interesting that it was the fastest selling album of all time for a while in Britain. Overall, it was okay. There were a lot of hints of other bands in it, but I didn't find anything to particularly write home about with this album. Erica: I dug it
This was just……there.
Okay, don't even remember it a week later.
I can see why some would like this album but Im not one of them.
Not as good as I remember.
Pretty good stuff. Very good composition, love the voice. I need to be in a specific kind of mood for this kind of music though.
Good album. And that's it. Not really rememberable.
This was alright. Not a huge fan of the vocal style but the music was pretty good. Personal Enjoyment - 6.5 Songwriting - 7.5 Lyrics - 7.5 Originality- 7 Production Value - 10 Artwork - 9 Overall - 7.5
The London Suede is how spotify lists the band. It's fine. 90s brit pop.
Ok, didn't do much for me
I like the Smiths (despite Morrissey) and the Cure, and this is like their modern lovechild. So naturally I was into this.
What a boring and dragging album. I like the guitar sound and licks, but so draining to listen to this songwriting.
One of the Britpop staples, this album convinces with its typical easy going and somewhat catchy sound, although it lacks the bit, memorable songs
This was one hell of an album. At times it was super grating but overall I dug it.
love it
Cool stuff.
Impressive. Great debut album that makes me interested in their other stuff.
2023/03/06 Could give it another try someday.
Guitar driven brit-rock. Some "soaring/open" tones that vaguely reminded me of Def Leppard
niet speciaal, na een tijd wat saai
Ooh was een mooi album
Never heard of this band but what a surprise! Awesome guitar work and solos, great vocals and just so enjoyable. Main guy reminds me of HMLTD. Fav Tracks: So YoungAnimal Nitrate, Moving, Sleeping Pills, The Drowners, Breakdown, Metal Mickey, Animal Lover, The Next Life Worst Track: She’s Not Dead 9/10
8/10 - cool album, feels like the inspiration of alot of my favorite bands. May come back to it.
painted people is good but this album isnt that much my style like a 2/5
Not sure how to feel about this one. I like some tracks but I’m now wowed by it. Funnily enough, it sounded better when I left the cinema after watching The Whale.
“I wazzz baaawwnnn a paaaantmione haaaaaaaaaaawwwwsss.” No thanks.
I thought I liked Suede, but this album is alarmingly whiny. Hope my memories aren't too rosy and their later albums still hold out. But this wasn't fun.
I definitely hear The Smiths and glam rock - more T Rex than Bowie. It takes more than one listen to truly appreciate Gervais’ favourite BritPop band but once you get the musical texture between your fingers, it feels like, well….you know.
Good album. Pretty chill vibes
It must’ve sucked because it was on no services and I’m tired of trying to listen to shitty albums on YouTube with ads.
I liked this a lot, maybe best overall of these 90s Britpop offerings so far. While definitely in the sonic sounds soundscape of things like Oasis and Blur, it has a kind of psychedelic retro infusion that I found very pleasing.
Not bad. A little outdated. A U-2 sound that must have inspired U-2 in fact.
Soort mix van the Smiths en the Smashing Pumpkins. Goed album, vooral de eerste helft.
Remember, the first time at heard about Suede I was watching a documentary on Brit Pop and Noel Gallagher said that when the song animal nitrate came out, he was pissed because he thought that he was about two weeks away from writing that song. I think about that all the time what a wild thing to say
ok
Britpop’s premiere band before they went all cuckoo-bananas on their next (even better) album that nobody seemed to like at the time.
Meh
This really did not capture my interest at all.
Boring. Never heard of this band and it never does anything interesting. 2.5/5
2/2/23 3 Fav: The Drowners Weird but not bad…?
Meh
Classic
I'm not really sure what my issue was all that time ago when I first listened to this album, but I remember thinking it was generic britpop and moving on with my day, but re-listening I like this a lot more. I can here the Bowie comparisons pretty clearly, there's a decent amount of catchy moments here, and it isn't overly long, which I appreciate. It isn't anything mind-blowing, nor would I call it on par with the glam rock golden age, but this is a solid time with some tracks I would happily listen to again. Gonna give this another spin sometime, perhaps I'll gravitate to it even more.
Listened to Suede once in 2019 Artist #6989 on Last.fm Nice surprise, this was pretty good.
Sorta Clash-esque 80s Brit rock to my ears
would not object if played in an Uber or a Coffee Shop, or maybe on the radio, but wouldn’t add to a playlist
Dang this is so glam-y, I never would've guessed it was a 90's Britpop boom band. Gotta be one of my fav sub-genres fr!
Oh snap... I don't know this band or this record and I'm a little ashamed. But, this will be a true first listen... should be fun! Sonically, there's still a bunch of the hallmarks of the 80's hair metal bands: several ballads, strings sections, synth punch-ins, soaring vocal choruses with no real lyric, etc. But there's clearly Television-type post-punk stuff going on with the guitar, which feels like the same thing that grunge is born of. The mix of a bunch of different late 80's/early 90's sounds is great. It's got this wonderful Britpop feel to it. It's a good concoction. All that aside, it's the songwriting that really keeps me going with this. This band is clearly an arrow aimed directly at David Bowie and the Pixies, intentionally or otherwise. The Pixies is clearly a contemporary and that all makes sense, and I don't think you can argue either the Pixies or this band exist without being in Bowie's lineage. What's super interesting to me is that they use the sound of the instruments as the glue to hold the sound of the record together while the songwriting is kind of all over the place. It really works, but only because the songs have enough variation and fluctuation in them to not sound the same as the last one even though it's the exact same guitar, amp, distortion, drum sounds, etc. As much as it it's Bowie-influence, at heart it's almost more like Bowie trying to do Neil Diamond songs with a proto-grunge backing band... ... you son of a bitch, I'm in.
Hadn’t heard this album of band before. Definitely need to check them out now!
The opening 27 seconds of "Metal Mickey" alone is worth 3 stars.
When I saw this was a britpop/glam rock mix, I anticapated really not enjoying it too much. To my surprise it ended up having some really good stuff. The slower/ballad cuts I enjoyed more than the more high energy stuff, though. It also dragged a bit towards the end - could've ended around the 35 minute mark and been a 4 but oh well. 6/10
One I did not know at all going in. Was pleasantly surprised.
I didn't dislike the songwriting at all, although instrumentation was a little subpar. Those aspects together get 3 stars from me. What really kept this album from being enjoyable, however, are the horrible vocals.
This was a good listen. I could see putting on a song or two, but the entire album for a bit repetitive at the end. Great vocalist.
Not really my style but very good for what it is
L'inici del brit pop dels 90 i un dels discos clau del génere. Va ser superat no només per treballs posteriors dels grans noms de la década com Oasis, Blur i Pulp, sinó també pels seus propis dos discos editats després d'aquest. De tota manera, temes com 'So Young, 'Metal Mickey' o 'The Drowners' són del millor del pop britànic als noranta. La imatge i so de la banda formaven part també del seu atractiu, i aquí ja assolien tot el seu fonament
An okay Brit pop album. I will say that the album art is pretty weird, who kisses like that. The music wasn’t that weird but more so boring. It seemed similar to the smiths but with less character or douchebaggery. Overall it was pretty forgettable. 5.2/10
Animal nitrate and Drowners were good. Rest meh. Like the clash (both brits) but less good
This was good. Lots that still sounds really fresh and the band is so tight. There is some samey filler and was erring towards 3 but the last track pushed it to 4 for me. Would relisten.
Dark and beautiful indie and grungy. The soundtrack to a lot of my childhood. Love hearing this from an adult perspective
90s indie rock. Some good energy, but overall pretty forgettable.
It was ok, kind of boring. Nothing really stood out to me
I expected to dislike this, since I have Dog Man Star a 2. However, I was pleasantly surprised. They sound like a less interesting version of The Smiths to me, but I didn’t mind it!
It was something. Forgettable
Я... Ничего не почувствовал при прослушивании. Самое худшее - я даже не знаю, почему так вышло. Вроде бы инструментал здесь довольно хороший, бодрый, но этот альбом банально не удерживает моё внимание по какой-то причине, это очень странно. Мне даже сказать о нём особо нечего просто потому что все треки сливаются в один на протяжении всего альбома, поэтому он ощущается бездушно и безыдейно. Но! Здесь есть парочка довольно неплохих треков, поэтому я не стану сильно занижать оценку. (5)
Weird
I recognized The Next Life from The Chase (1994) featuring the gorgeous Kristy Swanson. 10yr old me knew at that moment, without a doubt, that the E36 BMW would become one of the best generations of 3 Series.
Wasn’t too bad, kinda forgettable tho
I never listened to Suede during the initial phase of Britpop. I'm not sure why. I gravitated toward Elastica, Blur and Oasis. Until now, I never took the time to make my way to Suede. I don't know if this would have engaged me like "The Great Escape" or "Definitely Maybe" did.
I knew of Suede in their hey-day but unlike a lot of Brit music at the time this just didn't really land for me at the time and honestly, not a lot has changed. Not bad, not great, not my thing really...right down the middle. If I hear it again fine, but won't rush to put it on myself. The only thing I did learn from this is before they made the big leagues Ricky Gervais was their manager briefly. I wonder whatever became of him?
better than a lot of britpop albums 6/10
7/10. I'm not entirely sure what to make of this, but I think I liked it
I could see why people might like this. 5/10
Malgré une pochette qui laissait entrevoir un album d'homosexual pop, les amateurs du genre (dont je fais partie) ne trouveront pas la moindre piste susceptible de les satisfaire. Quel gâchis...
Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait croire au vu de leur pochette, le groupe Suede nous propose ici un album dépourvu d'homosexual pop. Une belle deception pour tous les afficionados de ce genre musical de grande qualité.
Eh, maybe I'd have liked it better if I were an angsty teen
En mä osaa tätä sen kummemmin perustella, on yksi elämäni levyistä. Brett on ihana. Ihana.
It was not terrible but I probably don’t need to revisit this. Listened twice to be sure
what a strange little album. it didn't do much revolutionary, but it knew what it wanted to be and did it well. pretty good, not essential.
90s klassík sem heldur sér alveg. Það er einhver sjarmi við þessa rödd sem heillar.
не моё
Love me some britpop, loved the melodies, the vocals remind me a little bit of Bowie, sometimes too over the top but really a gun listen 6.5/10
meh 2 stars
A clear case of an album that might have been something upon its release, but - by now - is an irrelevant has been.
Not really a fan of British hyper pop and this album was not able to change my mind. Only voting this for the cultural impact it had and I like the guitars.
enjoyable! nice vibe, sounded similar throughout but it was solid. 6.5/10
J'ai eu un peu l'impression d'entendre la même pièce. Ce groupe a un son à lui, ce son me plaît, mais je finis par trouver ça un peu monotone. Mériterait peut être une autre écoute pour que je me familiarise avec lui.
90 luvun britti rock pop vittuilua.... haista vittu. sama kuin kaikki vittu muutkin..... voit lukea ne arvostelut, niistä arvostelusita, niistä saa , ne on samoja mitä laittaisin nyt tähän, ne arvostelut, eli, jos haluat nähdä kunnon arvostelun niin mene katsomaan niitä arvosteluja 90 luvulta brittiläisiä vittu bri ish vittu meikä pojalla on aksentti hahahahaha turpa kiinni vitun brexit lutka tumputin kuvalle though mutta joo sanoisin että annan kolme kuitenkin (lol olin niin negatiivinen mutta annan positiivisen määrän tähtiä(stars) aikaha) pantomime horse
Soms klinken zangers lekker vervelend, maar deze klinkt gewoon vervelend. Ontzettend klagerig, typisch eind jaren '80/vroege 90's edgelord achtig gedoe. Jammer, want de muziek klinkt over het algemeen wel goed. Muziek 4/5, zanger 2/5 = 3 sterren
Ei huono, mutta vähän taustalle jäi. Täytyy ottaa uus kierros joskus. 2/5
Hmh, tää ei oo minusta ihan parhaiten aikaa kestäneitä britpop-klassikoita. Vaikka tykkäänkin genrestä keskimäärin paljon. Näiden seuraava levy on muistaakseni parempi (toivottavasti listalla).
Varsinainen klassikko tämäkin. En oo valtavasti Suedea kuunnellut, mutta pitääpi ottaa enemmän levylautaselle! 4/5
I was a teenager when Suede released this record, but I was in my late 20’s before I really got into them. Dunno what that says about me or about the band or about the 90’s. All I know is that they’re one of my favourite bands and this record is and All Timer™️.
Ok
I feel like this type of Brit pop is hit or miss for me but this one was more in the middle for me. I liked the sound of it generally but none of it stuck with me either. The wiki says this is like the first Brit pop album and that makes sense given that it sounds more like the smiths than oasis
Not for me. Sounds like alot of early 90’s punkpop. Reminds me if Stone Roses. I might have liked it if I knew it from the 90’s but I don’t.
Wtf was that?
homies got some good licks and riff, and as much as tr wants to sound like someone else (bowie, pet shop boys, some other nasally british dudes) he still has a personality all his own. one of the few “im a british guy making an impartial (lies: read: british list) list” albums that sticks. thanks britman.
Hadn't really heard much Suede but I like the sound, dreamy and driving at the same time
A classic
I had some fun with this one, but I just can’t get super excited about it like I have with some of these others. A solid album, I can see why it’s a classic, but I can’t see much more than that.
Shite.
Very solid, will download others by them. Yoooo!
Wasn’t the closest listen, but cool 👍 Queers are cool 😎
An unusual one, pretty enjoyable. I will revisit it
Album not on Spotify.
Anderson always tried a little too hard with the androgyny and the ambiguous sexuality (despite quite clearly being straight), perhaps in an effort to come across as more interesting. Because aside from a few stand out tracks where Bernard Butler is unleashed on lead guitar and the tempo is quick and the mood is glamorous, there’s too much internalised warbling on the slow tracks. For sure, Suede had something and definitely had their moments, but there’s half a decent album here.
Really enjoyed this album! definitely adding a few songs to my current playlist
I love the songs on this record but it sounds really rough for it's era. And I can never quite make out what the lyrics are.
Good not great
D'accord
ce fut long mes aïeux
Great great songs
The album cover made me expect…I don't know, something else? My wife's driving me nuts right now, trying to explain how calming ice cream is for stomach, and interfering with my review. In the past 5 minutes, she's gone from complaining about how "funny looking" Reba McEntire is to trying to remember what the movie with Laura Dern and Cher and that kid with the funny looking face was called. So basically she thinks Reba McEntire looks like Rocky Dennis, which isn't fair to either of them. Or this album, now that I think about it.
This album rocked! Definitely had the same energy as early Bowie or The Smiths. Manic depressive to its core and very creative.
Classic 90s indie. I had never listened to any Suede albums although I knew them from singles. A solid effort.
Aardige popmuziek. Ik vind de zanger niet altijd even leuk om naar te luisteren. ***
This is britpop. Britpop at its best of course!
This album is full of unoriginal 80s pop music, but it was made in the 90s. Music wasn’t necessarily bad, just not my type and nothing new. 3/5
Not bad, but nothing really grabbed me.
I wasn’t familiar with this but quite enjoyed it. I thought that musically it was good. Loved the drummer. Once again the vocals I thought were quite generic & uninteresting. And some of the lyrics were a tad embarrassing - You’re a water sign & I’m an air sign - Really?????? But I liked Animal Nitrate, She’s Not Dead & Pantomime Horse & really enjoyed The Drowners & Metal Mickey. Solid.
Pretty adequate Bowie/Smiths knock-off. I remember the hype in the NME when Suede first appeared. Their early singles featured on this album are pretty strong, and I bought a copy of this album around the time it came out. Have not played it in quite a while... Is it on the list as the most dramatic example of an over-hyped English band (on the cover of the NME before they even had a record out)? They delivered a pretty good record, but an all-time classic? Perhaps not. Bernard Butler does a lot of the heavy lifting with some pretty flash guitar work that evokes Mick Ronson-era Bowie. Brett Anderson's tendency to yelp gets a little wearing after a whole album, and the lyrics (with their "shocking" androgyny and hints at bisexuality) are a bit embarrassing now, but they could crank out a tune. The singles (Metal Mickey, So Young, The Drowners, Animal Nitrate) are pretty strong. I like that the production still is a bit of rough-around-the-edges, which is to my taste. I might try to spin this a little more, but I do think you could live a long and happy life without this record.
meh, not terrible, but wouldn't go out of my way to listen.
In general, a good album that serves as a bridge between the 80s Smiths still indie and 90s brit rock/pop. The guitar work is fantastic and the songs where this comes to the fore are all brilliant, but the ballads are a bit more hit and miss. In particular the last 2 songs are fairly bland.
The Stone Roses meet the Smiths to create something that's more simultaneously interesting and listenable than anything Britpop did in the 15 years following this album
loved this album
Decent britpop
Ah Brett, you were so cool at school. The kids were all over this. Not me though, as I didn't like those cool kids. However I'm prepared to re-assess now and say there was something different and special about this album. I always secretly loved Animal Nitrate despite pretending otherwise.
awful
The 80's and 90's came together and made this catastrophe, yeesh.
Love this
This album was just ok. The songs mostly all sound the same and the nasally voice of the singer gets on my nerves after a while.
The album is best described as rock, I guess. I had never heard of this band or any of the songs previously. It really isn't that good but it isn't awful. No need to revisit.
Kinda trailed off at the end
[express surprise at never having heard album] [contrast expectations from reading reviews with how it actually sounded] [mention bands that this band have been compared to] [list songs that do actually sound like the aforementioned bands] [make surprise comparison to another band] [throw in spurious comment about britpop] [lament not hearing album when it first came out] [promise to revisit album in future]
I didn’t find any of the songs too memorable… maybe it’s just that I don’t like British rock
British glam rock.
I've never heard of Suede before today, so I entered into this listening session not knowing what to expect. What I heard was notes of brit pop/ alt rock of the 90s. Vocal delivery is very similar to The Smiths. Not a stand out album for me, but not terrible either. I'm glad I listened to it, but it isn't something I will put in frequent rotation. Favourite songs : Moving, Animal Nitrate, Metal Mickey Least favourite songs : The Next Life, Breakdown, So Young 3/5
Well they ain't no Oasis.
Beautiful and exciting music!
if i remember right it was ok
Hmm likte visst Suede bedre enn eg trudde. Minne om The Horrors lol
Enjoyed but a bit same-y
This is very Bowie-esque. It's not bad at all, easy to listen to with a good mix of raw energy and times where it slows down. I could easily place this album in the early 90;s though and parts of the Bowie sound take away from the experience rather than help here. I enjoyed it for what it was but I don't think I'll be back here much at all.
Wacky cover matches the David Bowie + Smiths thing going on here Metal Mickey doesn’t sounds like the Metal Mario theme but I ain’t complaining
the cover prejudices me to expect big queer energy from here. opening with "so young" tells me that the queer energy comes in a david bowie flavor. why isn't "moving" more of a bi anthem? "she's not dead" is such an efficient narrative delivery device. "pantomime horse" too, if more self-indulgent. really, a lot of these songs would make for great stories if they could have figured out a different way to end besides doing a line over and over again. or just snip those parts out entirely. how much better would "breakdown" be if it was just 4 mins? the guitar work in "animal nitrate" is amazing. double for "the drowners" and "metal mickey". apparently these three were the singles out of this. why didn't they do this for every song? "animal lover" could have been a single too. im wondering why this album is called the harbinger of britpop. the sounds are bowie/smiths photocopies, far far away from parklife.
I've listened to this album three times now, and it's just... forgettable. There's nothing that makes it stand out. The three things I noted: 1) I dug "Metal Mickey" a little more than the other track 2) "Moving" has a familiar drum intro that I've heard at least in one or two other songs 3) "Sleeping Pills" - the first time I heard it, I thought he sang "You're a water sign, I'm an asshole..." you know what? That would have worked better. Besides that, it was just... unremarkable. And I tried to pick stuff out of it, I really did. But there was nothing I could pull out of it. They seemed to try too hard to be glam ("Pantomime Horse," wtf?) I've given this album way too much of my time. Moving on.
I guess in retrospect we were still figuring out Britpop at the time, so this was a landmark album. I remember my buddy's younger sister was a huge fan of Suede, Blur, and all things Britpop or Britrock in the mid-90's. Blur I got, Suede I did not. I think I still don't. The album feels a bit aged, and foggy. I really only knew Animal Nitrate before this, and I thought So Young (the follow-up single) sounded very much like it. I had no idea that The Drowners and Metal Mickey were the two singles before it that was creating all the positive Suede momentum. They're pretty good and better than Animal Nitrate. My favorite track though was Moving; still that foggy sound but a bit more energy that I enjoyed. Of the softer or trippier songs, Sleeping Pills was my favorite. Good lyrics and an otherworldly sound - Bowie-esque almost. I guess I never totally understood Bowie either so if they're paying him reverence (nd not at the same level) then maybe that's why this album doesn't quite move the needle high for me.
I've listened to this album a couple of times in the past but never listened closely. On first listen, my reaction was, "Ok, glam" and I was prepared to move on with a 3. The good news is that the album grew on me more and more with each listen. I haven't listened as deeply as I'd like, but definitely want to listen more, which is a 4 in my book. Favorite tracks - Animal Nitrate, Pantomime Horse, The Drowners. Didn't dislike anything, although the guitars got a little "noisy" in So Young which tends to annoy me. EDIT: I said it was a 4, but scored it a 3! Corrected.
Fully signed up member of the Suede Nation here. The original and still one I listen to regularly. I glorious grimy shot of street passion, the power of doomed love and glamour... Above all else glamour.
Dreamy Britpop that owes more than a little to David Bowie. Maybe a little aimless in the middle, but finishes strong.
Melodic Britpop. Animal Nitrate is a classic.
Was really cool
Decent album, really just more ok Britpop that good ole Bobby Dimery is obsessed with. This does fit on the better end of the britpop he put on here. The influences from The Smiths are very apparent, probably why I like this more than most Britpop. I liked it, but nothing stood out to me from it.
Found myself listening a lot to Brett Anderson’s vocal squeak on every note. It takes some getting used to. Cool fuzz guitar work and chord parts. Animal Nitrate is a banger.
Never heard of them. Early 90s Britpop apparently. - So Young – Find the vocals a bit offputting. The jarring jumps to falsetto and back down to a lower tone aren’t appealing. The bridge is quite nice though, and the transition back to the chorus is great. The core song though is just middling rock without much to distinguish it besides the caterwauled vocals. - Animal Nitrate – The intro is a solid guitar riff. It’s about drug use, sexual encounters, and domestic abuse. Not my thing. - She’s Not Dead – Details the speaker’s aunt committing suicide with her lover by carbon monoxide inhalation. The verses are good, but the chorus returns to the off-key, cracking voice vocals that are just really off-putting. - Moving – Driving drum and guitar intro creates the best instrumentation moments so far. The vocals are still annoying but this one gets my blood pumping. Unfortunately, the chorus is just awful. The edge and frenetic nature are the only place so far where the yowling singing works. The effects in the chorus are, in contrast, probably the worst point of the album so far. A shame that this includes both the highlights and lowlights of the album for me. - Pantomime Horse – A decent power ballad, curving for my distaste for the vocals. The ending does communicate sincere emotion, though it’s too repetitive for me. - The Drowners – Nice drum intro. A solid tune, though weirdly the way the singer delivers the line “you’re taking me over” just really gives me a negative reaction. Probably the most complete song of the record, though not one I’ll save still. - Sleeping Pills – Another ballad that gives a prominent focus to the vocals, which it’s already been well established that I dislike. - Breakdown – Oh hey, another power ballad. This album didn’t really need a 6 minute power ballad, but the lyrics are more constrained on this one, and it’s a better song for it than many of their earlier ones. Still don’t really like it, but it’s merely mediocre, not unpleasant. Definitely wears out its welcome though. - Metal Mickey – Another of the less annoying vocal performances, but similar to Breakdown, even with more listenable vocals, it’s just mediocre. Decent guitar work, but falls just short of making me want to save it. Also, it’s apparently about a strip club, which makes me like it even less. - Animal Lover – Another “animal” song lol. Way too repetitive. It’s an ok song on the whole though. - The Next Life – Final ballad to finish things off. A better band would have made this song great, because the lyrics and tone are solid, but they just don’t have the gravitas and power to pull it off. I stand by “caterwauling” as the best description of much of the vocals. Definitely not to my taste, and it makes the whole album difficult for me to listen to. The instrumentation has some good parts, but nothing that blows me away. Lyrical themes similarly have some interesting ideas but it never really wows or connects with me. The album is (according to the band) about “sex and depression in equal measure”. Not the kind of thing that appeals to me. Other than that, it’s just decent straightforward rock. Not offensive or technically bad, just forgettable. There’s enough good that it’s well above one star, but I’m waffling between 2 & 3, and that’s not a great sign. The fact that I didn’t find a single song I wanted to save leaves me with it as a 2.
This album is great in the music, even if a some of them sounds like the same, each one has something special, also the voice and the lyrics give the album that touch that no other can offer, this starts from the cover which could cause controversy, however as you listen the album, the purpose change is more clear, make you think about life as we live.
Decent brit rock from the 90s,but I feel like other bands did it better.
Meh
I wanted this to be over so bad.
Ok
Bilao.
Cool Grungey sound. Nothing too special though
Some ok alternative rock / brit-pop. I listened to it yesterday and I honestly can't remember anything about it. Did hate it though
Its okej.
Eh
Always loved this album, a bit up itself at points, but with style
Always got time for the singles on this
I really don't like most of the songs here, pretty bland record fav tracks: Pantomime horse, The drowners, The next life least fav tracks: Moving, Breakdown, Animal lover
Nothing special really
Meh.
I had never of this band and this record made zero impression on me. I never really paid any mind to the Britpop movement at all. Nothing bad about it, just kind of meh, and I had a hard time contextualizing it at all.
if we are getting 90s albums can we get backstreet boys or something i’m tired of being disappointed
"animal nitrate" is the coolest sounding title i've heard
Recontra brit con buenos temas pero sin ninguna épica.
It was ok
I didn’t enjoy this album as much as their album Dog Man Star, but would listen again
Quite enjoyable surprisingly
The follow-up, Dog Man Star, is several stars better but this album is great too of course. Coming Up ishpikd be on the list too. Suede is a really good example how good a band can be in their prime: the b-sides during Suede-DogManStar-Coming Up are of similar quality as the tracks on these three albums.
Pretty decent britpop, but Anderson's over-the-top vocal breaking gets on my nerves after a while.
Rarely has a debut set a template for a band so solidly from the start: pop bangers (Metal Mickey, Animal Nitrate) and epic ballads (Breakdown, Next Life) pitting Brett's Bowie-esque vocals against the nagging guitar of Bernard - for the first two albums at least. Thirty years later it's still working. Listening to it again the debt to Bowie makes it much more singular than the Britpop landfill that came along shortly after in debt to the Beatles, Kinks, Traffic etc.
S’ok
I think I've realized why I tend to dislike Britpop: so many of the bands seem to just want to suck The Smith's dicks. Well, jokes on them; Morrissey sucks his own dick harder than they ever could.
Tired, overstayed its welcome, and everything being done has been done better before.
This album hits in my sweet spot of music enjoyment and I'll tell you I've never heard one song from this so-called monster hit. Growing up in the twi-state area and listening to some of the biggest US pop, rock and alternative radio stations this hasn't caught my ear. I get there that a list in this style needs to pick up some things that I'm unfamiliar with, but for crying out loud, can we please slow down on the 80s/90s BritPop? And slapping on a descriptor like 'they sound like a modern Bowie' doesn't help. Bowie sounded like a modern Bowie. Suede's eponymous debut LP sounds like the boring Brit-pop that made the Gallagher brothers think they should be pop stars. 3/5.
3, warmed up to it a bit
I’ve never heard of this band before. I wasn’t drawn in, but I appreciate the new wave vibe
Way better than what I expected. Will be relistening soon.
Sleeping Pills stands out for this band that has echoes of Bowie. The Next Life though is the best song on this album for me. Overall, echoes of Bowie on this album with a somewhat stronger English sound.This album doesn't outperform expectations, but does not underwhelm either. It's worthy even if I didn't find any tracks to add to my favs.
No weak or filler songs here. Really well structured and produced. Incorporates elements of psychedelia, glam, and rock but is still fresh and timeless.
this gave me lots of nostalgia. it’s a very good album. thoroughly enjoyed!! highlights: so young, the drowners, sleeping pills, animal lover, metal mickey
Can't see what the hype is. There were a few okay riffs but not particularly exciting or interesting.
Animal Nitrate, the shit
This album has some really great songs on it, solid indie guitar rock. The only thing is that the singer has a style I don’t really like, a weird ‘squeaky’ voice. Charismatic, but not something I enjoy. The songs are good though. 7/10
I just can't get on with Suede - a few catchy songs, but there's just something that grates about them for me, and I struggle to get past it.
Ah, the dawning of the Britpop era, what a time to be alive. This is one of the best albums of the period. They were fucking awesome live as well.
Second time listening to this album, the first time in last year's go at the 1001 albums challenge. Not horrible not sure what I thought on the first listen, but definitely not something I would go to.
A brilliant album
I love Animal Nitrate. However, a whole album of the more raw Suede is a bit much. As the production values rose, so did my enjoyment of their music. This punky, Bowie on a budget style doesn't do it quite as much for me. Not bad, deserving of its place, just doesn't do much for me - where Coming Up does, for example. Can't be anything to do with Bernard Butler, as Yes is one of the greatest songs ever written.
Really enjoyed it. A proper mixed bag in terms of pace, but overall very well put together!
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That Animal Nitrate riff though
Average but with some memorable moments
Rating: 6/10
Oasis, Blur, and Pulp are well known in Australia, but I don't remember Suede. This is a pity as they play some intriguing intriguing. I particularly enjoyed Where Pigs Don't Fly, with that haunting guitar in the background.
I liked bits and pieces of this but I can see why this hasn't survived in the public imagination in the same way that Blur and Oasis have.
I'd only heard "Metal Mickey", a good song that felt a little niche. The rest of the album had a fair bit of range to it and was actually pretty good. Brett Anderson's screechy vocals grate on me after a whole album though.
Didn't like Suede in the 90s, still don't like them in the 20s
Great album. Pillar of 90's brit pop. I like it in general, starting with the clean and shinny guitars of "So young" and ending with the choral "The next life", including a beautiful keyboard session.
I tried. I wanted to like this. I read the lyrics and the Wikipedia back story. But I didn’t hear this at the time and now I feel it is too late. Perhaps I am missing something, but I don’t really feel that I missed out. And am not a fan of the voice. I can see what they are trying to do (I think) but it doesn’t really speak to me and I don’t find the music particularly original or moving. So Young is an okay start (maybe partly because I recognised it from the radio) but for me it chugs along with variations of the same theme for the rest of the album, with diminishing returns.
Quite a debut. It just about still stacks up with all the hype it received at the time. Suede aren't shy about where they lifted their ideas from. At least they have a decent taste in music with Bowie and a brief stomp through the glam back catalogue. It's a shame what followed with the Britpop bollocks. Suede never fitted into this scene. They were far too clever, far too questioning of everything. This led to their sound being drowned out when arguably they had reached their peak. This debut was a hard act to follow. Very strong. I've had my moments in the past listening to Animal Nitrate...
Weird. Kinda cool. 6/10
Oh shocker, it’s another British indie album. I’m good, count me out. I listened to it and nearly fell asleep from the repetition and mumbling.
Oof that opening yelp really sets a tone. Found this British Invasion exhausting. I know there’s a suede song out there I like, but it wasn’t here.
Listened to it a lot in the past, but not for many years. This re-listen has been revelatory in that I now wish I could hear a version of this album without the singer sounding like he's in a cave or the unnecessary organ. Maybe having zero breathing space matches the album thematically, but it all seems too much. This time I around I think I enjoyed it for the nostalgia more than anything. Also, I don't think I realized what a horrible Bowie impression Anderson was doing. We live, we learn.
Yay more britpop 3
Not bad at all. Some really popular tunes that stand out, but the overall production on their songs always seems a bit tinny.
Not something I would have stumbled on myself. Wikipedia says it's kind of the start of britpop. Enjoyable.
this is a fine album that I find difficult to make stick. Listened to it several times, can't seem to recall the melodies nor do I find myself curious to put it on again. i am aware of it's huge reputation and alleged importance to the Brit Pop movement so .5 additional stars for that. 3 stars
Pleasantly surprised yet again! I'm really digging this. I love The Smiths and I can hear that influence on Suede's (The London Suede’s?) sound. They're obviously way less maudlin and melodramatic than Morrissey could ever be, but they still give me that beautiful combination of melodic songs and achy alt rock lyricism. The yearning desperation of a 20-something misfit in the 90's is palpable. I like it, and will definitely listen again, and again! And thank you Suede for the boldly homoerotic album cover, nothing subversive about this. "Have you ever tried it that way?" No, but I'm going to now!
Not for me! Musicianship seems to be there and I'm sure someone likes it.
An old friend, good but not great
Znowu brytyjsko i dodatkowo osluchana juz banda Suede z swoim debiutanckim albumem z 93, ktory brzmi tak jak wyglada okladka, jak niewiadomo co, ale w klimatach wyspiarskiego popu, porownania z smithami jak najbardziej na miejscu, bo wyraznie slychac, ze pan anderson inspirowal sie morrissejowymi wokalami, ale brak tu tresci ktora by przyciagala uwage, bo na calych 45 minutach ciezko znalezc momenty w ktorych czlowiek mowi o to cos czego jeszcze nie slyszalem, fajnie zrobili to i tamto, bo nawet instrumentale sa tak skompresowane, ze brzmia jakby dochodzily z skrytki miotlowej, a przy wykrzystaniu elektrykow i synthow daje to po uszach, tworzac nieslucalny miszmasz, ktory najbardziej zabolal na metal mickey, po bingowym przesluchaniu czuje sie jakbym znowu przesluchal dog manowego stara, ale tym razem bez ambitnych trakow jak the asphalt world, a jedynie z popowymi kompozycjami zamknietymi w ramach czasowych radio pleja, co daje 11 utworow na 45 minutach, na plejke dodam moving za poruszajace drumowane zwlaszcza w openingowej czesci, a pewnie nie jest to ostatnie spotkanie z Suede, bo jeszcze jeden album bardziej popularny niz oba poprzednie jeszcze maja w swojej dyskografii, nic tylko zacierac rece na kolejna dawke wyspiarskiego rokowania w wersji popularnej
6/10 Best song - Animal Nitrate
This was just meh. Not really bad but not good. A solid 3
Should be used as a torture method
Matige soft rock, niet mijn ding
This is a nostalgia hit, my sister used to love this band.
Maybe it has some filler, but solid work in general terms. Love Bret’s voice and how it borrows some elements from The Smiths.
Outro de britpop que não convenceu.
b-tec smiths
This is how you do Britpop.
Delicious
I enjoyed this!
Yeaah
White boy, black boy, they the same
Helt decent. Skulle vilja ha lite mera ös på låtarna...
Oh to be young, free and careless again, and to fully embrace the anxiety and confusion that comes with it. No album somes that time up better for than Suede.
Never liked 'em. Still don't.
Oh god so whiny. : |
Enjoyed it, glad I've heard it, didn't feel inspired to listen a second time.
Nice atmosphere; love the singer’s voice; this album has a vibe I am digging!
Reminds me too much of The Smiths and I don’t love The Smiths. It’s just ok.
Nothing I could really get into. It had a sort of David Bowie vibe to it, but not as catchy as most of what he's done. Not offensive, though.