June 15, 201114 yr I sort of wish I hadn't revisited Coming Up... I used to play this album on repeat and it soundtracked the second half of 1996 for me... listened to it again this morning and I found it utterly bland and vacuous. Sad times. It is the opposite with me. I hated it in 1996 (Manics obsession a-go-go for the second half) but I grew to like it slowly. I still think most of it is rubbish but I love Trash, She, Starcrazy and Picnic By the Motorway and think the Beautiful Ones was their last great single.
June 16, 201114 yr Oh I do still love Trash, Beautiful Ones, Picnic, Saturday Night, Starcrazy and Filmstar as stand alone tracks but I just remember it meaning so much to me at the time... and that has well and truly gone now. :(
June 17, 201114 yr I think Coming Up is pretty ok on the whole - and it's my favourite ever album artwork, too.. but... I'm really hating the cheapy packaging with these re-issues - the fold-out digipacks that last about 3 minutes.... every one I've had so far from amazon has been shrinkwrapped - and the spine of the digipack is bent, really ruins the effect when they're side-on on the shelf.... :(
June 18, 201114 yr I think Coming Up is pretty ok on the whole - and it's my favourite ever album artwork, too.. but... I'm really hating the cheapy packaging with these re-issues - the fold-out digipacks that last about 3 minutes.... every one I've had so far from amazon has been shrinkwrapped - and the spine of the digipack is bent, really ruins the effect when they're side-on on the shelf.... :( really? I dont rate the artwork at all.
June 18, 201114 yr Ah that happens with some albums. I like my new signature even more than I like my username.
June 18, 201114 yr really? I dont rate the artwork at all. :o it's beautiful, as are all the accompanying single sleeves - Savile at his very best..... stunning Nick Knight photography too. Then again, Peter Savile is THE most revered of all the sleeve designers anyway - just look at his work with New Order amongst others.
June 18, 201114 yr Nope - I dont like it at all. Dog Man Star, on the other hand, has a great atmosphere about it.
July 18, 201113 yr From Music Week Reinvigorated by the Suede reunion shows, frontman Brett Anderson is to release his first rock record in six years backed by EMI. After a brief flirtation with the band The Tears, the Nineties icon has released three solo albums of largely acoustic-based material since Suede disbanded in 2003, each selling 5,000-10,000 copies to mostly die-hard fans. But EMI Label Services is on board for his next release Black Rainbows on September 26, which has a distinctly upbeat, electric sound likely to appeal to a more mainstream audience. Anderson’s manager, Ian Grenfell of Quietus Management, said, “What’s happened? What’s happened is Suede. Brett being on stage with 5,000 people going mental really made him look at what he was doing himself and why. It helped him rediscover his rockier side. It’s more commercial and rockier.” Indeed Suede’s reunion at The Royal Albert Hall in March 2010 for the Teenage Cancer Trust and subsequent gigs at The O2, continuing into this year – most recently at Latitude Festival in Suffolk this weekend – fired Anderson up for his next session in the studio. He teamed up with producer Leo Abrahams and musicians Seb Rochford and Leopold Ross in Miloco Studios in London “jamming around rhythms and writing songs”. Anderson himself describes the record as, “restless, noisy and dynamic. Electric guitars, bass, drums and vocals... no flute players, no strings, no gimmicks. Just passion”. It will be preceded by the single Brittle Heart on August 15. Grenfell has managed the singer since 2005 and has overseen his previous solo outings via the Drowned in Sound label he co-owns and on Anderson’s own BA Songs label. And having orchestrated those and Simply Red’s releases, he said it made sense to go with EMI Label Services and utilise its sales and distribution expertise while retaining ownership. “It’s a bit more commercial,” he added. “He came to me and said ‘I’ve made dark, uncommercial records, but this is a shot at a wider audience’ and so there was pressure to get a bigger deal with our ambition, not just to sell to 5,000 Brett fans but a lot more with this record.” EMI promotions and press vice president Kevin McCabe said, “Obviously we are targeting stations like Radio 2, 6 Music, Absolute and Xfm but also he is an interviewer’s dream, one of the most charismatic, intelligent people I have met. “We’re going for Later... With Jools Holland, but he could easily handle current affairs, so we have opened dialogue with The Andrew Marr Show among others.”
March 3, 201213 yr I'm having a real Suede love in of late. Only the early stuff though, obviously. My current album of choice is a mix of the first two albums(ish) as follows: 01 So Young 02 Animal Nitrate 03 She's Not Dead 04 Metal Mickey 05 My Insatiable One 06 The Drowners 07 Sleeping Pills 08 Stay Together (Full Version) 09 My Dark Star 10 We Are The Pigs 11 The Wild Ones (Full Version) 12 Daddy's Speeding 13 New Generation 14 Killing Of A Flash Boy 15 Heroine 16 The 2 Of Us 17 The Next Life 18 Still Life (Orchestral Version) It really is utter perfection for me. Although I imagine Suedehead will chastise me for not having The Asphalt World on or something!
March 4, 201213 yr I'm having a real Suede love in of late. Only the early stuff though, obviously. My current album of choice is a mix of the first two albums(ish) as follows: 01 So Young 02 Animal Nitrate 03 She's Not Dead 04 Metal Mickey 05 My Insatiable One 06 The Drowners 07 Sleeping Pills 08 Stay Together (Full Version) 09 My Dark Star 10 We Are The Pigs 11 The Wild Ones (Full Version) 12 Daddy's Speeding 13 New Generation 14 Killing Of A Flash Boy 15 Heroine 16 The 2 Of Us 17 The Next Life 18 Still Life (Orchestral Version) It really is utter perfection for me. Although I imagine Suedehead will chastise me for not having The Asphalt World on or something! He most certainly will :o It also needs the original version of Still Life rather than just the orchestral version. Not to mention some of the other b sides such as Europe Is Our Playground and The Living Dead to name but a few. That said, it's still a fantastic selection. Particularly good to see you include My Dark Star, The Next Life and My Insatiable One. Naturally, I would also want to include Simon :P
March 4, 201213 yr I'm having a real Suede love in of late. Only the early stuff though, obviously. My current album of choice is a mix of the first two albums(ish) as follows: 01 So Young 02 Animal Nitrate 03 She's Not Dead 04 Metal Mickey 05 My Insatiable One 06 The Drowners 07 Sleeping Pills 08 Stay Together (Full Version) 09 My Dark Star 10 We Are The Pigs 11 The Wild Ones (Full Version) 12 Daddy's Speeding 13 New Generation 14 Killing Of A Flash Boy 15 Heroine 16 The 2 Of Us 17 The Next Life 18 Still Life (Orchestral Version) It really is utter perfection for me. Although I imagine Suedehead will chastise me for not having The Asphalt World on or something! The bold ones are those that I would include. The Asphalt World is essential. I would also include Moving and The Living Dead.
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