Suede

^^^also this, it's the stealth highlight of DMS

it kinda is the most evocative of all the songs on that album

I used to like that whole album so much - now I realise it's kinda only really about We Are The Pigs, Daddy's Speeding and The Asphalt World, maybe The Wild Ones too (also got a soft spot for Black Or Blue)

the debut album was more consistently great

the songwriting improved greatly on DMS, imo. "the two of us" and "black and blue" really drag down the momentum of the album, though.
the production all over DMS is so classic. extra stuff like that unholy siren thing that comes in towards the end of "the power"... so cool.

Positivity', a top 20 single, gets ignored. Presumably as the fans only bought it for the b-sides.

― Morcheeba, simply happening. (PaulTMA), Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:42 AM

I still remember the disappointment of hearing that song for the first time. Their were a couple of really good B-sides on that single that were much better than anything on that last album. Simon was probably their last great song.

The second CD of this new Best of is a great collection songs but the main problem is the choices from Coming Up. That album is all about Picnic by the Motorway and The Chemistry Between us for me.

As for the B-sides I would like to see Together on there along with a few more from the Coming Up era, maybe Young Men, The Sound of the Streets or Every Monday Morning Comes.

Is anyone going to see them live this winter? I really wanted to, but didn't have the money.

just noticed that Breakdown didn't make this set - i feel like the petulant wail of "Does your love only come ... in a Volvo?" might be one of Suede's best lines.

Certainly one of their (intentionally) funniest.

The drama of swedish automotives.

You know, I just relistened to "She's in Fashion" – much better than I remembered.

Brett n Bernard have done the remastering job on the Best Of *together* according to today's NME.

i wouldn't bet against him popping onstage for the encore at the O2.

xp Noo! It's terrible, terrible. Could be the combo of hearing it every day on Virgin 1215 in my shitty teenage job, or that horrible advert it was on, but I think it's bad enough on its own merits. To me it seems to be one of their laziest self-parodying singles. Love pretty much everything else they did up til then, though.

Love the swirly "Indian" strings and Anderson's falsetto this time around.

Head Music is a strange but sometimes great album -- I stick by my claim that the B-sides from that period are often wonderful. I still love how "Let Go" ended up being a fluke Swedish hit in its own right.

Also, how great is this, stepping back a bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnANXROIGBo

I still love that song.

Never saw it with Bernard but I count myself very lucky it was the final encore at the Dog Man Star show I caught, full band rendition. The place went nuts.

And as long as we're talking alternate renditions of "Stay Together" B-sides:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELBkZK-PNZ0

Actually, here's something I scrounged up:

http://www.youtube.com/user/purplelazystarshine#p/c/9B33E41639289D65

It's a playlist of the 1997 fanclub show they did which was nothing but B-sides.

It's been said before, but those pre-1995 b-sides would make their own godly Suede album.

Wow at those two live 'Stay Together' b-sides. What great singing, the balls to do that in indie in 1992 - brilliant!

Love Bernard's little solo there. MTV's Most Wanted had a few nice singer-and-guitarist sets around that time. There was an amazing Verve one that I remember - Nick McCabe was playing a HUGE lead far too loud but it worked great. Must try to track it down.

I saw Bernard and Brett do The Living Dead at Glastonbury when they were The Tears, it was actually pretty special.

I still listen to Suede a lot but I can't say I've listened to Head Music in the last 5 years or so. I did love it at the time, not sure how I'd feel about it now.

The first disc of Sci Fi Lullabies stands up so well and if it was an actual album I would have no problem putting it in my all time top 50, there isn't a bad song on it.

Nice piece in The Guardian this morning. Only a curmudgeon wouldn't wish them the best.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/21/suede-reunion-best-of

Richard Oakes with a receding hairline? Time does pass.

a pleasant set of comments as well - they even bring out the best in the guardian

I'm really glad they are back in favour at the moment. I'm kind of split on if they should continue and make another album. I'm sure they could make an album better than A New Morning but I think these gigs are doing a great job of reminding people how great they were, another average album could ruin that.

Brett maybe be better off continuing with his solo career, after a couple of weak albums he finally nailed it with last years album. I'm interested to see what he does next.

Brett Anderson reminds us – sits in a hotel room on a darkening weekday evening, remarkably untouched by both time and excess

Um.

And a little more 1993.

Suede!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC7x0mT8z7Y

Oh wait.

Amazing! How did you come across this?

My friend Jason dug it up earlier today.

I hope Brett has seen it.

had no idea the song had such a singalong quality!

How can't you sing along to it!

So.. yeah.

http://a-different-place.co.uk/?p=893

Demon Music Group’s Edsel label is immensely proud to announce the acquisition of the license for the Suede catalogue. The first releases will be the re-issues of all five studio albums as Deluxe 2CD + DVD Editions in digipaks in June 2011, the first time that these hugely influential albums have been re-issued. All the packages are being put together with the full involvement of all current band members and Bernard Butler.

These Deluxe Editions will feature:

* the non-album b-sides (including many not previously compiled)
* demos from the collections of Brett Anderson, Bernard Butler, and Richard Oakes, including several previously unreleased songs
* DVDs featuring the videos for all the singles, and appropriate concert footage

And the 28 page booklets will contain:

* brand new, specially-written notes by Brett Anderson
* the lyrics for all the songs, including the b-sides
* Brett’s original hand-written lyric drafts
* studio tracking sheets where available
* previously unpublished photos from the collections of both the band and their friends

I'm really excited for these, I hope they turn out as well as those Pulp ones from a few years ago which were just perfect.

Think like most people I'll be buying the first three, Is there much point in a New Morning reissue? There is a theory that they picked the wrong songs and there are better versions out there but I'm not convinced. I did like maybe three songs from that period but they were wasted as bonus tracks and B-sides.

those hand-written lyric drafts could advance the cause of Suede scholarship by years, hope they've sent it to the legal deposit libraries.

'Suede' remastered and expanded, released 30 june, 2011.

DISC ONE

1. So Young
2. Animal Nitrate
3. She’s Not Dead
4. Moving
5. Pantomime Horse
6. The Drowners
7. Sleeping Pills
8. Breakdown
9. Metal Mickey
10. Animal Lover
11. The Next Life

DEMOS
12. The Drowners [Rocking Horse demo]
13. Metal Mickey [Island demo]
14. Pantomime Horse [Island demo]
15. He’s Dead [Rocking Horse demo]
16. Moving [Rocking Horse demo]
17. To The Birds [Rocking Horse demo]
18. Sleeping Pills [East West demo]

DISC TWO

THE B-SIDES

1. My Insatiable One
2. To The Birds
3. He’s Dead
4. Where The Pigs Don’t Fly
5. Painted People
6. The Big Time
7. High Rising
8. Dolly

EXTRA TRACKS
9. My Insatiable One [piano version]
10. Brass In Pocket
11. Diesel [instrumental] [previously unreleased studio outtake]
12. Stars On 45 [previously unreleased rehearsal room recording]
13. Just A Girl [early demo, featuring Justine Frischmann]
14. Sleeping Pills [strings]

DVD

SINGLES VIDEOS

1. The Drowners
2. Metal Mickey
3. Animal Nitrate
4. So Young
5. The Drowners [US version]

THE BRIT AWARDS, ALEXANDRA PALACE, 16th FEBRUARY 1993
Animal Nitrate

LIVE AT THE LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD, 27th FEBRUARY 1993

1. Metal Mickey
2. Moving
3. My Insatiable One
4. Animal Nitrate
5. Pantomime Horse
6. The Drowners
7. Painted People
8. So Young
9. Animal Lover
10. Sleeping Pills
11. To The Birds

LOVE AND POISON
Live at Brixton Academy, 16 May 1993

1. The Next Life
2. Moving
3. Animal Nitrate
4. My Insatiable One
5. Metal Mickey
6. Pantomime Horse
7. He’s Dead
8. The Drowners
9. Painted People
10. She’s Not Dead
11. To The Birds
12. Sleeping Pills
13. So Young

BONUS DVD FEATURE:
BRETT ANDERSON AND BERNARD BUTLER 2011 INTERVIEW, INCLUDING FILM INSERTS BY SIMON GILBERT

..and for the rest click here http://www.suede.co.uk/

pretty amazing reissue business!

14. The Asphalt World [original unedited version]

This couldn't be the rumoured sixteen-minute version?!

'Shipbuilding' doesn't seem to be on any of these discs, which is a shame, but otherwise A+

has anyone ever re-released their Help tracks under their own name?

yeah the Shipbuilding video clip is on the CU reissue but not the song itself.

Radiohead re-released Lucky on OK Computer i suppose.

What was Help, was that the Bosnia charity album? If so, Radiohead used 'Lucky' really soon afterwards.

did they not record a different version?

hm maybe. didn't sound much different.

http://www.nme.com/nme-video/suede-we-are-the-pigs-live---casino-de-paris-november-1993/820412289001

iTunes Genius Playlist stuck a load of random Suede songs on my iPhone, and I have been grooving all weekend! So much from Coming Up and Head Music which I had forgotten about but has been perfect in this shitty, rainy spring!

check the interactive reissues thingamajig here. some great artwork! especially the alternate Dog Man Star cover.
http://www.facebook.com/suede?sk=app_220955937932158

woah! don't love the alternate cover myself tbh but this whole site is kinda cool!