Suede is the debut album by the group of the same name and was released in 1993. The photograph on the sleeve is by photographer Tee Corrine and taken from the book Stolen Glances. It remains a remarkably brash and confident record full of classic pop songs and tear stained weepies. This is the first incarnation of Suede with Bernard Butler behind the music. Butler was one of the greatest guitarists of his generation and they were obviously never the same without him (he sadly left in a big sulk after the second album). Butler's riffs, chords and arrangements are epic, immediate, poignant, sad, exciting, candescent. The early Suede story is certainly interesting. They ...  Read the complete review

Suede's self titled debut in my opinion is one of the best albums of the 1990s. Though underrated and rarely mentioned these days the album single handedly created the Britpop movement and turned the focus of British music away from the dying drugged up self importance of Madchester and the unglamourous insigificance of the shoegazing movement. At the same time, Suede are a different band from Blur and Oasis because as the last two were roughly influenced by lad culture and the sixties, Suede was always more piqued by the glam rock of the seventies. Suede were unashamedly glamourous but they were also working class which was another distinguishing feature. For ...  Read the complete review

When I heard that Suede had decided to call it a day I was a bit disappointed. They were one of those bands I'd always wanted to see live and now wasn't going to have the chance. It was then that it struck me that in fact the band had been around for quite a while. From the early days with Bernard Butler and Brett Anderson getting along they made some of their best music, starting with this album Suede. Of course Anderson and Butler have reunited to form the Tears, so my hopes of seeing them haven't gone altogether; it'll just be under a different name. This debut album from Suede was released back in 1993 and the thing that always surprises me is how good it ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the most memorable albums I can remember. The first I heard of Suede was The Drowners on Radio 1, late on a night. Hoping that the DJ would announce the name of the band after the song, it was revealed as Suede. Then the album came out and I had to buy this and I wasn't in the slightest disappointed. In fact - something suprised me. This was probably the first album I ever had listened to where I liked every single track. Although much of it is in a similar style, She's not dead (a strange song with a unique bass sound from the rest of the album), Sleeping Pills (which is wierd but good song) and Breakdown ...  Read the complete review