Selling over 100,000 copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK at that time, Suede also won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.

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Due on 7 July 2023, fans can look forward to special limited edition 30th anniversary releases, newly mixed and mastered presenting the band’s classic self-titled debut album in the best sounding way possible in 2023. Pappademas, Alex (23 June 2003). "The SPIN Record Guide: Essential Britpop". Spin . Retrieved 21 December 2016.

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Anderson also had an issue with the song "Moving", saying "It never sounds as good on that album as it did live. There's hardly anything of the energy, it's over-produced, it's all a bit FX, it's a bit grim." [15] Butler would eventually clash with Buller for similar reasons during the recording of the next album, [16] which was an event Anderson could perceive early on. "I think as Bernard got more technically aware, because he always had a fine ear, he very soon saw flaws in what Ed was doing. [14]

The picture disc LP (limited to 1030 copies worldwide) will feature reimagined exclusive artwork by Paul Khera, along with an exclusive picture disc featuring Anderson’s lyrics housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve featuring gold foil detailing, and a classic Kevin Cummins photograph across the centrefold. Newly remastered audio by Phil Kinrade, from the original ½” tapes and production masters, overseen and approved by producer Ed Buller. Charts upon its release. Selling over 100,000 copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK at that time, Suede also won the prestigious Mercury The news of Suede30 follows the release of Autofiction , Suede’s brand new studio album. Debuting at No.2 in the UK Albums Chart in September 2022 and marking Suede’s highest charting LP since 1999’s Head Music , the album has been universally received as a late-career triumph. The next record that we’re planning to write, and have already started, is much more experimental,” he told NME. “I don’t really know if there’s an arc with [‘Autofiction’]. I’m not seeing it as a selection of albums. You just have to do it one at a time, really. I do think of those three records as [being] together, especially ‘Night Thoughts’ and ‘The Blue Hour’, but the next record will be completely different.”a b Barnett, David (2003). Love and Poison. Carlton Publishing Group. pp.95–96. ISBN 0-233-00094-1.

Smith, Richard. Seduced and Abandoned: Essays on Gay Men and Popular Music. Cassell, 1995. ISBN 0-304-33343-3 Before the album was released, the band half seriously considered titles of Half Dog, Animal Lover, and I Think You Stink, all were rejected in favour of Suede. [15] The gender-ambiguous cover art provoked some controversy in the press, prompting Anderson to comment: "I chose it because of the ambiguity of it, but mostly because of the beauty of it." [8] The cover image of the androgynous kissing couple was taken from the 1991 book Stolen Glances: Lesbians Take Photographs edited by Tessa Boffin and Jean Fraser. The photograph was taken by Tee Corinne and in its entirety shows a woman kissing an acquaintance in a wheelchair. [15] Corinne had in fact turned down the band's request to use the full shot of the two naked women and insisted they could only use a head and shoulders close-up of the women to protect their identity. [27] Release [ edit ] Suede's debut album is regarded by critics as a defining album of the Britpop era, [55] and is often credited for starting Britpop. [56] [40] [6] While most critics consider follow-up album Dog Man Star as the band's best work, [56] there are a few who have recognised the first album as their finest moment. Reviewing the 2011 reissue, Kevin Courtney of The Irish Times spoke of the strength of Suede's early singles. Rating it above Dog Man Star, which he felt was "too fragmented and flawed to be their masterpiece." [40] Likewise, with similar views, David Edwards of Drowned in Sound rated the reissue ten out of ten, and opined that "although Dog Man Star arguably contains more individually brilliant moments, there is a serious case for referring to their 1993 debut as overall, being their most complete realisation." [57] Reflecting on the album, frontman Brett Anderson says: “It was a genuinely magical time in my life and one for which I’ll always be grateful. It felt incredible being in what I thought was quite probably the most exciting band in the world at the time, making a record which felt like more than just another band making another album.” Chartverfolgung / Suede / Longplay" (in German). Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014 . Retrieved 29 January 2014.a b "Breakin' & Entering" (PDF). Music & Media. 21 September 1996. p.19 . Retrieved 6 December 2018.