Suede cover

Suede

Released

The hype, attention, controversy and more that fed into both the runup and the release of Suede’s self-titled debut album almost obscures an even more telling fact — it was astoundingly good, a brassy, swaggering reconfiguration of glam rock filtered through suburban anomie for the early 1990s. Brett Anderson’s arch, intentionally theatrical singing voice and lyrics and Bernard Butler’s blasting and yet elegant guitar, anchored by the solid Mat Osman/Simon Gilbert rhythm section, readily served up classics like “Animal Nitrate” and “The Drowners.”

Ned Raggett

Recommended by

Suggestions
Merrie Land cover

Merrie Land

The Good, the Bad & the Queen
O.K. cover

O.K.

Eskimeaux
Juvenilia cover

Juvenilia

The Verlaines
All Systems Go cover

All Systems Go

Rocket from the Crypt
Ugly cover

Ugly

Screaming Females
So Jealous cover

So Jealous

Tegan and Sara
Rewind the Film cover

Rewind the Film

Manic Street Preachers