Coming Up

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To say I’ve been looking forward to this one would be a massive understatement. I’m a huge Suede fan. It’s been 18 months from the original date and 2 rescheduled dates in the making, but finally, this ‘ Coming Up‘ tour has arrived. Krol, Charlotte (2 September 2022). "Suede share single 'That Boy on the Stage' about 'the people we become' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 15 September 2022.

History [ edit ] 1989–1991: Formation and early years [ edit ] The lead singer of Elastica, Justine Frischmann, was part of Suede's initial incarnation. In the autumn of 1995, the band was joined by new member Neil Codling, a cousin of Gilbert who played keyboards and second guitar. His first appearance was at a fanclub gig at the Hanover Grand on 27 January 1996, which turned out to be one of Suede's most important gigs. A short set devoid of Butler songs was well received by critics, "A set that says. 'No Need'," observed Steve Sutherland in NME. [55] Even before Dog Man Star was released, bassist Mat Osman told Select magazine in September 1994 that he wanted to move on from the regimented recording process and expansive multi-layered guitar sounds of that era and focus on more radio-friendly pop music; citing " Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. as a song that "doesn't show off in the slightest and is still brilliant." [56] Anderson had a similar outlook, saying that in contrast to the band's previous albums, which he felt "suffered at certain times from being quite obscure," he intended the forthcoming album to be "almost like a 'greatest hits'." [32] Suede's third album, Coming Up, was released September 1996 and was preceded by the successful lead single, " Trash" in July. The single was popular and tied with "Stay Together" as the band's highest-charting UK single, reaching number three. [23] The album would become the band's biggest mainstream success, earning the band five straight top-10 singles and becoming a hit throughout Europe, Asia and Canada. Coming Up never did win an audience in America, partially because it appeared nearly a year after its initial release and partially because Suede only supported it with a three-city tour. [9] The tour was not helped by problems in Boston, Massachusetts, in which the band's music equipment was stolen, leaving them to play remaining shows with acoustic guitars. [57] Nevertheless, the album topped the UK chart and became the band's biggest-selling release, [23] setting expectations high for the follow-up. With the success of the album, Suede secured top billing at the 1997 Reading Festival. Suede's next release was Sci-Fi Lullabies, a collection of B-sides, which reached number nine on the UK Album Chart. [23] The compilation was well-received, with disc one of two being described by critics as the band's strongest collection of songs. [42] [58] in November 2022, the band played a 12-date North American tour with the Manic Street Preachers. [121] Legacy and influence [ edit ] Suede’s third album Coming Up will be issued as a five-disc 20th anniversary super deluxe edition next month, with a special coloured double vinyl edition also on offer… Qureshi, Arusa (12 September 2022). "Suede announce UK headline tour for 2023". NME . Retrieved 15 September 2022.

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Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1997". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish) . Retrieved 10 July 2022.

Clarke, Andrew (10 December 2018). " 'The mayhem continues' – Suede announce 2019 UK tour". NME. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018 . Retrieved 12 December 2018. Hailed as ‘the best new band in Britain ‘by Melody Maker Magazine in 1992, without even having released any material whatsoever at this point, the flouncing kings of cool and androgynous indie glam pop, and the zeitgeist of a decade, arrive on stage before us. Five years later, the 20th anniversary 4CD+DVD set offered a better presentation, filled the odd gap, found more demos, but didn’t entirely supersede its predecessor. For example, the band decided to amicably separate Coming Up from a few songs that originally bridged the second and third albums and that had been included on the earlier reissue. These include ‘Together’ –the first fruit of the Brett Anderson/Richard Oakes writing partnership – and B-sides ‘Asda Town’ and ‘Bentswood Boys’.London Suede Looks For Missing Gear Online". MTV.com. 27 May 1997. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010 . Retrieved 21 October 2018. After peaking in 1995, Britpop entered a strangely quiet state of commercial limbo beginning in 1996. The critical disaster of Oasis' Be Here Now was still a year away, but Oasis, Blur, and Pulp all failed to release a studio album during the calendar year and all eventually proved to be beyond their prime. Enter Suede, who had just parted ways with lead guitarist Bernard Butler and were reeling from the disappointing sales of (the now-revered) Dog Man Star. Yet despite having better reasons to fade away than any of Britpop's "Big Four", Suede somehow managed to deliver 1996's most successful Britpop album with Coming Up. Well-deserved success that earned the band their second #1 album over in the UK, even if the subsequent twenty years have been less kind to Coming Up than to either Suede or Dog Man Star.

The 1996 long-player shoved two fingers in the air to critics who predicted Suede were a spent force after Bernard Butler had departed (shortly before 1994’s Dog Man Star was completed) and achieved something the previous album hadn’t, by being a big commercial success with an incredible five top ten hit singles during the 1996/7. Toma, Tommaso (7 September 2022). "Brett Anderson (Suede) [Interview]: I am Proud that our first album is still considered a precursor album ("Orgoglioso che il nostro primo album sia ancora considerato un disco precursore")". Billboard Italia . Retrieved 22 September 2022. The ballads on this album are where Brett’s voice really shines. They all have a slightly delirious quality to them, as though they might tip over at any moment into chaos, and By The Sea is a great example of this. One of the songs on the album that ages the best. LTW: Coming Up feels like Suede’s one true Britpop record. Was there a conscious effort at the time to ride the zeitgeist?

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I began writing this retrospective with the fear that I was going to end up trashing (pun intended) an album that I once loved dearly. But when I sat down to listen to it again, I realised that it was the first time in a long time that I actually had done so. I have heard so many of the songs, particularly the singles, so often over the years in other contexts that I had almost completely stopped returning to the original source. In the same way that we all start to forget how good a song like Dancing Queen is because we’ve been listening to Jeanette from round the corner howling it drunkenly every Friday night for the last 30 years, I had forgotten many of the reasons why I loved this record in the first place. Listening to it fresh again, and immersing myself in the absurdity of its shiny gutter glamour, turned out to be nowhere near as bad as I had feared. In fact, it was pretty damn great. a b Monroe, Jazz (7 September 2015). "Suede Announce New Album Night Thoughts and Accompanying Film". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019 . Retrieved 4 December 2018. Simons, Ted (9 June 1993). "Suede by hype heroes at home, England's latest pop fad tests America". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015 . Retrieved 21 October 2018.

a b c d Barnett, David (23 March 2010). "Trash, You & Me: The Story Of Suede's Coming Up". The Quietus . Retrieved 21 March 2017.

Jane Savidge, as co-founder and head of PR juggernaut Savage & Best, was a key figure in the inception of the Britpop movement representing, amongst others, Suede, Pulp, Elastica, Menswear, Marion, Echobelly and The Auteurs. She worked closely with Suede for many years and with great success, famously securing them eighteen front covers in the UK before their debut album was even released. Her first book, Lunch With The Wild Frontiers: A History Of Britpop And Excess in 13 and a 1/2 Chapters, was published by Jawbone in May 2019, and is a must-read for anyone who likes an entertainingly told tale of music scene madness. A vaguely ‘Bond theme’ vibe, if Bond themes wore DMs and had a glue habit. What it loses for attempting to rhyme ‘killer’ with ‘pillow’, it more than makes up for in camp thuggery and sheer verve. Suede appeared on Melody Maker's cover before they had a record out... The exposure got them a record deal, brought a bunch of like-minded acts to the public's attention, and helped create Britpop. It was the best thing to happen to music in years, and it mightn't have happened without that Suede cover. [122] Top 100 Q Magazine - Readers 1998". timepieces.nl. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009 . Retrieved 4 June 2017. Suede Announce Best Of". The Quietus. 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021 . Retrieved 21 October 2018.