Suede [Import] [Original recording remastered]

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Album Description
2002 reissue of 1993 album, packaged in a digipak. 11 tracks. Sony.

Suede, Music, Suede, Rock, Rock/Pop
Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Blue Suede Shoes
  • George, Eric and Ringo go to school.
  • Needs To Be On DVD!
  • Rockabilly lives !!!!
  • Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session
Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session
Carl Perkins , Eric Clapton , and George Harrison
Manufacturer: Snapper Classics UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EYK2GE
Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

  1. Boppin' The Blues - Carl Perkins
  2. Put Your Cat Clothes On - Carl Perkins
  3. Honey Don't - Ringo Starr
  4. Matchbox - Eric Clapton
  5. Mean Woman Blues - Eric Clapton
  6. Turn Around - Carl Perkins
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  8. What Kind Of Girl - Rosanne Cash
  9. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby - George Harrison
  10. Your True Love - George Harrison
  11. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - Carl Perkins
  12. Medley: That's Alright Mama/Blue Moon Of Kentucky/Night Train To Memphis - Eric Clapton
  13. Glad All Over - George Harrison
  14. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Eric Clapton
  15. Gone Gone Gone - Carl Perkins
  16. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
  17. Blue Suede Shoes (Encore) - George Harrison
  18. Gone Gone Gone (Encore) - Carl Perkins

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Blue Suede Shoes.......2007-07-03

Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session showing Carl Perkins as the king of his game and the guests who appear on this session. Carl was a professional who could and did deliver the goods. He pulls an outstanding performance out of Ringo & George showing a lot of 1950's influence. The quality of this session is unbelieveable and continuity makes the whole program flow smoothly and time just flies. Highly recommend this CD.

5 out of 5 stars George, Eric and Ringo go to school........2007-04-12

Great soundtrack to the 80's era cable special. Carl shows the boys a few tricks in a fantastic jam session. Don't pass this up.

5 out of 5 stars Needs To Be On DVD!.......2007-04-03

I have this on VHS and now on CD, but it needs to be on DVD. Classic show, classic line-up, and the first time 2 Beatles performing together (and the last until Concert For George) since Bangladesh. When Carl breaks up at the end telling everyone how much he appreciated all of his friends it will bring a lump to the throat of any fan of his or of "roots" rock & roll. Seldom does one get to play with people of that calibre and the love they obviously have for the songs is eclipsed by the love they had for Carl himself, a class act all his life.

5 out of 5 stars Rockabilly lives !!!!.......2007-03-17

Great rockabilly with one of the forgotten founders. If you love the Elvis Sun Sessions, this is right up your alley. Perkins impresses as a guitarist also, but it is Claptons solo's that make you go ooHH !!!!

5 out of 5 stars Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session.......2007-03-10

Having seen this session on tv, it's wonderful to relive the moment through cd. Even if you're not a rabid George Harrison fan, as I am, I think you'll still find it a great listening experience with Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr and the old guy himself, Carl Perkins, who gave us so many memorable tunes. They're not dead yet as long as we have their music to listen to.
Suede
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • it moved my life in a new direction
Suede
London Suede
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00000294L
Release Date: 1993-04-06

Tracks:

  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

Amazon.com

Spelling the end of Happy Mondays laddishness, Suede were a southern Smiths transported back to the era of Ziggy Stardust. Their songs were vignettes of sad suburban dreamers, set to chords that came straight from the David Bowie songbook. Singer Brett Anderson exhumed Bowie's feyest Anthony Newley voice, while guitarist Bernard Butler took a major leaf out of the Johnny Marr simultaneous-lead-and-rhythm book, underpinning Anderson's wan languor with a gritty verve. "The Drowners" was a glam classic, and "Metal Mickey" as poutingly punky as any of the great T. Rex singles. --Barney Hoskyns

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Easily one of the ten greatest albums of the nineties.......2007-04-01

Nearly fifteen years after its release, Suede's eponymous first album remains as lushly gorgeous as ever, perhaps because even at the time of its release it seemed to be looking back to the glam rock of the seventies and the best of the Smiths in the eighties. Today the music seems hardly to have aged at all. Although Suede made several albums, they were at their best only in their first two albums, during which singer/lyricist Brett Anderson teamed with guitarist/writer Bernard Butler teamed to write some of the most spectacularly theatrical songs to emerge from the decade. After SUEDE and the almost equally superb second album DOG STAR MAN (named after a series of avant-garde short films by experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage) Butler left the band.

It is tragic that Anderson and Butler couldn't have remained collegial longer. As a team they perfectly complimented one another. Anderson sold the songs with such passion and sensuality that could perhaps be matched only by Jarvis Cocker during the same period. Though they recorded in the wake of punk, Anderson sounded as if he could have fronted any of the great glam bands of the seventies. As for Butler, did Great Britain produce a greater guitarist in the entire decade? Or even in the decade that followed? Stylistically he always reminded me of someone who listened to a lot of Dave Gilmour before discovering Johnny Marr. The heart of his playing owes a lot to Marr, but the edges are softer and darker, like Gilmour. Though SUEDE and DOG STAR MAN are not often thought of as great guitar albums, they in fact contain some of the most brilliant playing of the last twenty years.

Though the Anderson-Butler version of Suede stayed together only a while, they left us with a string of utterly stunning singles. "So Young," "Animal Nitrate," "The Drowners" (which was a massive hit), "Sleeping Pills," and "Metal Mickey" are all songs that are simply perfect. Though not the most celebrated cut on the album, my favorite Suede song might be "Pantomime Horse," which combines some of Anderson's most passionate singing with some of Butler's most astonishing playing to produce an epic masterpiece.

Anyone who loves music needs this album. I recently was talking to a huge Radiohead fan who incredibly had never heard this album. It is hard to realize if you have been following music for more than a couple of decades how quickly albums move from being "contemporary" to being "classics." But regardless of the label, this is an album anyone not knowing it really needs to own. It is one of the essentials.

1 out of 5 stars the emperor's new clothes.......2006-12-21

it's all in the interest of personal development; yours truly is currently going through a 'face your demons' phase. this is where you beg steal or borrow (but never, EVER buy) albums by people you count musically as villians, be it the type of 'artist' who inspires the type of po-faced reverance that makes an iconoclast like me's fists itch (dylan et al) or bands that were launched in a blaze of hype, championed by the music press to the detriment of other more worthy bands, a la suede.
assuming that most people reading this are american, you can count yourselves lucky that unless you pored over the nme and the now defunct (yay!) melody maker that you missed said wave of hype. said that, i'm sure you see it happening with other bands even now.
so what of it now. well, like so many others in this demon slaying, it turns out thati was right and suede...weren't very good at all. to whit, a lead singer who sounds like he's got a raw onion shoved up his rectum and a sub-glam sound. and that is that. oh there are one or two interesting moments - 'drowners' starts off with a drum riff similar to simple minds 'boys from brazil' (i'll wait for the suede fans here to check their history, i'll be here a while - it's kinda like a tortoise and hare/ evolutionary curve thing) before descending into a morass of mediocrity. 'moving' is perhaps the only track worth saving - so that's one out of eleven? well done!
if people had seen this album on its release for what it was maybe they'd bugger off and leave us alone. instead the music press (bless their rotten little hearts) conspired to fool the general public into believing something special was going on. meanwhile, yours truly sat here saying "...erm, actually people...these guys suck". oh well.
once more: nothing to see here folks, don't believe the hype.

5 out of 5 stars Won't someone give me a gun?!.......2006-10-17

No,the gun is not for my brother.I'll need it personally, to shoot all the impeccably bred critics and alleged melomans,all the swine who never bothered to really listen to Suede.Yes,Bowie and the Smiths were the idols that Brett and Bernard worshipped,their perverse glamour had obviously poisoned those working class kids at a tender age and provided the impulse to revive guitar rock.However,I dont think that even Brett and Bernard have realised what they have actually done, because they remain blinded by the halos of their own teenage heroes.Apart from the homage and the obvious similarities, the early Suede stuff is way better than anything David and Moz have ever released.It'd be a hypocritical sacrilege to compare a shallow and trendy rock'n'roll record like Ziggy Stardust with the creativity and the energy of the Suede debut, not to mention the whiny and quite theatrical world of Morrissey's discreet homosexuality.Come on!The power,sincerity,the sensuality,the androgynous angst and the vulnerability of Anderson are much deeper and far more convincing,they haunt the triviality of daily life and create a new enchanting dimension out of it,a dimension in which the drugs,the sex,and even a thing like paracetamol have an almost esoteric meaning.
Next time you pop Suede in your cd player,just try to distance yourself of all the background, all the casual crap that you've been fed to by the press and the media.Try to feel it and forget those retarded pop dinosaurs.This is the delight of the chemical smile...

3 out of 5 stars Remarkable beginning, forgettable finish.......2006-10-07

By the time you hit song five "Pantomime Horse" you will be starting to wonder how this band did not go on to be a major international act. With the impossible styling of the lead singer and the wailing lead breaks of the guitar broken by sudden fragile piano runs it is not possible to listen unemotionally to this album.

That is until song six. Just as you are settling down for a good listen - no, a great listen - the band ease off the unpredictable breaks and you get a murky, sodden wall of noise with few highlights.

Buy it for the opening set of five. They've got more punch than most albums collectively. But forget the rest.

5 out of 5 stars it moved my life in a new direction.......2006-08-15

two or three months after i got home from a two-year stint a friend of mine played me 'the drowners.' i remember sitting in the car absolutely dumbfounded and befuddled by what i was hearing. the only other time i'd had such an experience was the first time i heard 'the queen is dead.'

much is made of brett anderson's voice. before a decade of cigs and booze reduced it to a shell of its former self, brett's voice was a marvel--undeniably sexy, grand, lush, grandiose, operatic, cinematic and yeah, a pinch nasally. add that to his undeniable good looks and he was the first hero of an about-to-be-revitalized britpop invasion (no, it didn't start with blur or oasis or radiohead--suede were the harbingers). he was, perhaps, the first vocalist in a long while to get the girls AND boys whipped up in a frenzy. brett tackled tough themes and exposed the dark side of the pysche.

bernard was, too, either brett's perfect foil or ideal accomplice. always underappreciated when it comes to the decades great axemen, bernard butler is a virtuoso. contrary to many of his comtemporaries and 99% of today's guitarists, bernard never simply strummed. his riffs were melodic and functioned much as a backing vocalist would. it gave the music an unprecedented depth and uniqueness, something that graham coxon would later employ in blur, at least to some extent (i met his once at virgin megastore--his hands are HUGE).

the album does have a 'slapped-together' feeling to it. this, no doubt, comes from the fact that in the beginning suede was very much a singles band, just as franz ferdinand is now. that looseness, however, gives the album its danger and excitement. concept albums be damned--'suede' was about the three-minute, fist-in-the air anthem--a three-minute high that echoed one of the album's dirty druggie undertones.

the album's singles, 'the drowners,' 'metal mickey,' 'animal nitrate,' and 'so young,' are benchmarks of the britpop era. add to the album another dozen or so b-sides (most notably 'to the birds' and 'my insatiable one) that were better than most other bands 'A' material, and you had a band that was everything a great band should be. mat osman and simon gilbert don't often receive their proper credit, but they are both fantastic musicians. any great band needs a great rhythm section to let the more flamboyant guitarists and vocalists do their thing and mat and simon, in this regard, though in the background, were vital ingredients in the suede army.

'suede' was a lift-altering experience for this listener and even when i listen to the album these days (and as i'm doing now), it reminds me of a different time and a different place--a time when a band was truly unpredictable and never failed to surprise me.
Singles
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Essential for any musical anglophile
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  • A truly great singles band
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Singles
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Manufacturer: Sony/Epic
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ASIN: B0000CC4XC
Release Date: 2003-10-27

Tracks:

  1. Beautiful Ones
  2. Animal Nitrate
  3. Trash
  4. Metal Mickey
  5. So Young
  6. Wild Ones
  7. Obsessions
  8. Filmstar
  9. Can't Get Enough
  10. Everything Will Flow
  11. Stay Together
  12. Love the Way You Love
  13. Drowners
  14. New Generation
  15. Lazy
  16. She's in Fashion
  17. Attitude
  18. Electricity
  19. We Are the Pigs
  20. Positivity
  21. Saturday Night

Album Description

Encompassing all 19 singles, plus two tracks recorded for this compilation, Dominating the Britpop era with the likes of Blur & Oasis, Suede had the proven track record with 3 #1 albums & 18 top 40 singles (8 of these top 10) to prove their status as one of the most important bands of the '90's. For anyone who doesn't appreciate how good Suede have been, 'Singles' offers the perfect opportunity to be reminded. Includes the lead-off single 'Attitude' & 'Love The Way You Love'. Sony.

Album Details

From the Band that Kick Started the 'brit-pop' Revolution Comes a Timely Collection of Singles. Featuring Singles from the Bowie Glam Rock of their Debut Record, "Animal Nitrate", the Brooding "Dog Man Star", "Wild Ones" to the Sleazy Pop of their Latter Records "Lazy" and "She's in Fashion".

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Essential for any musical anglophile.......2005-11-20

In the 70s it was Bowie. In the 80s it was The Smiths. In the 90s it was Suede. For anyone who believes the most compelling and enjoyable rock music comes from Britian than this disk is a must. Of the 21 tracks 13 are great. Yes there are 3 or 4 embarassingly bad songs on the disk but how often do you find 2 great songs, much less 13 on a single disk?

Suede IS Britpop. Merging melody, metrosexuality, and and nifty guitar work Suede is a band with infectious music. "Singles" will give a newbie a good intro to the band. Hopefully it will motivate you to explore the individual disks. There are so many wonderful songs here that to pick out 2 or 3 favorites is impossible. Suede has been compared to a Morrissey-Bowie hybrid. I'm not sure that is correct. Suede's lyrics are too superficial to compare to Morrissey and Brett Anderson's vocals are not as Cockney as early Bowie. But Suede is the British torch bearer of the 90s. If you had to choose only one Britpop disc "Singles' would be it.

Suede's sound is quite diverse. There are instances of power pop, metal, soft ballads, and just plain camp. Suede was the response and antidote to the boring and languid Grunge. Blur, Oasis, Catatonia, etc... followed but never quite measured up. "Singles" shows why.

5 out of 5 stars GREAT BritPop Band!.......2004-07-16

I love Suede (The London Suede) for there hooky, pop style that is still edgy and REAL.

If you have not heard Suede and like Britpop get ready for your new favorite album.

FYI. I did notice that the vocals for the song 'Trash' have been changed from the original. It's cool cause it's a bit different though.

5 out of 5 stars Great, breathtaking band!.......2004-05-15

Wow!!! My only introduction to Suede came from a few listens of their first album, which in its own respect was outstanding, but I was unaware of how well they matured as a band. Most debut bands follow up with mediocre, disappointing albums and songs. However, Suede's songs seem to get better and better with time.

Suede's music is gritty and hard without abandoning the hooks that make their songs catchy. Brett Anderson's voice is snarly and snide but not devoid of melody or mellifluence. "The Wild Ones" is a great example of this. I bought this album and have listened to it non-stop. Suede meets and even surpasses the fine albums and songs of other great British bands like Oasis, Pulp, and Blur. If you like any one of those, you will most definitely like Suede. Pick this album up if you are unfamiliar with them.

5 out of 5 stars A truly great singles band.......2004-05-10

Suede epitomizes the glam-pop single. Their career began with three devastating hits - "The Drowners," "Animal Nitrate" and "Metal Mickey," each of which has mysterious, dreamy lyrics and Bernard Butler's brilliant guitar lines driving the hooks home. These songs epitomized fey teenage romance for all ages. "Stay Together," their not-on-any-album masterpiece, is another melody true enough to convince half the world's songwriters to give it up and take up needlepoint. Its lyrics are perfect Suede, with that element of the sinister built in - "There's a time bomb in the high rise"... "We will dance in the poison rain"... There's always something perverse and twisted in Brett Anderson's lyrics. Noel Gallagher even admitted to a journalist - "I write okay lyrics, but I'm not Brett Anderson." Suede's post-Butler career has been better than anyone could expect although never as peerless as their early work - the first two albums and the b-sides collection. This is a collection of stunning pop songs from Britpop's greatest singles band.

4 out of 5 stars Suede fever.......2004-03-01

Suede are an attitude-driven, neo-rock outfit. They gained a lot of success in the 90's with their snappy melodies and the lead singer's distinct vocals. Their biggest hits are the tasty `The Beautiful Ones' and the shrewdly put-together `Trash.' But they also have other distinct tracks like `Filmstar' and the awkwardly exciting `She's In Fashion.'
Their recent material, like the lacking `Positivity,' are less-listenable than their previous victories. However, this collection chronicles the many dives and turns Britrock was taking to find its identity. Recommended only to people who have an appreciation for anti-grunge rock fans and admirers.
Dog Man Star
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • I WANT to love this album!
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ASIN: B000002AWR
Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Introducing The Band
  2. We Are The Pigs
  3. Heroine
  4. The Wild Ones
  5. Daddy's Speeding
  6. The Power
  7. New Generation
  8. This Hollywood Life
  9. The 2 Of Us
  10. Black Or Blue
  11. The Asphalt World
  12. Still Life
  13. Modern Boys

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A year and one album after being heralded as England's "next big thing," The London Suede is hurting. Forced by a lawsuit to change its name in the U.S. and suffering from the mid-recording defection of wall-of-sound guitarist Bernard Butler, the band's second album makes you wonder what the fuss was about. dog man star is flaccid, melodramatic glam-rock that cribs even more heavily than the group's debut from vintage David Bowie. Brett Anderson's posing and emoting simply isn't enough to carry a tune, and none of the 13 songs here approach the fiery drive of the debut album's "Metal Mickey" or "Animal Nitrate." --Jim DeRogatis

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars There's a song playing on my radio.......2006-12-24

Suede's (I'm sticking the name they have in the rest of the world) debut album was a great collection of songs, but their second CD "Dog Man Star" is their best CD.
More detail to songwriting, sounds and better lyrics make this album a classic.

5 out of 5 stars Don't understand the negative reviews.......2006-10-05

Great 90s alternative-rock from the UK. Scorching guitar and soaring vocls. I used to play this CD when I was an employee at Tower Records in the 90s. 2 years ago, I found a used copy and finally purchaed it. It gets better with age. A shame that they never hit it big in the states. Check out Sci-Fi Lullabies for more vintage Suede.

5 out of 5 stars sainthood achieved.......2006-02-03

To dub this album anything less than brilliant is to fall, bone-breakingly, on the rocks of philistine thinking. "Dog Man Star" contains Suede's best work, and it raised the stakes of modern rock. Anderson's voice is an unidentified flying Regency contralto...NO OTHER British vocalist comes close to his power here.

Buy this CD. Love it. Become it.

2 out of 5 stars Major Disappointment.......2006-01-10

I loved Suede's debut album, it's a true classic. I even bought their b-sides compilation "Sci-Fi Lullabies" and loved a lot of that as well ("My Insatiable One" might be their best song). But let's be honest, this album is pretty awful. There are maybe 4 or 5 solid tracks on here but even they don't touch the weakest tracks on the debut.

The theatricality has been amped up tenfold (if that's even possible) but the songwriting has taken a huge dip. If you want memorable hooks and melodies, look elsewhere. If you want slow, pseudo-romantic dirges that go absolutely nowhere, then this is the album for you.

Sure, maybe I just don't "get it" but I don't see how anyone could say with a straight face that this is a masterpiece, let alone Suede's best album. This album is just boring. I wanted to like it but in the end it's just not worth your time. Avoid unless you are a completist.

3 out of 5 stars I WANT to love this album!.......2005-12-20

I love Suede's debut. It's brilliant, it's sensational, it's sexy, vibrant, galactic...I was so excited to read Amazon reviewers' enthusiatic take on this album. Better than the original? I bought it immediately.

There are a few good points, for sure, but mostly I feel like I am listening to the musical Cats (for which I have no fondness). I am not joking, Andrew Lloyd Weber and Michael Crawford instead of Anderson and Butler.

I've been meditating on this album for months, and I still can't love it. I am so frustrated. I am even listening to it right now. Give me, give me, give me the power to LOVE it!

Right now, three stars.

I leave you with this: CATS
Back to You
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    Back to You
    Brett Anderson
    Manufacturer: Drowned in Sound UK
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    ASIN: B000RHR81A
    Release Date: 2007-07-16

    Tracks:

    1. Back To You
    2. Ebony (Acoustic)
    3. Infinite Kiss (Acoustic)
    4. Love Is Dead (Acoustic)
    5. Song For My Father (Acoustic)

    Album Description

    Second CD single pulled from the former Suede vocalist's self-titled solo album. Features 'Back To You' plus acoustic versions of 'Ebony', 'Infinite Kiss', 'Love Is Dead' and 'Song For My Father'. Drowned In Sound. 2007.

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    2007 Release of the Second Single from the Former Suede Frontman's Self Titled Debut Album Comes Backed with Four Previously Unreleased Songs Recorded Acoustically!
    L.A. Reggae/Blue Suede Shoes
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      L.A. Reggae/Blue Suede Shoes
      Johnny Rivers
      Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
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      ASIN: B0009IQLP6
      Release Date: 2005-08-15

      Tracks:

      1. Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu
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      5. On the Borderline
      6. Come Home America
      7. Stories to a Child
      8. Mother and Child Reunion
      9. Crazy Mama
      10. New York City Dues
      11. Life Is a Game
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      Tracks:

      1. Blue Suede Shoes
      2. Medley: Searching/So Fine/It's All Right/Hang on Sloopy/I'll Feel ...
      3. Over the Line
      4. Willie and the Hand Jive
      5. Got My Mojo Working
      6. Turn on Your Lovelight

      Album Description

      Two more early 70's albums re-issued from American singer-songwritter Johnny Rivers. L.A Reggae covers original songs by Paul Simon and Bernie Leadon whilst Blue Suede shoes is an album of Rock n'roll covers. BGO 2005

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      Digitally Remastered Edition of Two Original LPs on a Single CD. "l.a. Reggae" features Covers, Rivers' Originals and Songs by Paul Simon and Bernie Leadon, While "Blue Suede Shoes" is an Album of Rock N Roll Covers.
      Love Is Dead Pt.1
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        Love Is Dead Pt.1
        Brett (Suede) Anderson
        Manufacturer: Drowned in Sound
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000MV9NTG
        Release Date: 2007-04-02

        Tracks:

        1. Love Is Dead
        2. Clowns

        Album Description

        Part One of Two. 2007 debut solo single from the former vocalist of Suede (London Suede) and The Tears, pulled from his self-titled solo album. Features 'Love Is Dead' plus 'Clowns'. Drowned.

        Album Details

        The CD Single Solo Debut from the Former Suede/Tears Singer/Songwriter's Debut Solo Album Simply Titled "Brett Anderson". To Quote the Artist, "That's My Name Ya Know...".
        Head Music
        Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
        • Somewhere out there there`s a melody, but you feel like nowhere man in nowhere land when the CD end.
        • Headphone Wonder
        • Coming down from the high that was "Coming Up"
        • If it was edited.
        • Mediocre
        Head Music
        The London Suede
        Manufacturer: Sony
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00000J2PE
        Release Date: 1999-06-08

        Tracks:

        1. Electricity
        2. Savoir Faire
        3. Can't Get Enough
        4. Everything Will Flow
        5. Down
        6. She's In Fashion
        7. Asbestos
        8. Head Music
        9. Elephant Man
        10. Hi-Fi
        11. Indian Strings
        12. He's Gone
        13. Crack In The Union Jack

        Amazon.com

        When the London Suede's original guitarist, Bernard Butler, quit the band in 1994, Anglophiles from coast to coast breathed a disconsolate sigh. Butler had played with passion and power, crafting sweeping rhythms that perfectly complemented frontman Brett Anderson's melodramatic vocals. How could the group ever find a suitable replacement? Well, they did the following year when Richard Oakes joined, and between then and now Oakes has grown into a dynamic, swaggering, and sensual musician, imbuing Head Music with a sleazy, vibrant energy. Like the band's 1996 disc, Coming Up, the album brims with glammy incandescence. Songs such as "Electricity," "Elephant Man," and "Head Music" couple thrusting beats and sweaty riffs with yelping vocals and lascivious lyrics ("She's shaking obscene like a fucking machine"). But the Suede also believe in candlelight and satin, as they prove on the more romantic fare of "Everything Will Flow," which glides along with mellifluous strings and delicate guitar lines, and the enigmatic "She's in Fashion," which writhes with bubbling guitars and sultry keyboards. --Jon Wiederhorn

        Customer Reviews:

        2 out of 5 stars Somewhere out there there`s a melody, but you feel like nowhere man in nowhere land when the CD end........2006-03-07

        Suede. Well. At it best`s it sound`s ok, but there`s too many weak tracks to make this a winner. Track 6 is a winner, but there are two many up`s and down`s before that. So, let`s go.
        Track 1 Electricty, spark`s some electricity.It has vibes in that department somewhere, and it`s not a catastrophy. A good opener which spark`s, yes some electricity. Track 2 Savoir Faire as a "honky tonk rythmic" opening, but then when the refrain kicks in, it doesn`t sounds good at all. Track 3 Can`t get enough. Well, we can. This is just a mess, and your`e glad it`s over. Noicy "porman`s" heavy metal light music, but somwhere in there, it`s a melody who want`s to creep out.
        Track 4 Everything will flow has an oriental japaneze beginning, and is quite ok with it`s slowmoving atmosphere all trough. Quite good. Track 5 Down, has a "blip blop" computers`k atmosphere, but never kicks off the ground.
        The vocal sound`s like "poormanns David Bowie" on speed.
        Track 6 Fashion has outstanding qualities when you compare it with the other song`s on this CD. It`s very humming, and right to the point when it come`s to a good pop tune. It works in every department, and it`s a 5 star inbetween a more or less "bloodpooring" music. Track 7 Asbestos. Well, we are back in the slowmoving "muddy music genre". Track 8. Head music is synth rock and roll, with that dreadfull "heavy synth metal fuzz" on the guitar. Not music for my head, so to say. Track 9 Elephant man, it`s quite ok, and moves on, but has a irritated "tin can" vocal all trough. Track 10 Hi Fi, it`s called. Well, try to test it on your`e
        hi fi, and the hi fidelty feel is not there,...yet. Track 11 Indian strings, has a good bassplay, and the rythmicsection is quite interesting. One of the better one `s. Track 12 He`s gone, is not too bad. Simpel and effective, but when it`s gone, it`s gone. Track 13 Crack in the union jack sounds like "poormans" David Bowie singin` ballads. At the end you know there`s many fine themes and melodies out there, but you feel very confused, like nowhere man in nowhere land.

        5 out of 5 stars Headphone Wonder.......2005-08-10

        Without changing much their formula "Head Music" does infuse Suede with a broader range of soundscapes which makes the album,while not their best, their most elaborate an lush sounding.

        The opener "Electricity" seems to have come straight out of "Coming Up" but for the most part the songs in here are very differently arranged that in other Suede offerings(check out "Savoir Faire"s marvellous futuristic backdrop) while at the same time retaining all Suede's trademark traits be it lyrically or musically.

        The differences are then mainly in terms of production since Steve Osborne(he of the Happy Mondays "Pills,Thrills & Bellyaches")took the helm from Ed Buller and immediately helped diversify the band's sonics.

        One of the best records released by the 90's most exciting band.

        3 out of 5 stars Coming down from the high that was "Coming Up".......2005-08-07

        After three majestic and diverse albums produced by Ed Buller, Suede had decided to experiment a bit in the collaboration department by enlisting the help of Happy Mondays producer Steve Osborne. An initial reaction to hearing this would be to picture a much more eclectic and experimental record.

        While "Head Music", the band's 4th studio album, does succeed in being eclectic, it suffers in being lyrically shallow, and suffering from a fate that the band had not yet experienced, and that is including "filler" in a release.

        If you loved "Coming Up" or you are new to Suede, this record may fulfill your pop and dance needs but for those accumstomed to the thoughtful Suede that had substance behind the sleaze, will be more than disappointed.

        First thing's first, this album is not bad at all. Compared to most bands, the singles on this album are extremely well made. But by the Suede standard, the 2nd half of the album is lacking any fundamental focus.

        The album starts with the fierce first single "Electricity" which is a jumpy number with retro synths and an infectious chorus, a solid track. The first half sets the pace for a classic with the Prince-like charisma of "Savoir Faire" and the America friendly dance of "Can't Get Enough" that get the mood going.

        Neil Codling's contribution overrides Richard Oakes on this one by giving the ethereal "She's in Fashion", "Everything Will Flow", and "Down" their down to earth beauty with lush synths.

        At this point the album seems to be going in the right direction. Sadly, things take a turn for the worse. From the redundant lounge of "Asbestos" to the downright self-parody in "Elephant Man", things just get ridiculous. The production also gets sloppy in places like "Crack in the Union Jack" and "He's Gone" but Anderson does his best to keep the songs moving with his trademark vocals. This is displayed on the classic Suede number "Indian Strings".

        The sexual innuendo evident in the title track is cute but it hardly seems fit in an album filled with the same redundant vocabulary. Still, like most Suede tracks you will at first begin nodding your head to the catchy bass and beats. The problem is that there is not a lot of replay value.

        So here you go, sex, drugs, but not the rock 'n' roll we usually enjoy from Suede. It is still worth buying for the first half.

        4 out of 5 stars If it was edited........2005-05-28

        Head Music has problems, which could have easily been fixed. First, the album takes a dive after seven songs when the title track and Elephant man rear their sillyness/ugliness and after Hi-Fi are followed by two darker tunes and an out of place throwaway. As the album is on the long side anyway, just cutting three of these last six weaker songs (maybe Elephant Man, He's Gone and Crack in the Union Jack) would have helped. Also, the first three songs are upbeat and edgy, followed by probably the best three songs on the album. These should have been mixed up better with the second half of the album.

        In spite of all this, there's a lot to like. Everything Will Flow, Down and She's in Fashion are great songs, Electricity is a great album opener and Savoir Faire and Can't Get Enough capture the fresh, electronic feel of the album nicely. Also, the production is much improved over Coming Up. There are times when listening to the first half of the album when I think they've never sounded better, and with some adjustments Head Music could have been a five star disc.

        2 out of 5 stars Mediocre.......2005-03-04

        By the time the late nineties took hold, the most popular rock bands of the 'Britpop' era were all starting to show signs of complacency and flagging creativity. Blur, Oasis and Pulp all released albums that lacked the excitement of their earlier work, as the excesses of their glamorous lifestyles took it's inevitable toll. Suede, who had released two good albums in the morning of that decade, finally decided to venture out of their North Kensington apartments and work on a new one. The resulting record was so heavily promoted that the backs of London Buses were emblazoned with it's flourescent cover art! This may have done something to liven up the greyness of parts of the inner city, but concerning it's musical content, Head Music isn't anything special. In fact, 'She's in fashion' and 'Electricty' (banal lyrics, irritating video of the band playing in a field and asorbing the current from electricity pylons) are the only tracks that really stand out.
        Blue Suede Shoes: The Very Best of Carl Perkins
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Perky Perkins sides in fabulous fidelity
        Blue Suede Shoes: The Very Best of Carl Perkins
        Carl Perkins
        Manufacturer: Collectables
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00000HX5R
        Release Date: 1999-02-02

        Tracks:

        1. Blue Suede Shoes
        2. Roll Over Beethoven
        3. Matchbox
        4. Glad All Over
        5. All Mama's Children
        6. Pink Pedal Pushers
        7. That's Right
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        10. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
        11. Let The Jukebox Keep On Playing
        12. Your True Love
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        15. Dixie Fried
        16. Right String But The Wrong YoYo
        17. You Can Do No Wrong
        18. Boppin' The Blues
        19. That Don't Move Me
        20. Gone, Gone, Gone
        21. Caldonia
        22. Perkins Wiggle
        23. Y-O-U

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Perky Perkins sides in fabulous fidelity.......2003-01-29

        Much better rockabilly than the comparatively refined stuff Elvis recorded for the same label.  As a guitarist, Perkins' technique fell somewhere between Link Wray and Les Paul, with more Wray than Paul on these early tracks.  But his stuff rocks a lot harder and truer than so much else that is labeled "rockabilly," which is no surprise, considering the fact that, by now, virtually every country record made between 1950 and 1955 has been stuck on a "rockabilly" comp at one time or another.  Forget the bit about the Delmore Brothers being rockabilly, and let your ears behold the real thing, here.  Tracks to focus on: "Matchbox" (yes, the old blues song), "All Mama's Children," "Lend Me Your Comb" (the same song the Beatles recorded for Decca), "Dixie Fried," "Right String," and the fumble-fingered "That's Right" (Carl's answer to H. Wolf's "Forty-Four"?)  Perkins' technique improved, but his art didn't.  These are his greatest moments, and you'll be glad you listened to them.  Buy this!!
        Love Is Dead Pt.2
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          Love Is Dead Pt.2
          Brett (Suede) Anderson
          Manufacturer: Drowned in Sound
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000MV9NTQ
          Release Date: 2007-03-27

          Tracks:

          1. Love Is Dead
          2. We Can Be Anyone
          3. Mother Night

          Album Description

          Part Two of Two. 2007 debut solo single from the former vocalist from Suede (London Suede) and The Tears, pulled from his self-titled solo album. Bristling with angular acoustic and supple strings,'Love Is Dead' was co-produced by Fred Ball. This single is dymanic, personal and passionate which reflects the album. Features 'Love Is Dead' plus the non-album tracks 'We Can Be Anyone' and 'Mother Night'. Drowned.

          Album Details

          The CD Single Solo Debut from the Former Suede/Tears Singer/Songwriter's Debut Solo Album Simply Titled "Brett Anderson". To Quote the Artist, "That's My Name Ya Know...".

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