Suede is the debut album by British alternative rock band Suede, released in 1993 on Nude Records. At the time the fastest-selling debut album in British history, Suede debuted at the top of the UK Album Chart, won the 1993 Mercury Music Prize, and is often credited with starting the Britpop movement. The sound of the album has been compared to The Smiths and the early David Bowie era.
Suede quickly attracted the attention of the British music pr...
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Suede is the debut album by British alternative rock band Suede, released in 1993 on Nude Records. At the time the fastest-selling debut album in British history, Suede debuted at the top of the UK Album Chart, won the 1993 Mercury Music Prize, and is often credited with starting the Britpop movement. The sound of the album has been compared to The Smiths and the early David Bowie era.
Suede quickly attracted the attention of the British music press; before they had even released their debut single, Melody Maker featured the band on its cover, dubbing them the "The Best New Band In Britain". The rock monthly magazine Q saw Brett Anderson sprawled across the front cover, which hailed them "The band of 1993...". This article was significant as it featured Suede's discography thus far: two singles, six tracks in total. According to a March 1993 article in The Independent, at the time Suede "had more hype than anybody since the Smiths, or possibly even the Sex Pistols." The year leading...
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