Product Description
Featuring five hit singles, ("Trash", "Beautiful Ones", "Saturday Night", "Lazy" and "Filmstar"), this is the first album following the departure of guitarist and songwriter
Bernard Butler and the addition of Richard Oakes (guitar) and Neil Codling (keyboards, backing vocals, cheekbones and posing).
Coming Up is Suede at their most commercial, with Brett's unmistakable voice crooning intentionally simpler and more direct numbers, eschewing the experimental and large-scale nature of their previous double album
Dog Man Star. The wonderfully evocative and melancholic likes of "By the Sea" and "Saturday Night" showcase the pathos of Anderson's lyrics, as well as new boy Oakes' unexpectedly accomplished backdrops, and there is something about Brett's delivery that gets you in the stomach. Less one-dimensional than both the band and the press claimed, the album ranges from the smacked-out suburban nihilism of "Picnic By The Motorway" to the rousing orchestral climax to "She". Suede's most accessible--and probably most consistent--work to date. --Ronita Dutta
CD Description
Suede's third album, and their first without main songwriter Bernard Butler, lacked none of their trademark glam rock and catchy melodies, but, crucially, it discarded the pomposity and indulgence that marred DOG MAN STAR. Instead, boostedby Richard Oakes' inventive guitarwork and the arrival of Neil Codling on keyboards, they presented a sparsely producedcollection of Bowie-tinged pop songs. Brett Anderson's favourite lyrical themes--bored youth, casual sex, seedy urban life ("peepshows and freakshows") and escape from it--enjoyedfree rein, but were predominantly framed within raunchy rockers rather than gloomy ballads. With the likes of "Trash", "Filmstar" and "She", Suede firmly established themselves asthe godfathers of indie glam and offered some classic pop into the bargain.
