Dog Man Star [Import]

Suede | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony Bmg Europe
• ASIN: B000026EV6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,292 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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 [*]

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered and expanded three disc (two CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) edition of this 1994 album. This deluxe remastered edition features the non-album A and B-sides, as well as demos from the collections of Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler. Also making their first ever appearances are the much sought-after, unedited versions of 'The Wild Ones' and 'The Asphalt World'. The DVD features newly-discovered and previously-unseen footage of the band at the Casino de Paris, playing the Dog Man Star songs before the album recording sessions, and the band playing in FNAC in Paris, along with the song-films specially created for the Dog Man Star tour. The bonus feature is a candid February 2011 interview with Bernard and Brett about the making of the album, along with a short film put together by Simon Gilbert from his own contemporary camcorder footage. Edsel. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best and Most Underrated '90s Albums, April 13, 2009

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Roberto Zúñiga (Guadalajara, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dog Man Star (Audio CD)

This, the second album by the band was preceded by their highly hailed and applauded self-titled debut, a record that created so high expectations before its release -mainly by the music media- that it went to become the fastest selling record in the history of UK in 1993 and made them the recipients of that year's Mercury Prize award. Suddenly, Suede were all over the place, seen by many as the band responsible for bringing back British rock to the front, on a time when music was dominated by the grunge movement that was happening on the other side of the Atlantic. As things turned out, this was not to be the case, as Oasis took all praise for kickstarting the britpop frenzy and Suede were relegated to a very successful career in their homeland and continental Europe, while being virtual unknowns in the United States. What happened? Well... you might find some answers while listening to this record. Dog Man Star is a completely different album from Suede, gone were the catchy guitar hooks and the infected glam melodies from their debut, and what we get here is a grandiose album of epic proportions filled with melancholy and beauty in every song, Anderson and Butler deliver twelve tracks with gorgeous string arrangements and over the top vocals, that provide an atmosphere of calmness and reflection, and, aside of Heroin and This Hollywood Life, you hardly will find any monumental rocker like the ones on their debut. Maybe because they didn't deliver another Suede, and instead they chose to make a dark, elegant and beautiful album, they didn't hit it big in America. Something we'll never know. One thing we know, though. Dog Man Star is a great album, and an often overlooked statement of the British pop of the '90s.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolutely Compelling Britpop Record, March 27, 2011

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jeffintally - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dog Man Star (Audio CD)

Suede kicked off the Britpop explosion of the 1990s with a series of classic singles (The Drowners, Metal Mickey, Animal Nitrate, Stay Together) that were filled with embarrassingly outstanding B sides and a classic debut album. They returned with 1994s Dog Man Star, which is their undoubted masterpiece. The album was written and recorded as the band was falling apart, and guitarist/co-songwriter Bernard Butler famously departed just before the album's completion. When it was released, it was overshadowed by the latest offerings from Blur and Oasis. It was unfairly overshadowed. It is a brilliant, moody, yes, occasionally pretentious record, but early Suede actually wear pretentious quite well. The album's dark, somewhat insular mood made it a world removed from the brash, fun music that their contemporaries released at the time. There are so many highlights of this album from which to choose, but The Wild Ones, Daddy's Speeding, New Generation, The 2 of Us, Black or Blue, the amazing Asphalt World, Still Life, and "hidden track" Modern Boys are all outstanding. This is a very interesting record, that becomes increasingly compelling with repeated listens. Listening to this makes you wonder what songwriting team Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler might have been capable of in the way of immediate follow ups had their partnership not fractured. Suede would go on to Britpop success with Coming Up, and Anderson and Butler briefly mended fences as The Tears (whose record is also terrific) a decade later, but still...

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Music You'll Hear Today, February 25, 2008

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J. W. Hedden (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dog Man Star (Audio CD)

I was awed, as everyone was, by Suede's self-titled CD in the early 90's. It sounded like nothing I had ever heard before. Dog Man Star follows up on Suede's freshman effort and nothing could prepare you for what awaits! This CD is soaring, moody, dark and strange all in good measure. The first track, "Introducing the Band," sets the tone for the trippy, drug fueled, songs that follow. Each song infects following the first listen--and the songs stay with you for a long time. The highlight track for me is "The Asphalt World"--listening to this song convinced me that--in 1994--the greatest band in the world was named Suede. You won't be disappointed.