Suede discography explained

Artist:Suede
Studio:9
Compilation:6
Video:5
Music Videos:26
Singles:35

The discography of the English alternative rock band Suede consists of nine studio albums, four compilation albums, five video albums and over twenty singles. Suede were formed in 1989 by singer Brett Anderson, bassist Mat Osman and guitarist Justine Frischmann. Guitarist Bernard Butler later joined after the group responded to an ad in the Melody Maker. The group played as a four-piece with a drum machine until drummer Simon Gilbert joined. Frischmann left before the group released any material.

Despite the media frenzy that surrounded the group, their 1992 debut single "The Drowners" only peaked at number 49 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It would not be until the release of their third single, "Animal Nitrate", that Suede would break into the top ten, with the song peaking at number seven following their performance of it at the 1993 BRIT Awards.[1] [2]

Suede became associated with the Britpop movement of the period and achieved commercial success throughout the United Kingdom, with three of the group's five studio albums charting at number one.[1] Their popularity throughout the rest of the world varied throughout the group's lifetime, but had several charting hits in Denmark,[3] Finland,[4] Norway[5] and Sweden.[6] Suede's commercial success in the United States was limited, and due to a lawsuit with an American singer with the same name, the group had to change its name for the American market to The London Suede.[7] Despite the lack of commercial success in the US, the four studio albums released in America all charted on Billboards Top Heatseekers chart, though the group never charted on the Billboard 200. Suede also had three minor hits in the US, with "Metal Mickey" peaking at number seven on the Modern Rock Tracks in 1993, "Everything Will Flow" charting at number 28 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1999 and "Hit Me" in 2013.[8]

Butler left while the band were recording Dog Man Star and was soon replaced by Richard Oakes.[7] Keyboardist Neil Codling joined the group for Dog Man Stars follow-up Coming Up. Following a commercial resurgence with Coming Up and 1999s Head Music, Codling left in 2001 due to complications with chronic fatigue syndrome and was replaced by former Strangelove keyboardist Alex Lee.[9]

After a long and expensive recording span, A New Morning was released in 2002 and was a commercial and critical disappointment in the UK. The first single released from A New Morning, "Positivity", became the group's only single to chart in Canada,[10] and peaked at number one in Denmark.

In November 2003, Suede released the compilation album Singles which included all 19 of their previously released singles, and also contained two new songs, "Attitude" (itself released as a single along with the non-album "Golden Gun" to promote the album) and "Love the Way You Love Me". Following the release of Singles Suede announced they were disbanding at the end of 2003.[11]

Reforming in 2010 to play a concert for the Teenage Cancer Trust Foundation,[12] the band decided to start recording again. 2013 saw the release of Bloodsports.[13] An even more successful album followed in 2016 with Night Thoughts.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
AUS
[14] [15]
FIN
[16]
FRA
[17]
GER
[18]
JPN
[19]
NED
[20]
NOR
SWE
US
Heat.

[21]
Suede
  • Released: 29 March 1993
  • Label: Nude
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP, MD
123123450317718714

Gold[24]

Gold[25]

Dog Man Star
  • Released: 10 October 1994
  • Label: Nude
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP, MD
373143239535
  • US 36,000
  • BPI: Gold
Coming Up
  • Released: 2 September 1996
  • Label: Nude
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP, MD
1354303727653117
  • UK 435,125
  • US 40,000

Gold[26]

Head Music
  • Released: 3 May 1999
  • Label: Nude
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP, MD
1263392629561125
  • US 26,000
  • BPI: Gold
  • GLF: Gold[27]
A New Morning
  • Released: 30 September 2002
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP
2457968745981619
Bloodsports
  • Released: 18 March 2013
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
1018197954265183214
Night Thoughts
  • Released: 22 January 2016
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, DL, LP
613464313423253710
The Blue Hour
  • Released: 21 September 2018
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, DL, LP
53732585248
Autofiction
  • Released: 16 September 2022[31]
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
223
[32]
108
[33]
201141
[34]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
AUS
DEN
[36]
FIN
IRE
[37]
JPN
NOR
SWE
Sci-Fi Lullabies
  • Released: 6 October 1997
  • Label: Nude
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL, LP
911122216
Singles
  • Released: 20 October 2003
  • Label: Sony Music UK
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL
31123935476714
  • BPI: Gold
See You in the Next Life...
  • Released: 12 February 2004
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Suede
  • Released: 1 November 2010
  • Label: Universal UK
  • Formats: CD, DL
31275819220
  • BPI: Silver
Beautiful Ones – An Introduction to Suede
  • Released: 27 May 2016[38]
  • Label: Demon Music Group
  • Formats: DL
Beautiful Ones: The Best of Suede 1992 – 2018
  • Released: 9 October 2020
  • Label: Demon Music Group
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
16
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Live albums

TitleDetails
Live in London
  • Released: 7 December 2010
  • Label: Simfy Live
  • Format: USB
Royal Albert Hall, 24 March 2010
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD+DVD, DL, LP
European Tour Live – O2 Academy, Leeds
European Tour Live – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
  • Released: 1 November 2013
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Format: CD
Dog Man Star. 20th Anniversary Live. Royal Albert Hall.
  • Released: 18 April 2015
  • Label: Demon Music
  • Format: CD, DL, LP

Box sets

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
The Vinyl Collection
  • Released: 21 October 2013
  • Label: Demon Music
  • Formats: 10×LP
7" Singles
  • Released: 14 April 2014
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 24×7" vinyl
199
CD Singles
  • Released: 14 April 2014
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 24×CD+DVD
The CD Album Box Set
  • Released: 26 May 2014
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 8×CD
Studio Albums 93–16
  • Released: 8 November 2018
  • Label: Demon Music Group
  • Formats: 10×LP

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
AUS
DEN
FIN
GER
[39]
IRE
[40]
NOR
NZ
[41]
SWE
US
Mod.

"The Drowners"19924939Suede
"Metal Mickey"17337
"Animal Nitrate"1993789111121
  • BPI: Silver
"So Young"221789825
"Stay Together"1994310415184710
"We Are the Pigs"1834Dog Man Star
"The Wild Ones"18167
"New Generation"19952125
"Trash"199631193119125
  • BPI: Silver
Coming Up
"Beautiful Ones"814611
  • BPI: Gold
"Saturday Night"199764711
"Lazy"915691019
"Filmstar"9131217
"Electricity"19995635921853913Head Music
"She's in Fashion"131059
"Everything Will Flow"242055
"Can't Get Enough / Let Go"23137
"Let Go / Can't Get Enough"200058
"Positivity"20021611599441532A New Morning
"Obsessions"29
"Attitude"/"Golden Gun"2003141650Singles
"Barriers"2013Bloodsports
"It Starts and Ends with You"
"Hit Me"
"For the Strangers"
"Outsiders"2015Night Thoughts
"Like Kids"
"Pale Snow"2016
"No Tomorrow"
"What I'm Trying to Tell You"
"The Invisibles"2018The Blue Hour
"Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You"
"Life Is Golden"
"Flytipping"
"Wastelands"
"She Still Leads Me On"2022Autofiction
"15 Again”
“That Boy On The Stage”
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Video albums

TitleDetails
Love and Poison
Introducing the Band
  • Released: 16 September 1995
  • Label: Music Video Distributors
  • Format: DVD, VHS
Lost in T.V.
  • Released: 14 May 2002
  • Label: Sony International
  • Format: DVD, VHS
Royal Albert Hall, 24 March 2010
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: DVD
Night Thoughts – Film
  • Released: 22 January 2016
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Format: DVD
The Insatiable Ones
  • Released: 12 April 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: DVD

Music videos

TitleYearDirector
"The Drowners"1992Lindy Heymann
"Metal Mickey"
"Animal Nitrate"1993Pedro Romhanyi
"So Young"David Lewis
Andy Crabb
"The Drowners" (US version)Matthew Amos
"Stay Together"1994Jon Klein
"We Are the Pigs"David Vital-Durand
Raphaël Vital-Durand
"The Wild Ones"Howard Greenhalgh
"New Generation"1995Richard Heslop
"Trash"1996David Mould
"Beautiful Ones"Pedro Romhanyi
"Saturday Night"1997
"Lazy"
"Filmstar"Zowie Broach
"Electricity"1999Mike Lipscombe
"She's in Fashion"Johan Renck
"Can't Get Enough" (Australian version)Simon Gilbert
"Everything Will Flow"Howard Greenhalgh
"Can't Get Enough"John Hillcoat
"Positivity"2002Julian Gibbs
"Obsessions"Grant Gee
"Attitude"2003Lindy Heymann
"It Starts and Ends with You"2013Giorgio Testi
"Hit Me"David Barnes
"For the Strangers"Ben Lankester
"Outsiders"2015Roger Sargent
"Like Kids"
"Pale Snow"2016
"No Tomorrow"
"What I'm Trying to Tell You"
"The Invisibles"2018
"Life Is Golden"Mike Christie
"Wastelands"Giles Campbell Longley

Notes and References

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  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/indie/suede-perform-animal-nitrate-at-the-brits/ "Suede perform "Animal Nitrate" at the Brits"
  3. Web site: Discography Suede. danishcharts.dk. 7 November 2008.
  4. Web site: Discography Suede . Finnishcharts.com . 7 November 2008 .
  5. "Discography Suede". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved on 15 February 2009.
  6. Web site: Discography Suede . Swedishcharts.com . 7 November 2008 .
  7. Strauss, Neil. "The Pop Life". The New York Times. 9 February 1995.
  8. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=suede|chart=all}} Artist Chart History - Suede ]. Billboard. 6 September 2009.
  9. Cohen, Jonathan. "Billboard Bits: Fatboy Slim, Suede, Keb' Mo'". https://billboard.com. 23 March 2001.
  10. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p129517|pure_url=yes}} Suede > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ]. . 7 November 2008.
  11. Author unknown. "See You in the Next Life". NME.com. 13 December 2003.
  12. Web site: Suede play Teenage Cancer Trust Show at Royal Albert Hall | NME.COM . . 19 February 2020 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205940/http://www.nme.com/news/suede/50361 . dead .
  13. Web site: Laura Snapes . Suede Announce *Bloodsports* Tracklist, Artwork . Pitchfork . 2013-01-16 . 2017-07-20.
  14. "Discography Suede". australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 15 February 2009.
  15. Web site: Suede ARIA Chart history complete to 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. 26 July 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  16. Peak chart positions for albums in France:
    • All except Suede and Dog Man Star: Web site: Discographie Suede . Hung Medien . lescharts.com . 12 April 2013 . French .
    • Suede and Dog Man Star: Web site: Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste: Suede . InfoDisc . 23 July 2013 . French . select "Suede" and then click "Go" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php . 22 October 2014.
  17. Web site: Discographie von Suede. GfK Entertainment. 22 September 2022.
  18. Web site: スウェードすうぇーど . スウェードの作品 | ORICON NEWS . Oricon.co.jp . 2017-07-20.
  19. "Discografie Suede". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 15 February 2009.
  20. "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p129517|pure_url=yes}} Suede > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums]". AllMusic. Retrieved on 15 February 2009.
  21. Web site: Rob . Copsey . Mercury Prize: The best-selling winning albums . Official Charts Company . 22 September 2020 . 24 September 2022.
  22. Ask Billboard: Blue Suede Shoes. Caulfield. Keith. Billboard.com. 26 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20130327201445/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043961/ask-billboard. 27 March 2013.
  23. United Kingdom. Suede. album. 25 May 2024.
  24. Web site: Swedish 1987-1998 certificates . ifpi.se . 16 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616145338/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf . 16 June 2011 .
  25. Web site: Norwegian certificates . ifpi.no . 15 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121108031204/http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm . 8 November 2012 .
  26. Web site: Head Music Swedish certificate . ifpi.se . 15 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110517001426/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-19991.pdf . 17 May 2011 .
  27. Web site: Iconic albums turning 20 in 2022. 30 December 2021. Official Charts. 30 December 2021.
  28. Paine . Andre . 'The band are on spectacular creative form': Suede set for highest-charting album in 20 years . . 12 November 2018 . 28 September 2018.
  29. Paine . Andre . Suede sign to BMG for new album . . 9 July 2021 . 9 July 2021.
  30. Web site: Suede announce new album and series of intimate London tour dates. Aubrey. Elizabeth. NME. 23 May 2022. 16 September 2022.
  31. Web site: Albumit 38/2022. Musiikkituottajat. 25 September 2022.
  32. Web site: Top Albums (Week 38, 2022). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 26 September 2022.
  33. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 38. Sverigetopplistan. 23 September 2022.
  34. Paine . Andre . SJM brings Suede and Manic Street Preachers together for outdoor summer shows . Music Week . 6 October 2023 . 24 October 2023.
  35. Peak positions of Danish Albums Chart 1996-2000 "Top20.dk - Denmarks TOP 20 history". Coming Up, Sci-Fi Lullabies and Head Music, top20.dk. Retrieved on 22 July 2011.
  36. Web site: Discography Suede. Irish-charts.com. 27 March 2013.
  37. Web site: Beautiful Ones: An Introduction to Suede (Digital). Demon Music Group. 5 November 2021.
  38. "Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - Suede ". Musicline.de / PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved on 29 September 2010.
  39. Web site: Irishcharts.ie placements . irishcharts.ie . 30 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125210/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement . 21 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  40. "Discography Suede". charts.org.nz. Retrieved on 29 September 2010.