Suede: 30th Anniversary Edition (Half-Speed Master Edition)

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You don’t need to sign-up to a streaming service such as Tidal or Apple Music to hear the spatial audio mix You know, it slightly bothers me that I would actually get all of SDE surround discs, but there's just too big a waste of money that comes with them, what with being a non-UK buyer.

This was a genuinely magical time in my life and one for which I’ll always be grateful. It felt incredible being in what I thought was quite probably the most exciting band in the world at the time, making a record which felt like more than just another band making another album. Suede frontman, Brett Anderson Suede will celebrate 30 years of their iconic self-titled debut album with a vinyl reissue on July 7. Due on 7 July 2023, fans can look forward to special limited edition 30th anniversary releases, newly mixed and mastered presenting the band’s classic self-titled debut album in the best sounding way possible in 2023. This edition has been newly mastered by Phil Kinrade from the original ½” tapes and production masters, overseen and approved by producer Ed Buller. The vinyl lacquer was expertly cut using precision half-speed mastering by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering. Half-speed mastering is a vinyl cutting technique that improves groove accuracy and transient information creating an incredibly detailed stereo image with a natural high frequency response. It was a genuinely magical time in my life and one for which I’ll always be grateful. It felt incredible being in what I thought was quite probably the most exciting band in the world at the time, making a record which felt like more than just another bandThere could be no other entry to take up this position. The ’90s had ended and Suede’s relevance was struggling under the spectre of the new, raucous wave of guitar bands such as The Libertines and The Strokes. Fast forward to February 1992, and the band were signed to the independent record label, Nude. Hailed by the press “as the next big thing”, they released their first single, ‘The Drowners’, in May that year. The band were fast on their way to becoming one of Britain’s best-beloved bands.

Charts upon its release. Selling over 100,000 copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK at that time, Suede also won the prestigious Mercury It was a genuinely magical time in my life and one for which I’ll always be grateful. It felt incredible being in what I thought was quite probably the most exciting band in the world at the time, making a record which felt like more than just another band making another album.” – Brett Anderson The news of Suede30 follows the release of Autofiction , Suede’s brand new studio album. Debuting at No.2 in the UK Albums Chart in September 2022 and marking Suede’s highest charting LP since 1999’s Head Music , the album has been universally received as a late-career triumph. He added: “I’d love to think that our most daring work is ahead of us. That’s a really exciting prospect – that a band at our stage of our career haven’t just settled for running through the motions. I love making new records: it makes my heart beat faster, it’s what I get up for in the morning.”Known for being an arty, David Bowie-esque outfit, Suede’s first two records, Suede and Dog Man Star, are hailed as classics and are often mentioned in the same breath as Pulp’s Different Class, the era’s ultimate British masterpiece. However, tensions would soon erupt within the band. Engulfed by all the trappings of stardom, excess and all, something had to give. Butler, who had become hailed as the spiritual successor to The Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr, departed the group in spring 1994, citing tensions between him and Anderson. Selling over 100,000 copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK at that time, Suede also won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize. Suede’s self-titled debut album from 1993 will be reissued in July for its 30th anniversary and formats will include an SDE-exclusive blu-ray with Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos and 5.1 mixes. Meanwhile, the band have recently been touring in support of their acclaimed 2022 album Autofiction. Speaking to NME last year, Anderson revealed that the band were already at work on their next album.