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Ian wrote:

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So have I. Which show are you going to?

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 Sheffield, bien sûr. And you?

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Sheffield too. I am not sure exactly what time I will be there at the moment but hopefully we can arrange some sort of meet-up nearer the time 

Ste wrote:

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I've really enjoyed their music since Bloodsports, but Autofiction didn't do much for me and I wasn't too keen on Antidepressants on the first listen; it all seemed a blob, but I was tired! This morning Somewhere Between An Atom And A Star, June Rain, and The Sound And The Summer have caught my attention more, enough to give it a proper listen without being cranky! Still prefer their more atmospheric tracks - Night Thoughts and The Blue Hour are probably my favourites since their comeback.

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They have now released the same number of albums in both periods of their existence. I don't think any of the last 5 albums reach quite the same heights as "Dog Man Star" but let's face it, very few things do.

For saying that their future looked uncertain from around 2003-2010, they have certainly nailed it since and Brett has described "Antidepressants" as the second album in a trilogy so hopefully there will be another one in a couple of years. 

It would be impossible for me to pick a favourite post-comeback album but I can say one thing for certain: if they took the best 2 or 3 tracks from each and combined them into one album, then that would rival "Dog Man Star". 

Like this one? Even before now, Suede have always had a habit of playing album tracks, B-sides and lesser known singles; "Can't Get Enough" absolutely rocked the last time I saw them. Unfortunately, I have never been fortunate enough to see them play "The Asphalt World". 

I'm the same with Pulp. I find myself getting a lot less excited about "Sorted For E's and Wizz", "Babies" and "Do You Remember the First Time?" than I used to. They don't have enough recent material for a full show (even the whole "More" album plus "After You" would be less than an hour) but there are certainly some great tracks that barely get a look-in. For example, "Party Hard" always goes down well, "Have You Seen Her Lately?" and "Live Bed Show" would be a nice change, "The Professional" would work alongside "My Sex" and the jewel in the crown for me would be "Deep Fried In Kelvin". 

Ian wrote:

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Unfortunately, I have never been fortunate enough to see them play "The Asphalt World"

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Ste wrote:

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Ian wrote:

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Unfortunately, I have never been fortunate enough to see them play "The Asphalt World"

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I've only seen them play once, and felt really lucky - the setlist was incredible. I had an idea of the songs they were rotating on that tour, and went hoping to hear one of The Asphalt World/Still Life/The 2 Of Us

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That really is a great setlist. The B-side "He's Dead" as well which I have seen them play before and it's brilliant. 

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Off topic in an off topic thread, but the B-side talk has me itching to ask: what are your favourite Suede B sides? And it's hardly that the board is being flooded... Has this been discussed before? The ones that spring to mind are Europe Is Our Playground/Simon/The Big Time, and This Time - the latter having what I regard as a really nice Pulpy sounding guitar outro. Are there any "modern era" ones I should check out?

I did try to think if I could add any more about Antidepressants, but all I could muster was Dancing With The Europeans has grown on me, but that'd be a tissue-thin excuse to ask, so bugger it!

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When I'd heard 'To the Birds' and 'My Insatiable One' at Camden, it was really impressive.  From memory Brett said something along the lines of 'You didn't expect that did you'.  No, I didn't!

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/suede/2015/roundhouse-london-england-4bf50fae.html

It was also great to hear 'Together' at Brixton.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/suede/2011/o2-academy-brixton-london-england-73d3d6bd.html

^ this Brixton gig and their come back at the Albert Hall are certainly up there with some of my favourite gigs of all time.  The energy and positivity of the Albert Hall gig can't be beaten.  I was at the front for Brixton and Albert Hall (and in the footage of that gig too) so I'll always remember them for that too.

I'm seeing them in Portsmouth in January, so hoping for a great gig and the new album is waiting for me to give it a listen.

Second to Pulp, Suede have always been one of my favourites.

My favourite Suede B-sides? These immediately spring to mind:

• To The Birds
• Killing of a Flash Boy (could have been a huge hit)
• Whipsnade
• Europe is Our Playground (I prefer the "Sci-Fi Lullabies" version but both are great)
• WSD
• This Time
• Let Go
• Crackhead (would have worked well on the album)
• Killer (see above)
• Instant Sunshine

I haven't listened to the more recent ones enough to make a fair judgement. I think I have just set myself a to-do.

I'd say that Suede dipped slightly with "Coming Up", it sounds like they took the easy option of obvious hits over the quality that ran through their previous two albums. "Head Music" was something of a recovery but a couple of the songs could have been swapped out. Unfortunately, whilst I think that "A New Morning" has some very nice moments, it just doesn't succeed as an album. I'm sure we can forgive them as they have made up for that 5 times in the past 12 years or so. 

I agree with the comments about Blur, it's as if they knew when to take a break and come back stronger. But that said, I think that their first four albums are too long and their B-sides are a very mixed bag ranging from pointless 1 minute instrumentals to some of their greatest songs ever. They did seem to release a lot more B-sides than Pulp and possibly even Suede.