History Music / Suede

Suede reunited in 2010 for a series of concerts, and after three years of gigs went on to release a new (well-received) album, ''Bloodsports''. After another three years, they released their seventh album, ''Night Thoughts'', also well-received. In September 2018 they released their 8th album, ''The Blue Hour''.

* RefrainFromAssuming: A minor example, but "By the Sea" is commonly believed to be titled "Into the Sea" because these are the words repeated in the chorus.

* LastNoteNightmare: Could "The Next Life" count in a very odd way? The album closer to 1993's ''Suede'', "The Next Life" is a beautiful piano ballad that ends at about 2:57. But the song's silence continues until 3:39. You sit there and continue waiting for something to happen, and while nothing scary ever happens, it can really freak someone who is either GenreSavvy or has just sat through Music/TheCure's "Subway Song" out.

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness - The band averages at a 5-7.
** ''Suede'' is a 5-7 (Though "Animal Nitrate" is closer to a 9.)
** ''Dog Man Star'' is a 6-8
** ''Coming Up'' is a 4-6
** ''Head Music'' is a 4-6
** ''A New Morning'' is a 3-4
** ''Bloodsports'' is a 4-5
** ''Night Thoughts'' is a 5-7
** ''The Blue Hour'' is a 5-7
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The band averages at a 3-5
** ''Suede'' is a 3-5
** ''Dog Man Star'' is a 3-6
** ''Coming Up'' is a 3-4
** ''Head Music'' is a 3-4
** ''A New Morning'' is a 2-3
** ''Bloodsports'' is a 3-4
** ''Night Thoughts'' is a 3-5
** ''The Blue Hour'' is a 3-5

* AuthorCatchphrase: Yhe words "aniseed", "sin", "psycho", "nuclear" and "gasoline" feature heavily in Suede lyrics.

* NewSoundAlbum: The upbeat and poppy "Coming Up" after the dark and dreary "Dog Man Star". Justified, since tensions in the band were far higher during the recording of the latter album.

* Adorkable: Richard Oakes in the music video for "We Are The Pigs". He was asked to look hard and tough, but due to his youthful looks (being on the cusp of his eighteenth birthday at the time) he just ends up looking a bit silly. Also has shades of this in early interviews.

** Bernard Butler.

* AuthorCatchphrase: the words "aniseed", "sin", "psycho", "nuclear" and "gasoline" feature heavily in Suede lyrics.

* BareYourMidriff / {{Fanservice}}: Brett Anderson was famous for this style of dress in the 1990s.
** {{Bishonen}}: Brett Anderson adopted an androgynous, AmbiguouslyGay style that went well together with his good looks and [[LongHairedPrettyBoy feminine long hair]] [[http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/74/86/23/748623f3c1f2bb367fca7a3896ebc0a9.jpg]].

* CampStraight: despite his rather effeminate appearance and style in the 90s, Anderson's now a married man with two children. (He did, however, infamously proclaim himself "a bisexual man who's never had a homosexual experience").
** Drummer Simon Gilbert, the only band member who actually ''is'' gay, later echoed this statement, joking that he was "a bisexual man who's never had a heterosexual experience".

* DrivenToSuicide: the two lovers in [[GriefSong "She's Not Dead"]]. To double up the sadness, it's BasedOnATrueStory.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Anderson, especially in his drug-fueled years.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Brett Anderson and Mat Osman, who have been friends since their schooldays.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: as the page image can attest, in Suede's early days drummer Simon Gilbert was the only short-haired band member.
* LoveTriangle:
** A real-life one between Anderson, Justine Frischmann (lead singer of Elastica) and Damon Albarn ({{Music/Blur}} frontman). See NoCelebritiesWereHarmed, below.
** "The Asphalt World": "When you're there in her arms / And there in her legs / Well I'll be in her head". According to the band's biography, the song is based off of Anick (Brett's girlfriend at the time) seeing another girl.

* TheNineties: duh.

* RefrainFromAssuming: a minor example, but "By the Sea" is commonly believed to be titled "Into the Sea" because these are the words repeated in the chorus.
* SelfTitledAlbum: the debut.

* ShoutOut: the chorus of "The Wild Ones" was inspired by [[Music/JacquesBrel Jacques Brel]]'s "Ne Me Quitte Pas".

* SillyLoveSongs: straight examples are far and few in between, but "It Starts and Ends with You" and "Hit Me" certainly qualify. "Saturday Night" and the B-Side "Sam" were both written about Brett's then-girlfriend Sam.

* StraightGay: the band's drummer Simon Gilbert, who Anderson once described as "the straighest-appearing member of the band". (See CampStraight, above).
* WretchedHive: the setting of "We are the Pigs".

!!Here they go, the beautiful tropes...:

Suede (also known as The London Suede) are a British AlternativeRock band (Started 1989; went on breakup/hiatus between 2003-2010) known for being one of the bands [[TropeMakers to start]] {{Britpop}}, with a distinct glam rock style influenced by Music/TheSmiths and Music/DavidBowie. They gained press hype even before releasing their debut album, described by Melody Maker as "The Best New Band in Britain" as early as 1992. The following year, their debut album [[SelfTitledAlbum Suede]], went to the top of the charts becoming the fastest-selling debut album in almost a decade. Their next album, however, ''Dog Man Star'', suffered in popularity due to a troubled production and CreativeDifferences between the band's lead singer, Brett Anderson, and guitarist Bernard Butler. This resulted in the departure of Butler and his replacement by Richard Oakes, a young fan of the band who got in thanks to a tape he recorded sent them of him playing some Suede songs (Drummer Simon Gilbert mistakenly believed it to be an early demo tape with Butler when he heard Anderson playing it back, going through audition tapes sent to them).

Their next album ''Coming Up'' became their largest success mainstream success, mainly in the UK, as in the US it was released a nearly year later and had only a short American tour. It was backed by hit singles "Trash", "Saturday Night" and "Beautiful Ones". However, their following albums - ''Head Music'' and (especially) ''A New Morning'' - were met much less warmly, which led to the band's breakup in 2003.

!!Examples of tropes that apply to this band:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: since their songs are commonly about sex and/or drugs, this sort of thing tended to happen - most prominently with "Animal Nitrate".
-->'''Brett Anderson''': I had this schoolboy-ish fantasy to sneak an overtly sexual song with the framework of pop. I was amazed it got daytime radio play, considering the title is a play on amyl nitrate.

** ''Suede'' is a 5-7

Suede reunited in 2010 for a series of concerts, and after three years of gigs went on to release a new (well-received) album, ''Bloodsports''. After another three years, they released their seventh album, ''Night Thoughts'', also well-received. In September 2018 they will release their 8th album, ''The Blue Hour''.

* LoveTriangle: a real-life one between Anderson, Justine Frischmann (lead singer of Elastica) and Damon Albarn ({{Music/Blur}} frontman). See NoCelebritiesWereHarmed, below.

* LullDestruction: The sampled film dialogue in "The Power" is there to fill the place intended for a guitar solo that Butler left the band without recording.

Suede reunited in 2010 for a series of concerts, and after three years of gigs went on to release a new (well-received) album, ''Bloodsports''. After another three years, they released their seventh album, ''Night Thoughts'', also well-received.

* BSide: ''Sci-Fi Lullabies'' (a compilation album consisting of the band's B-sides from the singles released with their first three albums) is reckoned by critics to be equal in quality to Stheir better studio albums.

** "The Asphalt World": "When you're there in her arms / And there in her legs / Well I'll be in her head".

* SillyLoveSongs: straight examples are far and few in between, but "It Starts and Ends with You" and "Hit Me" certainly qualify.

* PrecisionFStrike: "She's Not Dead".

'''Suede''' (also known as '''The London Suede''') are a British AlternativeRock band (Started 1989; went on breakup/hiatus between 2003-2010) known for being one of the bands [[TropeMakers to start]] {{Britpop}}, with a distinct glam rock style influenced by Music/TheSmiths and Music/DavidBowie. They gained press hype even before releasing their debut album, described by Melody Maker as "The Best New Band in Britain" as early as 1992. The following year, their debut album [[SelfTitledAlbum Suede]], went to the top of the charts becoming the fastest-selling debut album in almost a decade. Their next album, however, ''Dog Man Star'', suffered in popularity due to a troubled production and CreativeDifferences between the band's lead singer, Brett Anderson, and guitarist Bernard Butler. This resulted in the departure of Butler and his replacement by Richard Oakes, a young fan of the band who got in thanks to a tape he recorded sent them of him playing some Suede songs (Drummer Simon Gilbert mistakenly believed it to be an early demo tape with Butler when he heard Anderson playing it back, going through audition tapes sent to them).

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: "Animal Lover" is widely considered to be a TakeThat against [[{{Music/Blur}} Damon Albarn]], who at that point was dating Anderson's ex-girlfriend Justine Frischmann. (According to WordOfGod, "Never Here" by Frischmann's band Elastica is unambiguously a Take That against Anderson.)

* GenrePopularizer: ''Suede'' may not have been the first {{Britpop}} record, but it was the first ''popular'' Britpop record and thus codified and fostered the genre. Ironically, the band think little of Britpop and have since tried to distance themselves from it.

* MarketBasedTitle: A lounge singer [[NamesTheSame also named Suede]] sued the band over the use of their name in America, and '''''won''''', and as a result their albums were released under the name "The London Suede".

Suede reunited in 2010 for a series of concerts, and after three years of gigs went on to release a new (well-received) album, ''Bloodsports''.