Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies (iTunes Version)
Not Blur, not Oasis, not Pulp, not even Radiohead could match Suede for quality of B-sides. Using The Smiths as their standard, Suede used the B-sides of singles as a chance to explore ideas that didn’t fit on their records. Instead of the bombastic theatricality of their albums, the 27 tracks gathered on Sci-Fi Lullabies are built on texture and atmosphere. At 122 minutes and bereft of the fiery rave ups of an “Animal Nitrate” or “We Are the Pigs”, it’s a daunting listen, one that I wouldn’t recommend attempting a front to back play through under any circumstances but one that is well worth the effort. Sci-Fi Lullabies leads with the stellar B-sides to debut single “The Drowners”, “My Insatiable One” and “To the Birds”. The former flitting through one of Brett Anderson’s best vocal melodies and most daring lyrics (“On the escalator/We *** paracetamol”) while the latter spins about Bernard Butler’s circular guitar riff...
Genres: Alternative, Music
Released: Oct 1, 1997
℗ This Compilation 1997 Nude Records Ltd.
1-1 My Insatiable One
1-2 To the Birds
1-3 Where the Pigs Don't Fly
1-4 He's Dead
1-5 The Big Time
1-6 High Rising
1-7 The Living Dead
1-8 My Dark Star
1-9 Killing of a Flashboy
1-10 Whipsnade
1-11 Modern Boys
1-12 Together
1-13 Bentswood Boys
1-14 Europe Is Our Playground
2-1 Every Monday Morning Comes
2-2 Have You Ever Been This Low?
2-3 Another No One
2-4 Young Men
2-5 The Sound of the Streets
2-6 Money
2-7 W.S.D.
2-8 This Time
2-9 Jumble Sale Mums
2-10 These Are the Sad Songs
2-11 Sadie
2-12 Graffiti Women
2-13 Duchess
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