At a glance
- Artist
- Suede
- Released
- 29 March 1993
- Label
- Nude Records
- Catalogue number
- NUDE 1CD
- Format
- CD
- Country
- UK
- Tracks
- 11, 45:42
In the issue
It went in at number one with the biggest first-week sales for a debut in a decade, won the Mercury Prize and is often cited as one of the first Britpop records.
Suede entered the UK chart at number one in April 1993 with the biggest first-week sales for a debut since Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Welcome to the Pleasuredome a decade earlier, and won that year's Mercury Prize. It followed three singles, "The Drowners", "Metal Mickey" and "Animal Nitrate", that had made Suede the most written-about new band in Britain. It is often cited as one of the first Britpop records.
Listen
Find a copy
The original cd: Nude Records NUDE 1CD, 1993.
Track list
- 1So Young3:38
- 2Animal Nitrate3:27
- 3She’s Not Dead4:34
- 4Moving2:51
- 5Pantomime Horse5:50
- 6The Drowners4:10
- 7Sleeping Pills3:51
- 8Breakdown6:03
- 9Metal Mickey3:28
- 10Animal Lover4:18
- 11The Next Life3:32
The label
Released Suede's self-titled debut, which entered the chart at number one in 1993, became the fastest-selling debut album in nearly a decade and won the Mercury Prize, and later released Dog Man Star.
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- Dog Man Star1994
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