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The 10 Best Suede Songs

The 10 Best Suede Songs

Join us as we celebrate the 10 best Suede songs and their mastery of one of Britain’s great modern artistic traditions: the pop single.

Primal Scream: Chaosmosis

Primal Scream: Chaosmosis

Primal Scream's 11th album needs more "Chaos" and less, er, "Osmosis".
Jeff Buckley: You and I

Jeff Buckley: You and I

Hello old friend, goodbye dry eyes.
Fun Lovin’ Criminals: Come Find Yourself (20th Anniversary Edition)

Fun Lovin’ Criminals: Come Find Yourself (20th Anniversary Edition)

The "DiFontaine Carting & Asbestos Removal Co." were wise to branch out into music.
Promise and the Monster: Feed the Fire

Promise and the Monster: Feed the Fire

Seriously kids, don't feed the fire. OK, but only if Promise and the Monster ask you nicely.
Wet: Don’t You

Wet: Don’t You

Wet. Wet? Wet! Rarely has a band been so aptly named.
Hinds: Leave Me Alone

Hinds: Leave Me Alone

Hinds' debut is fuelled by an infectious lust for life. Well, that and copious amounts of Sangria.
Club 8: Pleasure

Club 8: Pleasure

Our measure of Club 8's "Pleasure" reveals a little treasure. No late bar though.
Pictureplane: Technomancer

Pictureplane: Technomancer

Pictureplane's third album is anarchic, noisy, sweaty, somewhat scrappy at times, but a ton of fun.
Keep Shelly in Athens: Now I’m Ready

Keep Shelly in Athens: Now I’m Ready

The birthplace of Western Civilization have been on the phone. They want their groove back.
Hurts: Surrender (take 2)

Hurts: Surrender (take 2)

Faced with the ire of the notorious "Bean Counter Gang", Hurts had no choice but to surrender.
Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe: I Declare Nothing

Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe: I Declare Nothing

For once it's not Anton Newcombe you need to be afraid of. Just don't look into their eyes okay?

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