We were competing with the great records of the past; that's what we had to prove with it. I was trying to write without any boundaries. I was living in a bizarre house in north London, taking lots and lots of hallucinogenic drugs, and writing in a stream of consciousness about anything I wanted and pushing myself as an artist. Dog Man Star is a real testament to what you can create when you want to push yourself as far as you can go." This distinction is both logical and illogical. Yes, it’s neat and tidy, but that doesn’t reflect the actual history. Together was after all promoted as a double ‘A’ side with New Generation, a DOG MAN STAR single. The twelve-inch and CD single also contained Bentswood Boys. Both of these were written by Brett Anderson and new guitarist Richard Oakes and both are missing from this set (as they were from the 2011 reissue). The fact is that the Dog Man Star era didn’t end with a clean straight line – there was a messy overlap with Oakes appearing on singles and of course performing on the Dog Man Star tour of 1994/5. In trying to tidy up the messiness of the division between Dog Man Star/Bernard Butler and Coming Up/Richard Oakes Suede and Edsel have created an imperfect and not a not really comprehensive summation of the Dog Man Star era. If you wanted to be provocative you could say they are guilty of rewriting history. In 1991, Suede was named "the best new band in Britain", with a string of hit singles and a universally acclaimed debut album, 'Suede'. Flamboyant singer Brett Anderson and incendiary guitarist Bernard Butler became feted as song-writers. David Bowie was amongst their fans. a b c "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 100–1". NME. 25 October 2013 . Retrieved 15 December 2016.

Caulfield, Keith (26 September 2008). "Ask Billboard: Blue Suede Shoes". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. An original cover design had been a still from Pasolini's Salò. [16] Eventually, the band settled on a photo lifted from one of Anderson's old photo books, featuring a naked man sprawled on a bed. The photo was taken from a 1972 book called Frontiers Of Photography. [63] Taken by American photographer Joanne Leonard in 1971, the front cover picture was originally titled "Sad Dreams on Cold Mornings" and the rear photo "Lost Dreams". [61] Anderson says, "I just liked the image, really, of the bloke on the bed in the room. It's quite sort of sad and sexual, I think, like the songs on the album." [64] Release and promotion [ edit ]Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin: levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972[ Includes the smash hit: Records and performers of Finnish music charts since 1972] (in Finnish). Helsingissä: Otava. ISBN 951-1-21053-X. a b c Petridis, Alexis (9 June 2011). "Suede: Dog Man Star – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 June 2013. The scrutiny that followed took its toll on their relationship. Determined to write a dissolute conceptual masterpiece, Anderson exiled himself in a gothic pile in North London while Butler questioned the paraphernalia that came with pop stardom. Also includes 12” singles of ‘We Are The Pigs’ and ‘The Wild Ones’, plus a 7” reproduction of the NME Flexi disc in original pic sleeve. Bereavement and clashes over the album's producer heightened the tension and, with just one part to complete on the album, Butler walked out for good. Suddenly, having blazed the trail for Britpop, they returned with an album deemed out of step with its sunny positivism.

a b c d e Lindsay, Matthew (23 October 2014). "A World That's Gone: Suede's Dog Man Star 20 Years On". The Quietus . Retrieved 23 December 2016.

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Butler left the sessions on 8 July, leaving Dog Man Star some distance from completion. Anderson had recorded little more than a string of guide vocals; several songs did not have titles; much of the music was still to be completed with overdubs. [25] Butler had exited before recording his guitar part for "The Power"; a session guitarist was invited to record the part, replicating Butler's demo recording. [6] Anderson offered to play acoustic guitar. [15] Paphides, Pete (31 May 2012). "Follow-Up Albums: Suede – Dog Man Star". BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 23 November 2013.

Kot, Greg (23 August 1996). "The British Are Not Coming!". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 15 June 2020. Webber, Brad (8 December 1994). "The London Suede: Dog Man Star (Columbia)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 30 June 2013. Shepherd, Fiona (21 October 1994). "Suede: Dog Man Star (Nude)". The List. No.239. p.36 . Retrieved 17 February 2017. Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term.The easiest thing to do when reviewing an album is to call the subject of your piece “A classic” or “A landmark” and all those other easy to trot out inanities. The fact is, very few albums are classic albums and even that depends on who is defining classic. There are many good and indeed very good albums of course, but few albums are complete works from beginning to end, ebbing and flowing perfectly, balancing light and shade and capturing your attention throughout. a b c d Harris, John (1 October 1994). "Diamond 'Dog'!". NME. p.47. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000 . Retrieved 26 January 2017. In 2022, following an eight-year live hiatus, Hard-Fi advised that they would play a handful of dates, including a gig at the Kentish Town Forum in London. Whether it was the length of time since […] Photography By [Additional] – Christian Vogt, David Loehr, Della Grace, Jo Spence, Karlheinz Poll, Philip Jones Griffiths, Terry Dennett Unlike the alternative sleeve version sold on suede webstore, this version does not include the bonus 12" vinyl of ‘Stay Together’ and the cover color is a replica of the 1994 edition.

Let’s be honest, Edsel were probably regretting putting quite so much content on their 2011 deluxe reissue of Suede‘s 1994 album Dog Man Star when they sat down to discuss a possible 20th anniversary set only a few years down the line. We are coming up to that time of year when the beautiful and distinctive voice of Kirsty MacColl will be blasting out in bars and shops and being played regularly on radio and TV music […]a b Cronshaw, Jon (19 March 2013). "Can Suede's Dog Man Star Stand The Test of Time?". Sabotage Times. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. The DVD features song-films which were specially created for the Dog Man Star tour and previously-unseen footage of the band playing at the Casino de Paris and at the Fnac, Les Halles in Paris on 27 November 1993. The bonus DVD material features a 2011 interview with Anderson and Butler including contemporary film inserts from Simon Gilbert. The booklet contains all the lyrics, hand-written lyric drafts and previously unpublished photos of the band. There is also a specially-written note by Anderson; in it he says: "If I could choose to be remembered for just one musical document it would be this." [82] The reissue charted at no. 63 in the UK Albums Chart. [66]