SUEDE Sitting here nearly 20 years after it was made, what do I feel about this flawed, strange but

sometimes beautiful album? Even though it failed to capture the visceral scream of those early gigs I think its quite an honest picture of what the band was like at the time; restless, angular, ambitious, drunk on the arrogance of youth. The sweet lunacy that convinced us that putting Animal Lover and Moving on the album rather than My Insatiable One and To The Birds was coursing thru our veins but it was a different time I suppose and there were these things called b-sides which for some reason really mattered to us. This really was a band that could do anything, we were going to write our page in letters 20 feet high and this was our moment. Its hard to explain how special and unique it felt being in The London Suede at that time. There was no scene to be part of and no gang to belong to except our own. It felt like we were writing on a clean, blank, fresh page; slowly carving the line that would eventually define the decade. So what do I remember about making it? Well, I remember sitting one dark afternoon with Bernard in his flat in West Hampstead writing Shes Not Dead. I remember the almost chemical rush when I put down the vocal to Animal Nitrate in the vocal booth at Master Rock. I remember thinking it would be funny if no one could really understand what I was singing on the opening lines of the album. I remember the frisson of pleasure when Bernard came over to my flat in Notting Hill and played The Next Life to me on my ancient pre-war piano. I remember hearing with elated disbelief the monitor mix of Breakdown. I remember sitting with endless cups of tea cooling to Pantomime Horses fragile, elegiac intro. I remember watching the sun come up over west London as me and my friend rewound the rough mix cassette of So Young just one more time. I remember waking up with the bruises of last nights gig on my legs and jumping on the bus to Kilburn with sharpened pencils and holes in my shoes and a feeling like that day could be the day that we made magic. And now the rush has past, the dust has settled and were left with this; the album where it all began. This was our music, this was our lives; flawed, strange but sometimes beautiful. Brett Anderson, 14th January 2011

ALTERNATE SUEDE Listening back to all this stuff makes me want to re-write history. If I could do it all again Id do it slightly differently. So Young Animal Nitrate Shes Not Dead My Insatiable One Pantomime Horse The Drowners Metal Mickey Sleeping Pills Breakdown To The Birds The Next Life

SUEDE NUDE 1 CD, 29 March 1993 The London Suede: Guitars and piano Bernard Butler Singing Brett Anderson Electric bass Mat Osman Drums Simon Gilbert Phil Overhead percussion Simon Clarke baritone and tenor saxophones Ed Buller keyboards and synthesizer Trevor Burley cello Lynne Baker viola Caroline Barnes violin Shelly Van Loen violin String arrangement on Sleeping Pills John Buller Session co-ordinated by Suzanne Bramson Produced and engineered by Ed Buller at Master Rock Studios Assisted by Gary Stout Photography Tee Corinne Portraits Pennie Smith and Pat Pope Original sleeve design by Peter Barrett and Andrew Biscomb All songs written by Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler (Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd)

SO YOUNG 3.38 Because were young, because were gone Well take the tides electric mind, oh yeah?, oh yeah Were so young and so gone, lets chase the dragon, oh Because were young, because were gone Well scare the skies with tigers eyes, oh yeah? oh yeah Were so young and so gone, lets chase the dragon, oh Lets chase the dragon... ...from our home high in the city where the skyline stained the snow, I fell for a servant who kept me on the boil Were so young and so gone, lets chase the dragon from our home!

ANIMAL NITRATE 3.26 Like his dad you know that hes had Animal nitrate in mind Oh in your council home he jumped on your bones Now youre taking it time after time Oh it turns you on, on, now he has gone Oh what turns you on now your animals gone? Well he said hed show you his bed And the delights of the chemical smile So in your broken home he broke all your bones Now youre taking it time after time What does it take to turn you on, on Now he has gone? Now youre over 21? Now your animals gone? ...animal, he was animal, an animal

SHES NOT DEAD 4.33 Shell come to her end locked in a car somewhere with exhaust in her hair Whats she called? I dunno, shes fucking with a slip of a man while the engine ran And he said Shes not dead, shes gone away, gone away he said He said Shes not dead, just go away go away he said In the car he couldnt afford they found his made up name on her ankle chain So dont call, dont call her at home, shes fucking with a slip of a man while the engine ran And he said Shes not dead, shes gone away gone away he said He said Shes not dead, shes gone away, gone away he said Just gone away, gone away, he said Shes gone away to someone elses bed MOVING 2.50 Shame on me well I had the beast you see And if he can take it I can take him home with me Shame on her shes a lovely little number And when we go lassoing you get lassoed, all of you If you can take it, I can take it And were moving, so moving, so we are a boy, we are a girl So moving, so moving... Shame on the girl, shes got a big black dog in her And while tough kids sing about tough kids she just skins the world Well never never play the harp, and well stick like sick on the stars And if you can take it I can take these stones from my heart If you can take it, I can take it If you can take it, I can take it, all of me If you can take it, I can take it all PANTOMIME HORSE 5.50 I was born as a pantomime horse Ugly as the sun when he falls to the floor I was cut from the wreckage one day This is what I get for being that way Well did you ever, did you ever go round with them? Well did you ever, did you ever go round the bend? I was conned by a circus hand Tragic as the son of a superman I would die for the stars she said This is what I get for my beautiful head ...ever tried it that way, have you ever tried it that way?

THE DROWNERS 4.10 Wont someone give me a gun? Oh, well its for my brother Well he writes the line wrote down my spine It says Oh do you believe in love there? So slow down, so slow down, youre taking me over And so we drown, Sir we drown, stop taking me over Wont someone give me more fun? (and as the skin flies all around us) We kiss in his room to a popular tune Oh, real drowners

SLEEPING PILLS 3.50 Angel, dont take those sleeping pills, you dont need them Though its just time they kill Angel, give me your sleeping pills, you dont need them Give me the time they kill Youre a water sign, Im an air sign Gone gone to Valium, can you get me some? Youre a water sign, and Im an air sign Too Siamese to catch the leaves from those trees Angel, dont take those sleeping pills, you dont need them Though its just time they kill Youre a water sign, Im an air sign Pumped up with Valium, could you get me some? Youre a water sign, Im an air sign With sweet F.A. to do today, with sweet F.A. to do today... ...Angel, dont take those sleeping pills BREAKDOWN 6.02 Back where the dogs bark, where still life bleeds the concrete white, try not to go too far inside your mind Back where the cars decide, where the lame star limps an endless mile, have I gone too far inside my mind? Oh, if you were the one would I even notice now my mind has gone? Oh, if you were the one, would I even notice? Back where the car was parked where the canine in the A-line stole your time you can only go so far for womankind Does your love only come does your love only come does he only come in a Volvo?

METAL MICKEY 3.27 Well shes show showing it off then The glitter in her lovely eyes Show-show-showing it off then And all the people shake their money in time She sells heart, she sells meat Oh dad, shes driving me mad, come see We shake-shake-shake to the trumpet And through the slippery city we ride Skyline swine on the circuit Where all the people shake their money in time

ANIMAL LOVER 4.17 I see youre moving, see youre moving, moving in with her Youll pierce your right ear, pierce your heart here, this skinny boy is one of the girls Cos around my neck and around her neck hangs everything you are I know youve been inside but what were you in for? Animal lover, animal lover, animal lover? I see youre moving, see youre moving like wildlife from the waist But when your names scratched in on a shiny ring your waist is my resting place And around my neck and around her neck hangs everything you are I know youve been inside but what were you in for? THE NEXT LIFE 3.32 See you in your next life when well fly away for good Stars in our own car we can drive away from here Far away, so far away, down to Worthing and work there Far away, well go far away and flog ice creams til the companys on its knees... ...see you in your next life when well fly away for good

DEMOS THE DROWNERS [Rocking Horse demo] 3.57 METAL MICKEY [Island demo] 2.36 PANTOMIME HORSE [Island demo] 5.37 HES DEAD [Rocking Horse demo] 4.09 MOVING [Rocking Horse demo] 2.59 TO THE BIRDS [Rocking Horse demo] 5.16 SLEEPING PILLS [East West demo] 3.57 THE B-SIDES MY INSATIABLE ONE 2.57 Originally released as a b-side of The Drowners In the high life, Ive got this feeling now Ive got this horrible feeling On the escalator they took it out on him As the ridiculous world went by Oh, he is gone Hes my insatiable one... On the high wire, dressed in a leotard There wobbles one hell of a retard On the escalator we shit paracetamol As the ridiculous world goes by Oh, he is gone Hes my insatiable one And he was my inflatable one...

TO THE BIRDS 5.23 Originally released as a b-side of The Drowners Dont take your life, cos your bicycle wont fly You could be going to heaven tonight Dont spoil the show for the love of some albino You wont be going to heaven alone I see her by the window waiting every night So I wouldnt give a shit if my bicycles in bits I think Im going to heaven on it I see her by the window pour the poison for you Ill go there through the window in my sixteen-hole boots And Ill sing to the birds here at my side And Ill sing to the birds who will save my life Dont take your life cos your bicycle wont fly You could be going to heaven tonight And I wouldnt give a shit if your bicycles in bits I think Im going to heaven on it I see her by the window, and I see theres a day Well walk out through the traffic And pour the poison away So Ill sing to the birds here at my side And Ill sing to the birds who will save my life I will lie down for her HES DEAD 5.11 Originally released as a b-side of Metal Mickey I wake up every day, but I dont want it that way Take my thoughts to the roundabout Cos me and them, we like to get out Oh, what you do in your head You do in your head Oh, if he is dead He said he had a horrible house I looked in and learned to shut my mouth He said I had the look of a son With all the love and poison of London Oh, Ill watch you do in your head Youll do in your head Oh, if he is dead

WHERE THE PIGS DONT FLY 5.33 Originally released as a b-side of Metal Mickey Out in the sticks, out in the stickiness Theyre chasing round in stolen ice cream vans Theyre sparking up with someone, oh Theyre covering their jumpers in roses, oh Where the pigs dont fly, oh... Out over there, out in the sticky wire fire Your royal stickiness, your highness Ive heard theres someone saying I do And banging out an old piano tune Where the pigs dont fly, I do Where the pigs dont fly, I do I do PAINTED PEOPLE 2.48 Originally released as a b-side of Animal Nitrate Painted people get you going and Ill smother that pig in a holy scene It aint too hard to see The paint, my love gets you going like you wanna be got for the next world scene It aint too hard to sing The pills taken everything The pills youre taking The pills taken everything Its in your skin Its in my skin Painted people get you going and Ill smother that pig in a holy scene It aint too hard to see Yeah well I can striptease with you like a silly old cow in a touching dream It aint too hard to see

THE BIG TIME 4.25 Originally released as a b-side of Animal Nitrate I watch the slow hand kill the day I see my starring role tick away I watch the skyline for him to come And when he comes along, well be gone... ...And well go into the city, into the light Well be there in the headlines, there overnight Cos this is the big time, this is the way Now hes in the big time, hell show you the way This is the big time, this is the way Now hes in the big time... And youre in the way HIGH RISING 5.55 Originally released as a b-side of So Young Youll hide among the covers and wave as the aeroplanes go by Theres nothing to say when you sleep all day, but bye-bye Your mind will find another, and thats where the days have gone And all you can hear is a stereo somewhere playing a pig-of-a-song And youll know her, know her, when she comes When you turn the light out, light out, shell come She called you from across the city, you hired a car to crawl But with the high rise still in your eyes you wonder whos out there at all Stop making me older, start making me new DOLLY 2.42 Originally released as a b-side of So Young See my dolly shes over there, see her grooving on down Dressed in thought she is real yeah, her real hair is what counts Taught my baby the alphabet, ABC dont let you down Dressed in thought we are set in jet, the jet set messed us around Im so so down Are you never coming round? So so down Are you never coming round? See my dolly on three wheels yeah, see her grooving on down Dressed in thought she is real yeah, her real hair is what counts Bought my baby an ambulance, driving her mad around town Shell take the hand of a lucky man, in dogshit land Were so so down Are you never coming round? So so down Are you never coming round? All songs written by Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler (Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd)

EXTRA TRACKS MY INSATIABLE ONE [piano version] Originally released as a b-side of The Drowners 2.45 BRASS IN POCKET Originally released on Ruby Trax - The NMEs Roaring Forty 3.39 DIESEL [instrumental] [previously unreleased studio outtake] 3.54 STARS ON 45 [previously unreleased rehearsal room recording] 2.29 JUST A GIRL [early demo, featuring Justine Frischmann] 2.59 Just a girl North of England way Came to me one sweet December day Is your heart, dear as cold as your room? And I told her several times that I didnt like her tunes Come to me softly, come to me sweet Are we so pale because we dont eat meat? Are your arms, dear, as warm as mine? Things could have been so different if wed only had more time And as I turn the page of my favourite book Sweet Gene Vincent was never that good Can you see dear as clear as me That ash-tray eyes and boot-lace ties wont ever set you free Just a girl North of England way Sang to me on the darkest day Is your heart, dear as cold as your room? And I told her several times that I didnt like her tunes Sing to me softly, sing to me sweet, Your grin so wicked and your dress so neat Were your clothes, dear as cheap as mine? Thing could have been so different if youd only had more wine And youll probably never hear these lines Although Ive meant to say them so many times Can you see, dear the way that I do For times like these you must agree its really up to you SLEEPING PILLS [strings] 1.16 All songs written by Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler (Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd), except Diesel by Bernard Butler (Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd). Brass In Pocket written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman Scott (EMI Music Publishing Ltd).

Project co-ordination Val Jennings, Brett Anderson, Vanessa Sanders Physical package Jools at ED&P Ltd Mastering Chris Potter assisted by Phil Vernolt at Electric Mastering Photos John Cheves, Phillip Williams Special thanks Bernard Butler, Simon Gilbert, Alan Fisher, Ian Grenfell, Didz Hammond, Dave Akerman DELUXE EDITIONS ON THE EDSEL LABEL: Suede Dog Man Star Coming Up Head Music A New Morning www.suede.co.uk Visit www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk for the Edsel catalogue and the many other fine labels that make up the Demon Music Group.