I have mixed feelings about this album by Suede but I think that’s because I can’t really figure out what it is. It’s considered alternative and I guess as a description of the music – alternative it is.
It shifts from quiet to loud, mellow to bombastic, normal to … not normal. I liked some of it fine but there were some things where I just looked to Gina and said “well, this isn’t a good song.”
Rolling Stone called this pretentious but I think I would go with confident – perhaps occasionally misplaced but it is unabashedly exactly what it is. I’ll never listen again but I made it through this once.
“The Wild Ones” was pretty good though.
To learn more about the 1001 Albums Project, I first wrote about it here.
Your thoughts?