The London Suede (Suede): Dog Man Star auf 2 CDs und 1 DVD

Guitarist Bernard Butler left the band during the mixing of “Dog Man Star”, often regarded as Suede’s masterpiece. This deluxe re-mastered edition features the non-album a- and b-sides, as well as demos from the collections of Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, including a previously unreleased song. Also making their first ever appearances are the much sought-after, full-length, unedited versions of “The Wild Ones” and “The Asphalt World”.

The DVD features the newly-discovered and previously-unseen exciting footage of the band at the Casino de Paris, playing some “Dog Man Star” songs before the album recording sessions, and the band playing in FNAC in Paris, along with the song-films specially created for the “Dog Man Star” tour, also issued for the first time. The bonus feature is a candid February 2011 interview with Bernard and Brett about the making of the album, along with a short film put together by Simon Gilbert from his own contemporary camcorder footage.

The booklet contains a specially-written note by Brett Anderson, along with all the lyrics, hand-written lyric drafts, studio tracking sheets and tape boxes, and previously unpublished photos from the collections of both the band and their friends.

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,,Andersons Gefühlswallungen machten ,,Dog Man Star" (1994) zu einem zerrissenen, (zu) melodramatischen Werk das mit ,,The Wild Ones" aber dennoch einen der schönsten Hits der Band beinhaltete." (Stereoplay, Juli 2011)

,,Heute kennt jeder diese Musik unter dem Namen Britpop, seit Mitte Juni sind alle fünf Studio-Alben von Suede als fette Deluxe-Digipaks erhältlich. Mit Single-B-Seiten, Demos und Extratracks wurde jeweils eine zweite CD bestückt, auf den DVDs gibt es Videos zu allen Singles und zahlreiche Konzertmitschnitte zu sehen. Die dicken, 32-seitigen Booklets enthalten neue Liner-Notes von Brett Anderson, alle Songtexte sowie massig bisher unveröffentlichte Fotos." (Good Times, August / September 2011)