Suede – Bloodsports (10th Anniversary Edition, Half Speed master)

Brett Anderson himself says the following about the new work: "After sweating and bleeding over the album for a year, it's finally finished, so we wanted to release some music as soon as possible. 'Barriers' isn't the first single, but we're proud enough of it to release it, and we thought the pulsating, romantic mood of the song pretty much sums up the feel of the album. The album is called Bloodsports. It's about lust, about the chase, about the endless carnal game of love. It was perhaps the hardest thing we've ever done, but certainly the most satisfying. For me, it's ten furious songs that gave us back what Suede has always been about: Drama, melody and noise."

Reviews

,,... the first album in eleven years has everything that used to characterize the Britpop pioneers. Here, they go about their work like newcomers hungry for success, enthusiastically pushing ahead and pulling together in strong songs ... the best comeback of the year? Quite possibly." (Stereo, June 2013)

"Suede have never sounded so brutal and determined; the best British punk, rock'n'roll, sex-pop glam band of the last 20 years." - NME

"Hugely influential... they sound better than they did at their commercial peak" - The Guardian

"Astonishing return to the limelight" - Independent on Sunday