Suede B-Sides/Non-Album POLL (Anderson/Butler/Gilbert/Osman line-up)

that Ed Buller interview linked upthread is great! can't believe i'd not read it before.

Yeah, it's a great read - I wish there were more things around like that, it's always great to get some insight into what the sessions were like.

For me one of the most underrated of their b-sides is "Whipsnade".
Such a fantastic song. It could have been on a follow-up album to DMS, in a parallel dimension in which Butler would have stayed in the band and they would have made a lighter album than DMS but not as poppy as Coming Up.
"Whipsnade" is very sophisticated, catchy and lighter than their DMS stuff, the melodies are wonderful, the arrangements and production quite different from their output up to that point. Less gravitas overall.

Totally agree about Whipsnade. It's constantly creeping up my favourite Suede songs list. It's probably in the top three with Killing Of A Flashboy and We Are The Pigs at the moment.

I'm a big fan of This World Needs A Father too. Asda Town from the same single is also brilliant.

Is "Asda Town" an Anderson/Butler song ? I always thought it wasn't.

Oh, I just noticed it's been discussed already upthread !

Totally agree about Whipsnade. It's constantly creeping up my favourite Suede songs list. It's probably in the top three with Killing Of A Flashboy and We Are The Pigs at the moment.

i.e. exactly the three songs that made up the 12"/CD single We Are The Pigs. It was unbelievable buying and listening to that record, playing those tracks over and over. So exciting!

Asda Town was their first released song credited to Anderson alone

yep, whipsnade is perfect

god that chiming arpeggio that comes in during the end.... so good