Suede have announced details of the 30th anniversary release of Dog Man Star. Due on 4th October, fans can look forward to Suede’s essential second album newly mastered and presented across a range of formats including reimagined artwork and bonus tracks from the Dog Man Star era. Pre-order here
Dog Man Star was originally released on 10 October 1994 and has become a mainstay on all-time greatest album lists. Featuring the immortal ‘The Wild Ones’, the stunning ‘Daddy’s Speeding’, live favourite ‘We Are The Pigs’, the devastating ‘The 2 of Us’, and the orchestral heft of dramatic closer ‘Still Life’, Dog Man Star is unquestionably one of the most celebrated and revered studio albums. The album not only delivered on the ecstatic reception of the band’s self-titled debut and the infamous “The Best New Band In Britain” Melody Maker front cover headline – it set the bar for future generations of British bands.
30 years since its release, Dog Man Star sounds as thrilling as ever, and in reaching this milestone, deserves its story to be celebrated anew.
Dog Man Star is the follow up to Suede’s era-defining self-titled 1993 debut. After that Mercury Prize winning record shot to #1 in the UK Album Chart, becoming the fastest-selling debut LP ever in the UK at that time, expectations for what Suede did next were at fever pitch. Their next single release was 1994’s ‘Stay Together’. The song ate up the UK singles chart peaking at #3 and leaving the NME stunned – “like most great things, it leaves you utterly silent.” The appetite for new Suede music was rabid. A new era beckoned.
As part of Dog Man Star 30 celebrations Suede have released the ‘Killing Of A Flash Boy’ Dog Man Star Tour Film, one of nine rare vignettes captured on location in London and Kent in 1994 by Mike Christie, the band’s long-term visual collaborator who went on to direct and produce the acclaimed 2018 documentary film, Suede: The Insatiable Ones. Watch here.
Dog Man Star 30 will be released as a new half-speed master edition pressed on 2LP 180g black vinyl, and a newly mastered 3CD edition. CD1 features the original classic album, CD2 includes the B-sides to all Dog Man Star-era single releases, and the full-length version of the non-album single ‘Stay Together’. CD3 includes bonus tracks from the Dog Man Star period. A highly collectable “Dinked” edition of the album will be available on 2LP, including yellow gatefold packaging, and an exclusive two sided 7” single featuring the songs ’The Living Dead (Piano Version)’ and ‘La Puissance (The Power)’ on vinyl for the first time. More Dog Man Star 30 releases are soon to be announced.
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