The beautiful whales of ‘The Wild Ones’ seem like a distant memory, when we are dragged into the depths of the eerie mystique of the Bowie inspired ‘Daddy’s Speeding’ which coaxes us into “sweet dreams of gasoline” with its tempest of a bass-line, minimalistic piano, trance-like guitar and of course, the sinister growl of Anderson’s vocals. Poppy ballad ‘The Power’ is as close as we are ever going to get to Britpop on Suede’s anti-Britpop album. It’s as if Anderson’s youthful vigour shines through the dank and desolate landscape that Suede have presented us with on Dog Man Star.
‘This Hollywood Life’ is packed with crunching riff after riff- No wonder Bernard Butler was hailed the Johnny Marr of the 90’s. It’s the guitar that gives the song a whole new dimension ‘Dog Man Star’ is a real emotional rollercoaster, its one of the most emotionally raw albums that I have ever heard. I mean, how can a band that were literally falling apart at the seams make such an incredible album? ‘The 2 of Us’ is Andersons emotional peak, and he is left fully exposed with his raw, croaky vocals that float aimlessly over childlike piano. There really is something so fragile, so delicate and so so beautiful about this track. It conveys such a strong sense of innocence which stands out against the dark world depicted on the rest of the record.
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