[Friday On The Turntable] The Tears - Here Come The Tears

Welcome to this week's Friday On The Turntable feature! For those of you that follow my blog on Facebook, you'll recall that each Friday I post a featured record that I'm currently enjoying. To enhance the experience, I've been filming short videos - discussing a brief history of the record, my favorite tracks and what it means to me. The video is embedded below - and don't forget to subscribe to my youtube channel here.

This week's feature is on 'Here Come The Tears' - the one & only album from Brett Anderson (Suede) and Bernard Butler (ex-Suede).

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[Friday On The Turntable] Suede - Bloodsports

Welcome to this week's Friday On The Turntable feature! For those of you that follow my blog on Facebook, you'll recall that each Friday I post a featured record that I'm currently enjoying. To enhance the experience, I've been filming short videos - discussing a brief history of the record, my favorite tracks and what it means to me. The video is embedded below - and don't forget to subscribe to my youtube channel here.

This week's featured album is Bloodsports, the excellent new album from the reunited Suede / London Suede. Please enjoy, and feel free to leave me your thoughts on this record. Thanks for watching! Purchase link below the video. :)

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The London Suede. The 20 Best Songs

If you're sad that you're missing the recently-reunited Suede at Coachella this Saturday - their first American appearance since 1997 - then this is for you. In a couple of months, Suede will be reissuing their entire catalog with 3-disc expanded editions of every album: Suede, Dog Man Star, Coming Up, Head Music and A New Morning. Each album contains 2 CDs and a DVD with lots of bonus content.

* Since this post was made, Suede have released two wonderful albums - 2013's Bloodsports & 2016's Night Thoughts.

So, without further delay, I submit my choices for the Best Songs of Suede. As always, it's difficult to put one of these together - so many great songs get left out. Please feel free to comment below.

20. Electricity

Released as single; appeared on the album Head Music (1999)

19. Killing of a Flash Boy
Released as b-side to We are the Pigs single (1994); and on Sci-Fi Lullabies (1997)

18. Everything Will Flow
Released as single; appeared on the album Head Music (1999)

17. Europe is Our Playground
Released as b-side to Trash single; appeared on the album Coming Up (1996)

16. Metal Mickey
Released as single (1992); appeared on the album Suede (1993)

15. My Dark Star
Released as b-side to Stay Together single (1994); and on Sci-Fi Lullabies (1997)

14. Stay Together
Released as single (1994); and on Sci-Fi Lullabies (1997)

13. This Time
Released as b-side to Saturday Night single (1997); and on Sci-Fi Lullabies (1997)

12. Beautiful Ones
Released as single; appeared on the album Coming Up (1996)

11. Breakdown
From the album Suede (1993)

10. The Next Life
From the album Suede (1993)

09. Saturday Night
Released as single (1997); appeared on the album Coming Up (1996)

08. So Young
Released as single; appeared on the album Suede (1993)

07. Animal Nitrate
Released as single; appeared on the album Suede (1993)

06. Sleeping Pills
From the album Suede (1993)

05. By the Sea
From the album Coming Up (1996)

04. ...Morning
From the album A New Morning (2002)

03. New Generation
Released as single (1995); appeared on the album Dog Man Star (1994)

02. Trash
Released as single; appeared on the album Coming Up (1996)

01. The Wild Ones
Released as single; appeared on the album Dog Man Star (1994)

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iPod Shuffle: Part 1

In an effort to listen to songs that don't get much intentional play on my iPod, I'm starting a new series on Life On This Planet called 'iPod Shuffle.'  Many of you have done this on Facebook by selecting Shuffle on your mp3 player and writing down the first 10 songs that come up.  Here's my first 10.

1.  The Rolling Stones - Rocks Off
The opening track from 'Exile On Main Street' and one of my favorite Stones songs.

2.  Sinead O'Connor - O Filii et Filae
From 2003's double album 'She Who Dwells.'  I don't own this one on CD, so I'm glad I'm doing this shuffle thing because a lot of things I own on digital format don't get much play time.  This is a traditional Catholic hymn celebrating Easter.  It's quite beautiful.

3.  Morrissey - Papa Jack
From Morrissey's 1997 album, 'Maladjusted.'  This is a decent enough track, but not among his best work.

4.  The Cure - Mr. Pink Eyes
From 2004's 4-disc box set of b-sides, 'Join The Dots.'  Mr. Pink Eyes was originally the b-side of The Lovecats from back in 1983.  A bit odd, experimental and out of control.

5.  Radiohead - Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
A great track from Radiohead's 2007 release 'In Rainbows.'

6.  Legendary Pink Dots - And Even The Vegetables Screamed
A short instrumental from LPD's 1989 album 'The Golden Age.'

7.  The Killers - Midnight Show
From their debut album 'Hot Fuss' in 2004.  I'm not very familiar with their first album, so this track is relatively unheard until now.

8.  James - I Know What I'm Here For (live)
From one of the greatest live albums of all time - 'Getting Away With It...Live.'  Some of the live versions are superior to the studio versions.  If you like James, this should be in your collection.

9.  The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling
Wow.  This is pretty damn good.  :)  Part Scorpions, part Queen.  From their debut 'Permission To Land,' 2003.  Okay, I'm hitting back and listening to this one again.  Rad.

10. Suede - Moving
From their 1993 self-titled debut.  Very familiar with this one.  Suede were a great band, and as I understand they've reunited and are doing some shows in Europe.

Well, that's it.  Discovered a few songs I hadn't heard before.  Please feel free to hit shuffle on your mp3 player and post your 10 in the comments below.

Cheers,
Bret