Emotion: Melancholy
Artist: Suede
Track: The Asphalt World
Album: Dog Man Star
Release Details: Nude Records, 1994
I’m listening to this, looking out the 6th floor window of my room in Glasgow. It’s dark, there are seedy looking people knocking about and the city looks dirty and (un)appealing.
There’s clearly no better soundtrack than this, Suede’s finest moment. It’s a 10 minute rock opus calling all the best bits of Berlin Bowie, cokey Roxy Music and introspective Morrissey.
There’s a deluxe version of Dog Man Star on iTunes at the moment. Not only is it my favourite album of all time, so therefore definitely worthy of a download, but the new version has the unedited ‘Asphalt World’ and ‘the Wild Ones’. Go, run along to iTunes, download it, then stare out of the window forlornly, flicking your fringe out of your eyes.
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