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100
The effect is classic Suede, with mature moments of recollection in tranquillity.
8y
90
Night Thoughts is a supremely confident record and one that should see Suede restored to full national treasure status ... Suede continue to innovate, experiment and ultimately thrill.
3y
90
If Dog Man Star threatened to topple upon its own ambition -- part of its charm is how it meandered into endless darkness -- that makes the precision of Night Thoughts all the more impressive; it is the work of a band whose members know precisely how to execute their ideas.
10y
90
An almighty and ambitious adventure - one of the best albums of their career.
6y
80
They might not be able to change the past, but Night Thoughts is the work of a band very much at home in the here and now, all the while looking forward. Still something else, still something wonderful.
10y
80
It’s dark, it’s moody and it’s bloody brilliant. Suede have grown older but not necessarily wiser, replacing teenage angst with mid-life soul-searching.
5mo
80
This sees Anderson mull over those dusk to dawn ruminations of a man of a certain age who is wondering what on earth he’s doing and how long he’s got left to do it.
3y
80
Reformed Britpop originators create second-era masterpiece.
6y
80
This is Suede at their best, grand, theatrical, unafraid of an overblown lyric or a hook (the jubilant, Coming Up-esque Like Kids even has a “na na na”), but it’s been filtered through the wisdom of age.
6y
80
The dark nights of the soul only get darker with time, and Night Thoughts proves an unexpectedly congenial companion volume.
8y
80
“How long will it take to break the plans that I never make?” It’s a question that was inevitably begged by those previous celebrations of low-rent outlaw glamour, and, in attempting to answer it, Suede may have made their best album.
8y
80
Youthful dreams brushing up against the cold, hard anxieties of adulthood are a constant theme, one the band takes to dramatic heights with extravagantly soaring riffs and strings.
10y
80
Night Thoughts is literally cinematic – it was written to accompany a film – but is also a standalone art-rock piece that adds another dimension to Suede’s universe.
10y
80
Suede have always made music that is worth taking notice of, but with Night Thoughts the band have given us their first essential album in 20 years.
10y
80
Suede establish and uphold the album's gravitas with the type of symphonic grandiosity we've come to anticipate from them.
10y
80
It retains all that made them great in the first place – the swooning choruses, the punchy guitars, the massive productions – but at the same time offers proof of elegance and grace as their maturity grows.
10y
80
Where similarly grandiose songwriters like Chris Martin and Bono flail at balancing the huge and intimate, the personal and mass appeal, Anderson strikes the perfect balance on Night Thoughts.
10y
80
Night Thoughts is easily the band’s finest album since 1996’s Coming Up, and one could make a strong argument it comes close to their 1994 masterpiece Dog Man Star. Very close.
10y
80
‘Night Thoughts’ is expansive and enchanting. With spine-chilling orchestral movements, dazzling guitars, and iconic vocals at the forefront, the album is a return to the boundary-pushing form that has always served Suede so well.
10y
80
This time, Suede sound bolder, brave and better than they have in over 20 years.
10y
80
Night Thoughts honors Suede’s longstanding place in Brit-rock history as theatrical brooders with a penchant for pop and post-punk, while also celebrating the five-piece’s growth by supplying listeners with another round of swirling dance ballads and operatic, Dog Man Star-ry ruminations.
10y
75
It’s a record about addiction, to be sure, but to an intoxicant more elusive, potent, and damaging than any street drug: desire. And like any stimulant, the highs are ecstatic and the lows are crushing.
10y
75
Night Thoughts is a fine entry in their already strong discography.
10y
70
Suede, surely, were the most unlikely of acts to reanimate the wanton, substance-addled serpents of their tender years. But, hey, who needs track marks when you’ve got the swagger? And, more importantly, the hooks to back it all up?
8y
70
At this point, they’re not leading the vanguard of Britpop but simply recording music for the sake of it, and it’s very good music at that. It just feels more like a companion piece to Bloodsports rather than a move forward.
10y
70
Suede's realest, most human effort yet.
10y
70
As with any good Suede album, Night Thoughts revels in this ecstasy of sadness, taking every opportunity to turn the maudlin into the grandiose.
6y
70
Night Thoughts ends with Anderson repeating the lines, “it’s the thrill of the chase”, which is very fitting for a group that have been at their most compelling when they’ve appeared to be in search of something. Let’s hope they don’t stop now.
9y
70
'Night Thoughts' is far from easy listening, but it's further proof that Suede's renaissance shows no sign of losing momentum.
10y
60
Their more thoughtful approach does bring something new to Suede’s sound and it certainly doesn’t mark a slide into blandness that so many reformed bands slip into all too easily.
6y
60
Night Thoughts is a sorely needed step forwards for a band who never quite reached galactico level.
3y
58
Suede’s comeback so far circumvents the more embarrassing moments of their discography by aiming for their self-titled debut sans the tune or the orchestral drama of Dog Man Star without the darkness; taking absolutely zero chances in between because they’re smart lads who know their fans want to hear the old sounds a second time.
10y
55
This is haunting; the black and blue shadows of a new territory
10y
Will I Be Swayed? Part 7.
Well, this was a surprise but a good surprise to be sure! Night Thoughts comes together as a highly conceptual and tight knit group of indie rock tracks that have an orchestral flourish. I actually like this as much as Dog Man Star and given time, this might be my favourite Suede album! The songcraft and the flow of the album is beyond immaculate, every song weaves into the next track with an excellent sense of pacing to help the album thrive. How bold of Suede to ... read more
★★★★★: When You Are Young • Outsiders • What I'm Trying to Tell You • Like Kids
Best Whammy Bar: No Tomorrow
I like that they stay with their 90s style. Together with modern sound and anthems - outstanding album !
"I never through it would happen (happen to me)"
"Night Thoughts", sétimo álbum de estúdio da banda britânica Suede, dá um passo a frente de seu antecessor "Bloodsports", para um rumo mais decadente da vida adulta.
Produzido pelo companheiro de longa data Ed Buller, o álbum mostra um peso teatral que, mesmo em projetos que os fãs e a crítica diz ser "o esqueleto desse", que no caso é o ... read more
2016 in retrospective, #4 (follow me on TikTok for more)
Suede's comeback isn't just nostalgia, because they have every right to be celebrated as A-Listers in Britain's contemporary era. Night Thoughts is a beautifully arranged Glam Rock album with impressive vocals, cinematic textures and a production that reaches into the boundaries of Art Rock.
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Track List
| 1 | When You Are Young 4:16 | 85 |
| 2 | Outsiders 3:53 | 92 |
| 3 | No Tomorrow 3:51 | 91 |
| 4 | Pale Snow 2:42 | 78 |
| 5 | I Don't Know How to Reach You 6:12 | 90 |
| 6 | What I'm Trying to Tell You 4:11 | 83 |
| 7 | Tightrope 3:51 | 79 |
| 8 | Learning to Be 3:21 | 74 |
| 9 | Like Kids 3:36 | 88 |
| 10 | I Can't Give Her What She Wants 4:45 | 74 |
| 11 | When You Were Young 2:19 | 77 |
| 12 | The Fur & the Feathers 4:40 | 84 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
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