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Rating: "A New Morning" is the final chapter (excluding the best of "Singles") of Suede, released in 2002.
There's a novelty on the keyboards: the talented Neil Codling (among other things, co-author of old hits like "She's In Fashion" and "Can't Get Enough", as well as the sole author of "Elephant Man", a track contained in "Head Music" from 1999) is replaced by Alex Lee, ex-Strangelove (who also participated as a guitarist in the live shows of Placebo during 2006-2007).
"A New Morning" is the successor to "Head Music", but it has little to nothing in common with its predecessor. In the new work, Suede tries to further develop the acoustic aspect of their musical style; the choice to change producer should be interpreted in this sense, entrusting the experienced hands of Stephen Street (assisted by John Leckie and David Eringa).
"Positivity" is the first single from the album (Codling is also credited for this track) and it effectively heralds the shift of the band. The acoustic attitude of the song is immediately noticeable, while Anderson abandons his typical "nasal" singing style to favor the expressive depth of a more "throaty" execution, especially in the upper parts. Several tracks on the album follow this path, notably "Lonely Girls" and "Lost In TV", besides the masterpiece of the album, the monumental "Astrogirl", in which Brett delivers a stunning vocal performance, enriched by a celestial falsetto in the refrain.
Fans of the hardcore base, on the other hand, can find refuge in electric numbers like the second single "Obsessions", "Beautiful Loser" (the closest to the "Coming Up sound" of the entire work), the wild "Streetlife" (perhaps the closest to the Stones that Suede has ever done), and the more rhythmic "You Belong To Me". A negative note is the production of an (unusually) non-impactful Street; simplifying and smoothing the sound is fine, but here it might have been overdone, depriving the pieces of the classic "exaggerated" appeal that made Suede's songs rich with various and unexpected nuances. Real boredom, however, appears only a few times, perhaps in "Untitled... Morning" (due to excessive length) and in the ghost track "Ocean".
"A New Morning" thus represents a worthy conclusion for Suede. It is not a masterpiece, but it is certainly an album that still has some arrows in its quiver.
Key tracks: Positivity, Lonely Girls, Astrogirl, You Belong To Me (bonus track)
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Positivity (02:55)
you say what you want to say
your diamonds are drops of rain
your smile is your credit card
and your currency is your love
and the morning is for you
and the air is free
and the birds sing for you
and your positivity
watch out
so you play where you want to play
on the main streets where the creeps all pray
and you can feel like you're in dynasty
and you can be what you want to be
and the morning is for you
and the air is free
and the birds sing for you
and your positivity
and the cars crash for you
and the sunshine is free
and the sirens call you
yes the morning is for you
yes the air is free
and yes the world spins for you
and your positivity
positivity
02 Obsessions (04:11)
It's the way you pick your clothes off the floor
It's the way you scratch your skin when you yawn
It's the t-shirts that you choose like you're in the air force
Yeah the language that you use reacts like chemicals
Obsessions in my head don't connect with my intellect
It's called obsession can you handle it?
It's connected to the hip sound and it moves with the underground
It's called obsession when you're around
It's the way you close the doors of my car
It's the stupid things you bought with my credit card
It's the way you don't read Camus or Bret Easton Ellis
Yeah the TCP you use it stings when we kiss
Obsessions in my head don't connect with my intellect
It's called obsession can you handle it?
It's connected to the hip sound and it moves with the underground
It's called obsession when you're around
Obessions it's like sex it's simple and complex
It's called obsession can you handle it?
It's connected to the hip sound and it moves with the underground
It's called obsession when you're around
07 Astrogirl (04:34)
A strange relationship has started
A strange relationship indeed
It's like a watercolour forming
Between the pages of a dream
And it's calling you
It's calling me
It's calling everyone to be
In a future world with an astrogirl
Where one on one is all you need
In a future world with an astrogirl
One on one is all you need
A strange experience has started
Between her molecules and me
It's like disease between us forming
From obsolete technology
And it's calling you
It's calling me
It's calling everyone to be
In a future world with an astrogirl
Where one on one is all you need
In a future world with an astrogirl
The sky goes on and on for you and me
The sky goes on and on for you and me
The sky goes on and on for you and me
In a future world with an astrogirl
There'll be no obstacles you'll see
Cos we'll be making friends with the superman
Where the sky goes on and on for you and me
The sky goes on and on for you and me
The sky goes on and on for you
The sky goes on and on
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