Suede: The Studio Albums

Suede: The Studio Albums

Prologue

Hello you. Make a cup of tea. Put a record on. Between 1983 and 2025, Pulp released eight studio albums. Some of them came quietly. Others changed the charts. What began in Sheffield’s outer zones eventually took over Top of the Pops. This is the studio catalogue. Just the records. Nothing skipped.

1. It (1983)

  • Released 18 April 1983

  • Mini-album, 2,000 copies via Red Rhino

  • Folk-influenced debut with tracks like “My Lighthouse”

  • Not widely reissued until the early 90s

2. Freaks (1987)

  • Released 11 May 1987

  • Darker, slower, often ignored at the time

  • Includes “I Want You” and “Being Followed Home”

  • Reappraised as a cult document of their early tone

3. Separations (1992)

  • Released 19 June 1992 (recorded 1989)

  • Split between gloomy synth-pop and proto-acid house

  • Last album before signing to Island Records

  • Features “My Legendary Girlfriend”

4. His ’n’ Hers (1994)

  • Released 18 April 1994

  • First major success, Mercury-nominated

  • Reached number 9 in the UK

  • Tracks include “Do You Remember the First Time?” and “Babies”

5. Different Class (1995)

  • Released 30 October 1995

  • Number 1 in the UK, four-times Platinum

  • Won the Mercury Prize

  • Jarvis said it was about “naughty infidelities and obsession with sex and class”

  • Features “Common People”, “Sorted for E’s & Wizz”, and “Disco 2000”

6. This Is Hardcore (1998)

  • Released 30 March 1998

  • Number 1 in the UK

  • Themes of fame, exhaustion, and decline

  • The title track described by Mojo as “a six-minute ode to sleaze and dirt”

  • Artwork and mood deliberately confrontational

7. We Love Life (2001)

  • Released 22 October 2001

  • Peaked at number 6 in the UK

  • Produced by Scott Walker

  • Jarvis called it a “life-affirming end” after the bleakness of the previous album

  • Features “Sunrise” and “Bad Cover Version”

8. More (2025)

  • Released 6 June 2025

  • First album in 24 years, reached number 1 in the UK

  • Recorded with James Ford in London

  • Features Richard Hawley and Jason Buckle

  • Dedicated to Steve Mackey, who died in 2023

  • Jarvis said: “It was obviously ready to happen”

The Fade Out

Eight records. The sound changed. The group changed. But the wit and weight never faded. Pulp left. Pulp returned. The stories got sharper. The silences got longer. From Red Rhino to Glastonbury to another number one, the albums remain exactly as they were made. And they still know how to hold your attention.

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