Dog Man Star

Dog Man Star is the second album by English alternative rock band Suede, released in October 1994 on Nude Records. The album was recorded in London at Master Rock studios in early 1994 and was produced by Ed Buller. It was the last Suede album to feature guitarist Bernard Butler, due to growing tensions between him and singer Brett Anderson ending with Butler leaving the band before the album was completed. Dog Man Star is darker than debut album Suede and chronicles the band as they eschewed from the "Britpop pack". In contrast to that album which highly emulated the influences of David Bowie and the Smiths,Dog Man Star exhibits an individualistic aesthetic, drawing from a wider range of influences.

Although it did not sell on the same scale as their chart-topping debut, Dog Man Star reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and was certified as gold by the BPI in November 1994. The grandiose, ambitious, and heavily orchestrated album was greeted with enthusiastic reviews but muted commercial response, however it is now considered by many to be Suede's masterpiece. On release it was relatively unknown in the mainstream, although the album has over time garnered universal acclaim from critics. This recognition was helped by Suede's 2010 reunion, which further solidified the album as one of the greatest of all time. In October 2013, NME magazine placed the album at number 31 in its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.