Released in March 1993, The London Suedes selftitled debut was a critical and commercial triumph, winning theprestigious Mercury Music Prize and hitting the 1 spot on the UK Album Chart. Featuring the classic singles TheDrowners, Animal Nitrate, So Young, and Metal Mickey, The London Suede sold 100,000 copies in its first weekmaking it the fastestselling debut album ever in the UK at the time.To celebrate the 30th anniversary of this landmark album, Demon Records and AIR Mastering proudly present this newhalfspeed master edition.It was a genuinely magical time in my life and one for which Ill always be grateful. It felt incredible being in what Ithought was quite probably the most exciting band in the world at the time, making a record which felt like more than justanother band making another album. Brett AndersonSo, 30 years ago, this is where it all began. A mixture of the live songs that had won us a following and our firstexperiments in the studio. Listening back now it still has that sense of wildness, and drama, and possibility of those earlydays. So young and so gone, indeed Mat OsmanThis edition has been newly mastered by Phil Kinrade from the original tapes and production masters, overseen andapproved by producer Ed Buller. The vinyl lacquer was expertly cut using precision halfspeed mastering by Barry Grint atAIR Mastering. Halfspeed mastering is a vinyl cutting technique that improves groove accuracy and transient informationcreating an incredibly detailed stereo image with a natural high frequency response.Pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl, housed in a polylined inner sleeve, featuring an obi strip and a 4page booklet insert.
