Sci-Fi Lullabies
Twenty-seven B-sides on two discs, gathered from the singles of the first three albums.
Suede, 1997
- Released
- 6 October 1997
- Label
- Nude
- Producer
- Ed Buller
- Length
- 122:48
- Type
- compilation
The set gathers B-sides from the singles of the first three albums. Disc one is mostly Anderson and Butler songs, with Together, Bentswood Boys and Europe Is Our Playground as the exceptions. Disc two collects songs written after Butler left, by Anderson with Oakes or Codling and by others in the band. Osman said the band had the tracks, liked them and wanted people to hear them. The title comes from the lyrics of Introducing the Band and had earlier been considered for Dog Man Star. Peter Saville designed the 32-page booklet, and the cover photograph by John Kippin shows a wrecked English Electric Lightning aircraft at Otterburn.
It reached number nine in the UK. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that disc one is as strong as any of their albums. Mark Beaumont of NME said the first disc staked a formidable claim as the fourth Suede album in its own right. Pitchfork in 2011 said Suede made B-sides that a lot of bands would die to release as lead singles. A three-disc expanded edition, with a third CD of later B-sides, came out on 23 May 2025.
Track listing
- My Insatiable One2:57
- To the Birds5:24
- Where the Pigs Don't Fly5:33
- He's Dead5:13
- The Big Time4:28
- High Rising5:49
- The Living Dead2:48
- My Dark Star4:26
- Killing of a Flash Boy4:07
- Whipsnade4:22
- Modern Boys4:07
- Together4:29
- Bentswood Boys3:15
- Europe Is Our Playground5:39
- Every Monday Morning Comes4:28
- Have You Ever Been This Low?3:52
- Another No One3:56
- Young Men4:35
- The Sound of the Streets4:59
- Money4:04
- W.S.D5:46
- This Time5:46
- Jumble Sale Mums4:15
- These Are the Sad Songs6:20
- Sadie5:24
- Graffiti Women4:51
- Duchess3:55
More from Suede
Suede (1993), Dog Man Star (1994), Coming Up (1996), Head Music (1999)
Sources
- Sci-Fi Lullabies, Wikipedia
- Suede [Deluxe Edition] / Dog Man Star [Deluxe Edition], Pitchfork (2011)