obsessions

Released: November 18, 2002
CD1>>
Obsessions [radio edit], Cool Thing, Instant Sunshine, Obsessions [footage from Marquee Club]
CD2>>
Obsessions [album version], UFO, Rainy Day Girl, Obsessions [footage from Scala]
DVD>>
Obsessions [video], Hard Candy, ABC Song, extra feature [developing Obsessions]

>> Obsessions special feature!

positivity

September 16, 2002: Positivity will come in 3 formats: CD1 includes the beautiful video for Positivity as well as One Love, at one time considered as a possible single in its own right, and the classic Simon, only previously available on last year's Lost in TV DVD compilation. CD2 features another two dazzling new songs, Superstar and Cheap, while the DVD offers Colours, Campfire Song, the video for Positivity plus bonus footage from May 4th gig.

a new morning

so far...

Working titles been used: Instant Sunshine (earlier) and Subject to Nicotine Stains
Producers worked on it: Tony Hoffer, then early 2002 replaced by Stephen Street
Release date: September 30, 2002
Tracklist:
Positivity, Obsessions, Lonely Girls, Lost in TV, Beautiful Loser, Street Life, Astro Girl, Untitled, ...Morning, One Hit to the Body, When the Rain Falls, hidden track Oceans, and bonus track You Belong to Me in limited edition initial pressing.

time line

September 30, 2002: A NEW MORNING OUT!

September 10, 2002: Official tracklisting out [see above]. Limited edition first pressing will contain a very special bonus track.

August 24, 2002: Cover art raises questions: is this the final art for A New Morning sleeve?
This image of a 'flaming' shiny CD is available on sonymusiceurope.com and Amazon.
The breakthrough design leaves fans wondering whether it will be final or not, and will the CD be printed on the booklet or come in a naked case.

note:
Sorry the black background merges with my site's background! *blush* So yes it has a black background.

August 8, 2002: When you buy A New Morning CD, you will get a chance to access alternative versions of each track from Hoffer recording session!

July 21, 2002: MP3s from this album have leaked out.

July 16, 2002: The whole album revealed on the amazing fanclub gig!

July 8, 2002: MP3s from the 5-track promo CD (Positivity, Lost in TV, Obsessions, Beautiful Loser, Astro Girl) leaked out.

July 8, 2002: Release date delayed to September 30, 2002. Positivity delayed to September 16.

June 19, 2002: Release date announced: September 2, 2002. Preceding single will be Positivity in August.

June 3, 2002: Japan release date: August 17 (HMV Japan)
Confirmed as untrue by the SIS. Most likely this tracklist was taken from a tracklist prediction off a fansite.

April 19, 2002: It's revealed that the album will be titled A New Morning. This title reflects the positive, "up" mood of the record and optimistic nature of the lyrics, most evident in Positivity. Suede fanclub members will have the opportunity to hear some tracks from the album at the 10th anniversary party of The Drowners release! This party will take place at a central London location on May 4th, 2002.

April 4, 2002: The word is out that the recording process finished late March, and mastering is scheduled for May 1st. The record is expected to be in stores in September. The band now are rehearsing to work out the best way to play the new songs live. Also, they have a new home on a UK label: Epic Records.

January 15, 2002: Suede returned to the studio to resume work on the new album. For this final phase, Stephen Street (previously worked with The Smiths, Blur, Idlewild, Pretenders, Cranberries just to name a few) will be taking on production duties. The album is now set for an autumn 2002 release, and "It's going to be coherent and quite short, with 10 or 11 absolute gems," according to Brett.
"It's a very heartfelt record, it's much warmer and simpler than the last one. The songwriting is classic Suede but the sentiment of it is much more up than anything we've done for a long time," Mat said to NME. Further he pointed, "The whole thing with Neil leaving was horrible. We've cleaned up our act and sorted ourselves out a little bit."

January 2002: Positivity demo was discovered in Lost in TV DVD by keen fans. Later on the official site it was announced that the track was meant to be hidden until nearer the release of the album.

December 5, 2001: Nude Records went into "voluntary liquidation". Many fans worried, but Suede were said to be unaffected as they had been under Sony for some time.

October 27, 2001: Suede performed a one-off concert in Coimbra, Portugal, their headlining appearance was arranged in the last minute since the free slot in the festival coincided with a break in their recording schedule. New tracks performed: Beautiful Loser and Positivity.

August 2001: Brett talked on the latest songs so far..."The first few songs I wrote were very personal, dealing with personal break-ups, stuff like that, partly because of the sort of headspace I was at, sitting alone in a cottage. But that's changed quite a lot recently. There's been a kind of new shot in the arm with Alex joining, and the songs have got very kind of celebratory. The three songs we've written, Positivity, Shout and another new one, they're all as up as you can get. They're not sort of bubblegum up, they're not Beautiful Ones up or anything like that, but they're quite anthemic. People-come-together, that sort of feel."
Album was still set for a spring 2002 release.

May 28, 2001: Recording sessions began. Tony Hoffer arrived from LA, and Alex Lee had completed his commitments with former Spiritualized rhythm section Lupine Howl.

March 23, 2001: Shockingly Neil Codling bowed out of the band, due to his Chronic Fatigue Syndrome illness. It wasn't only a great shock for fans, but also for his bandmates. Alex Lee was drafted to take his place.

March 2001: Suede turned down the offer to participate in Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the US to concentrate on the album.

January 2001: Suede broadcast their studio activities on suede.net in the "In the Studio" section. Fans rushed there to watch on announced times. Tony Hoffer (producer of Beck's Midnite Vultures) stepped in.

December 2000: They recorded Simon with producer Ken Thomas for Far from China soundtrack, but it wouldn't be included on the new album.

October 23, 2000: They returned to the studio to continue recording. By then, any new Suede material was "unlikely to be released until spring 2001 at the earliest".

October 21, 2000: The band premiered 9 new songs at the Iceland Airwaves Festival 2000: Oceans, You Beautiful Loser, Refugees, Lonely Girls, Untitled, You Belong to Me, When the Rain Falls, Simon, Lost in TV.

July 2000: Suede have completed at least 5 full demos for this album. They were still optimistic to be able to release the album later in 2000. Brett isolated himself in Croydon, totally immersing himself in music and literature, in the process of writing the new stuff.

May 2000: Suede went to a studio in Hastings to work on a series of demos.

March 2000: Brett spoke of the new album, explained that they skipped the US on the Head Music tour to start working on this new album immediately. Further, he hoped for the album to be out by the end of 2000...