Suede - Stay Together (CD)

All Music Guide

Although the chorus is the weakest of Suede's five singles to date, thanks to an ineffective falsetto backing vocal by Brett Anderson, a lush and lustful, pretty verse another instant tune from guitarist Bernard Butler, the big talent in the band and a dramatic bridge punctuated by uncharacteristic background touches in the form of horns and cello make "Stay Together" another fine outing. It's no departure from the LP material, and the rather overt Bowie/Smiths influences are still everywhere, but this is no treadingwater release either, particularly since the Bside "The Living Dead" brings the cello back to spruce up a gurgling acoustic track; similarly, the other Bside "My Dark Star" continues Suede's Smithslike tradition of highquality shimmerpop Bsides that often beat their lesser LPmaterial. Butler's guitar stabs like a throbbing tone underneath a tasteful lead in the vocalsless verse. Nice stuff, nice single, exceptional guitar work. - Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, All Music G...uide Read more Less