They did, in my opinion, a lot better choons than Pulp ever did. I think they're often over-looked but as a ten year old, I remeber absolutely adoring their songs more than their contemporaries.

Definitely one of my favourite bands ever. Coming Up was the first album that got me into music and Dog Man Star may be my favourite album ever.

Their later stuff occasionally boredered on self-parody and was sometimes terrible but even late on there was still a smattering of very good songs.

Definitely massively under-appreciated now.

suede were always better than any of these britpop bands. i never considered them similar to Blur and Pulp.
It did seem to go wrong with Coming Up and all that followed but I recently listened to Head Music againa nd thought it had more than a few moments worth revisiting.

i think at the time most (including me) were simply tired to hear the same old guys going on and on and it was time to move on. Now I wish they'd still be around occasionally for the odd gig.
With Bernard Butler though!

I've never understood why most hardcore fans prefer Dog Man Star. The terminal flatulence had already been diagnosed by that point, although the most pitiful symptoms wouldn't manifest themselves for a couple of years yet...

in part due to Brett Anderson being a total cock

before the end. thats why.

2 average ones

1 very very bad one

I think they sound quite dated these days, though it may be because every indie club ever insists on playing Beautiful Ones, probably one of the most irritating songs of the 90s

Coming Up was great, and it was the album that was perfect for the time. However, it was the start of them becoming just an ordinary band. I think the reason they are almost forgotten is that they never really had much appeal to the casual observer. They had a very large hardcore following who have all grown up but the don't seem to have attracted a posthumous fanbase of young indie kids. It was amazing to see how little attention The Tears got.