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Honestly, I struggled ranking Suede. The 90s indie/glam favourites have a very consistent discography and there are a lot of albums that are only separated by the smallest of margins; while their best album is clearly better than their worst, putting everything in order was a real headache, and after the regular listen-through with my wife (who knows the band much better than me) I had to go through the whole discography again on headphones to sort out how I felt about it. This was one of my favourite of our discography journeys, though—I gained a new appreciation for Suede, who are undoubtedly one of the best of the 90s wave of British rock bands, and still going strong and making excellent albums.  9. Head Music (1999) Suede stretched out and experimented on their fourth album, ditching Ed Buller to work with dance producer Steve Osborne. It's their most experimental and "druggy" sounding album (Brett Anderson was notoriously addicted to crack at the time), and also the...