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Antidepressants

Suede

Antidepressants

Tenth album from the English alt.rock group produced by Ed Buller (Pulp, The Raincoats, The Courteeners)

ADM rating[?]

8.5

Label
BMG
UK Release date
05/09/2025
US Release date
05/09/2025
  1. 10.0 |   Mojo

    This defiant, death-defying record - as much joyride as memento mori - is the glorious reward. Print edition only

  2. 10.0 |   musicOMH

    Brett Anderson and co go for broke on tenth album, unleashing eleven songs of resilience and rebellion that refuse to accept the status quo
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  3. 10.0 |   Evening Standard

    A remarkable triumph which captures the anxiety of the era while delivering the kind of musical thrills that could provide the answer
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  4. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    There is something electrifying about watching a band exist so authentically in their present, not trapped in nostalgia or chasing youthful audacity
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  5. 9.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Few bands sound as vital and daring as Suede do thirty years into their career. Beautifully defiant, Antidepressants confronts death, existentialism, and modern anxiety in dynamic Suede fashion
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  6. 9.0 |   Under The Radar

    On balance, Antidepressants seems to be a record Suede have been aching to make for years, maybe even decades. However, with all the turbulence and uncertainty that surrounds us right now this feels like the perfect supplement to soothe the pain and anxieties of the real world
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  7. 8.2 |   Beats Per Minute

    Somewhat of a companion piece to The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World, Antidepressants will not only be a new favourite of Suede fans, but also open a new audience up to them
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  8. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Easily gliding into the tier of Suede’s best albums, Antidepressants is a collection of exciting, moving and sometimes anthemic post-punk flavored songs about loneliness and communication, age and vulnerability, featuring some of Brett Anderson’s best ever vocal performances
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  9. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Antidepressants is the most unhinged, intoxicating Suede album since Coming Up, and boasts the best first side of a goth album since the Banshees' Juju. Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    Improbably, they've pulled off the rarest of feats: a middle-aged rock band who remain interesting and invigorated, going from strength to strength. Print edition only

  11. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Suede turn the memento mori into a carpe diem. Yes, Suede are middle-aged, but they are refusing to lament, stagnate, or be nostalgic
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  12. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    If Autofiction was the first entry in a new triptych, considering the same themes at a more mature stage of life, then Antidepressants is a fine middle panel: a warp of the formula that is considered and progressive, if not as immediately thrilling
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  13. 8.0 |   Clash

    A subversive work, ‘Antidepressants’ is confrontational, unfiltered and arguably one of their most electrifying releases to date
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  14. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Great 10th albums are rare – but that is exactly what the band’s killer riffs, eerie atmosphere and midlife reflections achieve
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