Bloodsports es un álbum de Suede, publicado en 2013. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Barriers», «Snowblind», «It Starts And Ends With You» y «Sabotage».
Sobre el álbum
Tras una década de silencio, Bloodsports marca el espectacular regreso de Suede, un álbum que no solo superó las bajas expectativas, sino que queda como uno de los mejores de su carrera. Este disco es una poderosa declaración de intenciones. La banda recupera la energía, el dramatismo y la pasión romántica de sus primeros trabajos, pero con la sabiduría y la perspectiva que dan los años.
El álbum está lleno de un rock guitarrero, vital y urgente. El primer single, "It Starts and Ends with You", es puro Suede clásico, con un estribillo arrollador y la voz de Brett Anderson en plena forma. Canciones como "Barriers" y "Snowblind" recuperan la épica y la grandilocuencia que los caracterizaban, con Richard Oakes ofreciendo algunas de sus mejores líneas de guitarra.
La producción de Ed Buller, su colaborador habitual de los años 90, es clave para el éxito del disco, ya que logra que la banda suene a la vez clásica y contemporánea. La biografía de Suede entra aquí en una nueva y emocionante etapa. "Bloodsports" no es solo un álbum de regreso; es la reafirmación de una banda que redescubre su esencia y demuestra que todavía tiene mucho que ofrecer.
Listado de Canciones
- Barriers3:42
Letra
Aniseed kisses and lipstick traces, Lemonade sipped in Belgian rooms, Couldn't replace the graceful notions That clung to me when I clung to you. And they touch you like no one touched you. When you broke they were there with bloom. And the kindness was not a weakness. When they were there they were there for you. But will they love you, the way, the way I loved you? We jumped over the barriers. Jumped over the barriers. And a world that was wrapped in tinsel, Invitations and fountain pens. But the heart is a lonely hunter, It trapped you once and it will trap you again. But will they love you, the way, the way I loved you? We jumped over the barriers. Jumped over the barriers. Will they love you, the way, the way I loved you? We jumped over the barriers. Jumped over the barriers. (Oh oh oh oh oh oh...) Jumped over the barriers Jumped over the barriers Jumped over the barriers Jumped over the barriers - Snowblind4:03
Letra
The air is still we are struck like matches Too beautiful to really care what's right The rumours burn like roman candles In the broken lights This love is lifting The blood is lifting you Over snowblind barriers This love is lifting who This blood is lifting you I was snowblind for a moment too There's aniseed and you're laced with kisses The morning comes with the blackbird song We find our keys on the kitchen table And forget what's done This love is lifting The blood is lifting you Over snowblind barriers This blood is lifting who This burden's is lifting you I was snowblind for a moment too You were frozen by the moment Thing is what can we do When I'm frozen by the moment too All the statues and the x can't Hold a candle to you When you're frozen by the moment too This blood is lifting This burden's lifting you All these snowblind moment This blood is lifting This burden's lifting you I was snowblind for a moment too - It Starts And Ends With You3:51
Like a cause without a martyr Like an effigy of balsa Like a hairline crack in a radiator Leaking life I shout out but it just spins faster I crawl up but my knees are water I cling on by my nails to the sweet disaster And then I fall to the floor like my strings are cut Pinch myself but I don't wake up Spit in the wind cause too much is not enough It starts and ends with you It starts and ends with you And I've worn so many faces Shot my love at fifteen paces My inheritance is all the thoughts I can't sweep away I shout out but it just spins faster I crawl up but my knees are water I cling on by my nails to the sweet disaster And then I fall to the floor like my strings are cut Pinch myself but I don't wake up Spit in the wind cause too much is not enough It starts and ends with you It starts and ends with you Shout out but it just spins faster Crawl up but my knees are water Cling on by my nails to the sweet disaster And then I fall to the floor like my strings are cut Spit in the wind but I don't wake up Pinch myself cause too much is not enough It starts and ends with you It starts and ends with you It starts and ends with you It starts and ends with you I shout out but it just spins faster I crawl up but my knees are water [x4] - Sabotage3:45
Letra
She knows that there are places I won't go, But if I did, I'd make her follow A trail of seeds that leads across the road, And colours like a raven's shadow Alone in the climate of her greed, Her heels on the wheels of nothing, Her love is sabotage, Her love is sabotage I touch her things when I think I'm alone, With self control that approaches mania, No barriers, no boundaries for her, Her touch is like a raven's shadow Alone in the climate of her greed, Her love is the shape of mother, Her love is sabotage, Her love is sabotage Her will is done Her will is done Her will is done I climb to the scaffold smiling, My hands on the cross I'm holding Love is sabotage Her love is sabotage I smile as the rope cuts through me, So cold in this London summer, Love is sabotage Her love is sabotage And her will is done And her will is done And her will is done And her will is done And thy will be done Thy will be done - For The Strangers4:12
Letra
Lips like semaphore to my heart We slither and slide and slip Stings like aerosol in my eyes And nothing compares to this And its ever so clear And its ever so plain For the strangers the strangers And its ever so clear And its ever so plain For the all strangers out there Pips from oranges spat away To gutters and drains and bins Love like promises on a train When you delivered yourself to him And its ever so clear And its ever so plain For the strangers the strangers And its ever so clear And its ever so plain For the all strangers out there A paper trail on the road That was left for the gulls Like the birds flying on Its been growing guns And its ever so clear And its ever so plain For the strangers the strangers And its ever so clear And its ever so plain For the all strangers out there For all the strangers For all the strangers out there For all the strangers For all the strangers out there For all the strangers For all the strangers out there For all the strangers For all the strangers out there - Hit Me4:03
Letra
You touch the place where we meet Where you and I become she and he I'm not as strong as I pretend to be You feel the scratches and scars You feel the parts of me we call ours But drop me once And I will fall to bits Come on and hit me With your majesty Come on and hit me With all your mystery [x2] La la la la la... And the moment we touch we are young You feel my pulse and we become one But drop me once And I will fall to bits Come on and hit me With your majesty Come on and hit me With all your mystery [x2] La la la la la... Come on and hit me With your majesty Come on and hit me With all your mystery [x2] La la la la la... - Sometimes I Feel I'll Float Away4:12
- What Are You Not Telling Me?3:12
Letra
And the mysteries of love are not for us It's the little things that are tearing us up As the telephone emits a brittle sigh Only one of us will reach it in time What are you not telling me? What are you not telling me? As I blow away the dandelion clock Will the miracle reveal itself? Like an amateur under the sickle moon Did I give away control too soon? Just bred for the birds in second hand furs An occasional touch, an occasional word No the mysteries of love are not for us It's the little things that are tearing us up What are you not telling me? What are you not telling me? What are you not telling me? What are you not telling me? - Always4:42
Letra
Don't wish it away, just say it's over to my face, I face the morning with dreams that make my pillow wet, She said she was into me but I was always in the way, She pushed me away. But I will always be near I will always be near Always be near I set my clock for 7.30 every day. And wait for you like I'm in a book or in a play. I'm there outside with a weightlessness you can't escape, You can't wish me away. Cause I will always be near I will always be near Always be near [x2] I will always be near I will always be near Always be near Like a sniper in the wings, like the endless chattering, Like the rope that twists in your hand and it's starting again Like a shadow on your lung, like the verse I've sung, Like the knife that twists in your hand and it's starting again I will always be near I will always be near Always be near - Faultlines4:05
Letra
With the sunrise burning into your green eyes, Adam and Eve on faultlines greet the golden dawn. Is it birdsong or is it just the car alarms Making us feel so young, naked as the faun? Celebrate the pale dawn, celebrate the birdsong, Celebrate, this is your time, Although we live in the wreckage and on the faultlines. And everything we own is not everything we are, With every word we breathe, we live, we live again. And you love me more than I deserve to be, The palace of cards you built for me is all just paper now. Is it birdsong or is it just the car alarms Making me feel so young and savage like the dawn? Celebrate the pale dawn, celebrate the birdsong, Celebrate, this is your time, Although we live in the wreckage and on the faultlines. And everything we own is not everything we are, With every word we breathe, we live, we live again. Celebrate, there is no fear now, There is no fear now for us to feel. Celebrate, there is no fear now, There is no fear now for us to feel, For us to feel.