Brett Anderson is the first solo release from Suede

Suede (band)

Suede are an English alternative rock band from London, formed in 1989. The group's most prominent early line-up featured singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Bernard Butler, bass player Mat Osman and drummer Simon Gilbert. By 1992, Suede were hailed as "The Best New Band in Britain", and attracted...

 and [The Tears]] frontman Brett Anderson

Brett Anderson

Brett Lewis Anderson is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he briefly fronted The Tears, and has released four solo albums...

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In May 2006, Anderson announced sketchy details for the album. He told NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

that the title will be 'Brett Anderson' since "...that's my name, you see."

The album was recorded whilst Anderson was recording The Tears

The Tears

The Tears were an English rock band, formed in 2004 by ex-Suede bandmates Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler. The band was a much anticipated reunion of an acclaimed songwriting couple, and music critics praised their first concerts and their debut album, Here Come The Tears...

' debut album alongside Bernard Butler

Bernard Butler

Bernard Joseph Butler is an English musician and record producer. He first emerged in the early Britpop era with Suede. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation, as well as one of Britain's most original and influential guitarists...

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Anderson has described the record as being "...quite orchestrated, lots of string loops, that sort of thing. I guess there's a Scott Walker

Scott Walker (singer)

Scott Walker, born Noel Scott Engel on January 9, 1943 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and the former lead singer of The Walker Brothers. Despite being American born, Walker's chart success has largely come in the United Kingdom, where his first four solo albums...

 feel to it. I'm very proud of it; it's a very exciting record for me."

The album sees Anderson taking on many more instruments than ever before. "I've played a lot of electric guitar on it; I've written a lot of the electric guitar parts. It's my baby and I've obviously been pretty obsessed with it."

The cover was designed by Peter Saville, with photography by Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans is a German Fine-art photographer and artist. His comprehensive and diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. In 2000, Tillmans was the first photographer and also the first...

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Track listing

All songs written by Brett Anderson

Brett Anderson

Brett Lewis Anderson is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he briefly fronted The Tears, and has released four solo albums...

 and Fred Ball except where noted.

1. "Love Is Dead" – 3:31
2. "One Lazy Morning" – 3:20
3. "Dust and Rain" – 3:01
4. "Intimacy" (Anderson) – 2:48
5. "To the Winter" – 3:57
6. "Scorpio Rising" (Anderson) – 4:01
7. "The Infinite Kiss" – 4:08
8. "Colour of the Night" – 2:18
9. "The More We Possess the Less We Own of Ourselves" – 3:33
10. "Ebony" (Anderson) – 2:32
11. "Song for My Father" – 5:17

Personnel

• Fred Ball – Keyboards, Programming, Producer, String Arrangements
• Jim Dare – Guitars
• Bastian Juel – Bass
• Kristoffer Sonne – Drums
• The Dirty Pretty Strings – Strings
• Jim Hunt – Flute
• Bunt Stafford Clark – Mastering
• Steve Fitzmaurice – Mixing
• Dyre Gormsen – Engineer
• Peter Saville – Artwork
• Howard Wakefield – Artwork