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The Drowners
"The Drowners" is the debut single by Suede, released on 11 May 1992 on Nude Records - it was later included on the band's debut album, "Suede" (1993). It charted at number 49 on the UK Singles Chart. 
Background.
Though not a hit at first, it amassed airplay over time and has become one of the band's definitive singles. Two different videos were produced for the song, one on rotation in the UK and the other created for the
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The group's first studio album (self-titled, but sometimes called "Rural Psychedelia" as those words appeared on the cover) was released in 1993, and included a noisy cover of Suede's contemporary single "The Drowners", which provoked press interest in the record. Like the earlier singles, the album was released on FSA's own label by Heartbeat Productions, and was deliberately only made available on vinyl. The album was released in the United States by VHF Records in early 1994, on CD