It may have been 11 years since Suede’s last album (2002’s A New Morning), and a frankly alarming 21 since Melody Maker first declared them “the best new band in Britain”

The word “maverick” is seemingly now more often applied to marketing executives than musicians but, if ever a pop star deserved the label, it was Kevin Rowland.

In the absence of a “Robbie leaving Take That”-style helpline, we’ve been coping with the recent Girls Aloud split by re-discovering this 2004 pop jewel.

The sleeve for Heartthrob seemingly captures the act of someone stripping their Tegan And Sara wallpaper, and the music within has similarly undergone some serious redecoration.