Your Arsenal 7/15/1992, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Greatly aided by former Spider From Mars Mick Ronson--who produced and noticeably added sonic presence--this mostly upbeat set includes the superbly-titled tracks, "You're...
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Morrissey bounced back from the lackluster Kill Uncle with the terrific Your Arsenal. A dynamic, invigorating fusion of glam rock and rockabilly, Your Arsenal rocks harder...
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After an uncertain period where Johnny Marr's presence was becoming increasingly missed, Morrissey returned with a superb, full-formed album that easily stood on par with,...
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While it isn't a gutsy rock & roll record like Your Arsenal, Vauxhall and I is equally impressive. Filled with carefully constructed guitar pop gems, the album contains some...
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It may be a mouthful, but as delivered it becomes a wonderfully funny, intentionally bitchy sentiment for this EP's lead track. The first released fruit of his efforts with...
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KROQ, the influential modern rock station in L.A., had long been a champion of the Smiths and Morrissey both, so it wasn't a surprise that he ended up recording an exclusive...
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The final Langer/Winstanley production and Mark Nevin songwriting collaboration also turned up another of Morrissey's odd vocal guest appearances: in this case, Pretenders...
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Keeping guitarist Kevin Armstrong and semi-regular drummer Andrew Paresi from Ouija Board and reuniting one last time with Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, Morrissey again works...
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The first of his solo releases not produced by Stephen Street, Ouija Board finds Morrissey allying himself with the crack production team of Clive Langer and Alan...
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The first release as part of his brief musical partnership with Fairground Attraction guitarist Mark Nevin, Our Frank finds Morrissey at something of a crossroads. While the...
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A moody, percussion-driven number from Kill Uncle, "Sing Your Life" itself is one of Morrissey's subtler pieces, and also one with a more upbeat and straightforward message...
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A smart, lively cut from Your Arsenal, "You're the One for Me, Fatty" is almost a summertime frolic in its own way, with the title and overall mood still being as...
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On initial blush Vauxhall and I's lead-off single, which turned into Morrissey's highest charting American single, seemed a bit clumsy, with slightly repetitious lyrics and...
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As he was toiling on Kill Uncle, Morrissey released Bona Drag, a compilation of singles and B-sides, including "Everyday Is Like Sunday" and "Suedehead" from Viva Hate....
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Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley provide a pop production dominated by keyboards for this typically catchy collection, with typically off-kilter songs like "(I'm) The End of...
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In place of the okay but not knock-'em-dead "Hold on to Your Friends," Morrissey released this as the follow-up single to "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get." The...
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Released as a stand-alone single, all three songs ended up on the World of Morrissey compilation a few months later, rendering it something of a curiosity quickly enough....
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Morrissey's first solo album is memorable not only as his first post-Smiths venture, but for at least two exceptional songs: "Everyday Is Like Sunday" and the surprisingly...
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Following the breakup of the Smiths, Morrissey needed to prove that he was a viable artist without Johnny Marr, and Viva Hate fulfilled that goal with grace. Working with...
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If Vauxhall and I represented a more mature Morrissey, Southpaw Grammar superficially presents a more rough and tumble version of the singer. As his previous single,...
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With the release of 1995's bloated Southpaw Grammar, all but the most ardent Morrissey supporters had to admit that His Mopiness seemed ready to become the Phil Collins of...
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Maladjusted 8/12/1997, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Morrissey's latest--and first for Mercury Records--includes "Sorrow Will Come In The End," a track about his legal wranglings with the Smiths' rhythm section. It is...
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In theory, Maladjusted should have been a readjustment to standard indie rock territory for Morrissey after the prog rock detour of Southpaw Grammar, but Morrissey isn't...
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Possibly left without a record contract, working without a manager, living in self-imposed exile, Morrissey returned to what he knew best in the fall of 1998 -- recycling...
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Recorded on the English Your Arsenal tour, the 16-track album Beethoven Was Deaf is an effective argument for Morrissey's capabilities as a live performer. Although none of...
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Released to coincide with Morrissey's brief winter tour of England in 1995, World of Morrissey follows none of the accepted rules for compilations. It's not a hits...
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Morrissey has always favored compilations, releasing such hodgepodges of singles, B-sides, and album tracks as Bona Drag and World of Morrissey, but the 19-track Suedehead:...
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At his core, Morrissey has always been conservative -- not in his politics, of course, but in how he romanticizes the past and plays by the rules of a different time. His...
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As any Mozzer fan knows, his catalog is cluttered with compilations -- some good, some middling, many unnecessary. So, why the need for Rhino's 2001 collection The Best of...
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At his core, Morrissey has always been conservative -- not in his politics, of course, but in how he romanticizes the past and plays by the rules of a different time. His...
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Seven months after the release of Morrissey's 2004 comeback album You Are the Quarry, the album was reissued in a "deluxe edition," featuring slightly different artwork (the...
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Live at Earls Court finds British rock icon Morrissey and his band performing in London at the end of the You Are the Quarry tour. Not to be confused with the DVD Who Put...
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