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The generator heard that I'm not a fan of Morrissey in my review a couple days ago, so it decided I must hear more! In all seriousness, I did actually enjoy this album more than the last one, but I'm still not exactly a fan. He does come off as a major prick a lot of the time.

From the first track, which sounds like a Tin Machine tribute act, you realise that this is Morrissey trying something different.

The second track, a sort of Jean Genie derivative, makes you suspect that what he's trying is to be Bowie.

A few songs in and you understand that he might be trying something different and Glam, but what he's not trying to be is good.

You know what? Not as bad as I thought it would be! There's a few whiny ones which keep the overall score down, but also enough rocky ones to keep me grooving. Morrissey Ur terrible but this wasn't terrible

There's nothing revolutionary here, but it's pretty solid throughout. Racists make good music, what can I say.

This is actually excellent, the best of his albums I've had for sure. Musically it's really good, and I really love how moody it is. Bonus point for him being way less warbly on this as well.

4.5 rounded down.

You Are the Quarry vibed with me much better. This is a weak 3.

As a teenager who loved this album, I assumed songs like National Front Disco were Morrissey exploring different characters and not voicing his own opinions. Unfortunately, it seems I was wrong about that, but I wasn’t entirely wrong about the album - shout out to producer Mick Ronson because I still love the beefed up, glam sound on some of these songs.

Meh..

Jangle & Glam. Cool surf sounds but sadly just on the opener. A mix of sounds that synthesizes the wave of bands that followed the Smiths in twee indie pop (c86), artsy college rock (REM), and his classic touchstones - 60s girl group and 70s glam - into a blend that anticipates some of the more literate Britpop that would come shortly (pulp, suede). The production sounds good and his voice is in good shape, still some life to his performance. Lots of drama and self pity and dodgy (especially in retrospect) nostalgic nationalist declinism.

minha falha de caráter eh gostar das coisas dele....
achei esse bão e menos tosco que o último dele que passou por aqui. the smiths tem um espaço no meu coração e boa parte disso eh por conta da voz/das letras desse véio filho da puta.

fiquei até surpreso, tem umas que escalam pruma barulheira bem bacana!!-

Honestly was not excited for this one when I saw it come up. As far as the other The Smiths and Morissey albums I've listened to go, while not being bad, I've just never really cared for them. For post-punk, they've generally been too thin sounding and jangly for my tastes.

This one however has some teeth and power to it, with Morissey having a more full sounding voice thats very forward in the mix. And his singing is pretty on point compared to the other stuff. The opener and You're the One For Me, Fatty are my standouts with their reggae/surf rock vibes.

That said, I don't think its hitting me hard enough to quite give it the four. One of the highest 3s I'll ever give.

Really enjoyed this. Not quite at the level of The Smiths but still really good and something I’ll be coming back to

Not interesting - generic.

1.7

Morrissey is a twat....

Now thats out the way, he was in a fine vein of form here with this and Vauxhall & I, begrudgingly respectful.... but Morrissey is still a twat...

Decent, aside from the vocals.

Oops, it's a Morrissey solo album, the vocals are supposed to be the point, aren't they?

3.75

Solid and enjoyable for brooding.

Some good songs on here, but it's not up to the level of the Smiths' best albums. You can tell from the lyrics that he was already starting to become insufferable, but they were probably considered funny or tongue in cheek at the time. It's hard to judge a song like the National Front Disco now, for example. At the time, it was probably intended as a critique, but Morrissey's views seem to be lining up with the conservatives and UKIP a lot these days, so it's hard to know what he meant at the time. I was all set to point out how derivative some of the guitar riff are of Bowie's glam days, but then I saw who the guitarist was!

Pretty good. I think it starts out great and then flags a little towards the middle. There are some questionable songs on here, like You're the one for me, Fatty, but overall a solid 3.5

pretty fun, i like it when he goes ah ha ha-ha-ha-ha