You Are The Quarry

How is a 45 year old man not embarrassed about these “I’m 14 and this is deep” lyrics? Or the fact that they’re sung over the most generic music ever written. It’s an absolute joke that this clown is as popular and enduring as he has been.

While Morrissey is a complete lunatic and wildly unlikable, I do try to separate the art from the artist. However, the ‘art’ here is also boring, full of asinine and hypocritical political bollocks and just not very good.

Not really for me.

He looks a bit like Joaquin Phoenix in the cover art. Maybe there’ll be a film about him called Insufferable Twat

When your racist uncle finds voice notes

shit

Morrissey is the worst singer in human history. Fitting that I have to listen to this stupid piece of shit's album on the stupidest piece of shit streaming platform: YouTube Music

No thank you. The actions of the person have overshadowed the actions of the artist. Also, the music on this album is meh.

My mom always called him miserable Morrissey and it is clear why. Every song is just him hating. The first song is literally about how Americans are fat and hate anyone who is not a white man. Like wow so insightful!

Meh. Just not my cup of tea

This album has this weird paranormal psychological effect of entering one ear and leaving the other instantly. Would love to rate this better, but my psyche is not strong enough to focus on the song. I also realised halfway through that it was the frontman of The Smiths and it made me sad what he became. Would rate 2/5 I guess? But this dude is a pretty big fascist and I cant wait for the guillotine to be back in fashion.

Geen zin in nog een album van deze stem.

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They had to put me on watch and take my shoelaces after listening to this album.

This is some psuedo-intellectual bullshit. Shut up already.

The music was incredibly boring, and his criticisms of everyone else show his lack of self awareness in full view. This was not an album worthy of this list. 1/5

Shite. Shite singer, shite songs, shite production, shite lyrics. The guy sings like he has been kicked in the plums, but I don't think we are that lucky. Would give it zero, or even less than that if I could. Absolutely pish. He can't sing, and is a Nazi, and isn't a good lyricist, and is a Nazi, and writes terrible music, and is a Nazi, and really puts the "pretentious" in "pretentious wanker", and also, and I can't stress this enough, is a Nazi. 0 🌟

Nooope.

This album sucks. How it charted anywhere near the list is confusing - Its just awful. 1/5

there is no one on earth I'm afraid of

I do not like Morrissey

im not listening to Morrissey lmao.

nope.

Separating the art from the artist is normally something I'm pretty good at, particularly with things like Harry Potter. But not with this album. When this scumbag brings his politics and his opinions into his music, it immediately makes it less enjoyable for me. And it's not even like the album is saved by having good music. On top of his self righteous, narcissistic, borderline bigoted lyrics, the actual music is very generic, so I can't even really enjoy the album on that level.

No thank you. Morrissey has tainted his music with a far right outlook.

Funnier than a Sandler comedy album

Ugh, what did I just listen to? Spotify summed it up better than I can - theatrical, crooning, romantic angst, social alienation, and cunning wit. There's a lot to unpack in this album, but I won't be go back for it. It's a British kind of weird.

Den kanske mest förbluffande saken man kan säga om denna lista är att Morrisseys soloalbum har fler platser än klassiker från the Smiths. Ett av de sämsta, mest pretentiösa albumen jag nånsin hört. Trash. Ja e int ens säker vaffö Morrissey e cancelled men han förtjänar det efter dessa 5 skivor jag tvingats höra på.

Morrissey's singing voice makes me need to simultaneously vomit, and shit blood.

This "album" is full of crashing bores. The music and lyrics have aged badly. Save yourself the 48 minutes - skip it Overall: 1/10

This place is reeking with Morrissey. Sorry, I can’t stand him.

What a mopey sack. Get a life, Morrisons.

Steven Patrick “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards” Morrissey continues to be one of the most boring dudes in English Music to me. If you don’t have anything interesting or even remotely subtle to say you’d better at least have a good voice or good music behind it.

I don't know.. initial impressions.. it's kinda like U2? I never listened to much Morrissey or the Smiths.. There are some interesting pieces and soundscapes of music, particularly the guitar, but they don't really linger on it.. also he sorta sucks politically now right? It's all kinda bland in 2023. Review of Review: People don't really like Morrissey.. Best Track: The First of The Gang To Die? idk.. all pretty forgettable..

Third Morrissey album in less than two weeks. Nobody should have to suffer this. Is he doing this? Are we all just getting Morrissey all the time?

Oh god, the poetry on here is abysmal

I was just in Geneva and verified that making us listen to this would be against the Geneva convention. The Smiths had worn out their welcome by the time of their third album on the 1001. Adding four Morrissey solo albums to the 1001 is cruel and unusual punishment.

I really tried. I did. With this album and others he's on that have shown up in this project, I tried. And I tried in my college years, too, in the late 80s when he was everywhere. Sorry, folks. I just don't like his music.

I'm sure I have commented on my opinion of politics and religion before, in that there are things they just do not go with. They include sport and music (unless its for comedic effect). Add to that the fact that music should be uplifting, and then the depressing content of his songs and you may understand why I found I could only get through half this album. Which is a real shame. Because the music it's self was more upbeat than the smiths (not hard I know). And damn the man can actually sing. I listen to a lot of stuff that many people would not even consider music, but I can find worth in it. I suppose it must take a lot of talent to take a reasonable tune played well, add in a very good voice (when it wants to be) put them together and produce something that I just can't bear to listen to. It's not rubbish but it's unlistenable. I can't give it less than 1 but I want to.

Too preachy. Also, not good.

Worst first lyric of an album ever All morrissey does is complain

This album sucked

The Germans seem to have a word for everything, so I wonder if they have a word for "someone you find so obnoxious that you're tempted to disagree with them even when they're saying something you completely agree with." If so, that's the word I'd use to describe Morrissey. He's kind of the worst.

Man this is a perfect album to show people if they ever ask why do people hate morrisey. This is some pretentious echo chamber bs poised as music. What a wanker. Only thing this has going for it is the upbeat instrumentals that are decent. 1.8/10

Fuck you, Morrissey. And the high horse you rode in on.

Same old Morrissey, dull and whinny. The Smiths were amazing, but now, he just sounds like the same thing over and over and over.

Fuck Morrissey

I really dont like You Are The Quarry

Ugh. Somebody get this guy some Zoloft or something… sad sack singer writing sad sack songs. And while I appreciate the spirit behind “America is Not the World” (a song sadly MORE relevant now than in 2004), it doesn’t mean I like listening to it. Pretentious and overwrought. Pass.

Very cheesy, not sure why this is on the list. Didn’t finish the album.

When an musician continues to make music that is generally irrelevant (or redundant), there are only 2 reasons -- they are a narcissist and desire to prove they are special, or they are a true artist and their very life demands they make music. Which is Morrissey? On this record, I choose the former. The last album that had any relevance for me was "Southpaw Grammar," but that was "the end of the family line."

Ooof. This almost seems like a satirical take on Morrissey. 8th graders might find this deep.

Some off the melodies are quite good but the lyrics and the singing just makes it sad music for sad people

First song was hilarious. Rest of the album sounded about the same, just with different lyrics for each song. Maybe shoulda paid more attention to the lyrics because they're clearly the focus of the music. Beyond the lyrics, there's not much here musically.

I like Morrissey but not this album.