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Was One of my favorites when I was 18
One extra star for Mick Ronson's production. But as ever, Moz is whining on in an arch "poor me" style, and flirting with racism.
Morrissey has a distinctive voice. I quite liked it at first but by the time the Smiths were done, his voice was starting to wear on me. Some of the louder songs such as Glamorous Glue and The National Front Disco are enjoyable partly since the heavier sound is different for him and done well but also since the louder music disguises his voice.
I was pleasantly surprised with the hard rock start, although the riffs are a bit tired, not up to Johnny Marr's standards. The lyrics are classic Morrissey, that is to say, whiny and a bit obvious, but I guess that's what the fans who followed him after the Smiths split wanted. Some critics cite a TRex/glam rock influence, as well as a rockabilly influence but I really can't hear it. Finally, I have to say I'm surprised that Morrissey has 3 albums on 1001.
There are a few artists that I respect because they’re good songwriters and lyricists but I hate their voice or their singing so I just can’t listen to them. This list includes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Thom Yorke, and Morrissey. This guy is so whiney, he moans and complains on practically every song. He would not be fun at a dinner party.
A lot better (and upbeat) than I thought it would be.
Lyssnade inte supernoga, men gillade det! Ska ge det mer av en chans med Morrissey, för att vara lite konservativ får den nog en
inte koll på va han pysslat med själv efter smiths mer än att va oskön, men tyckte det va bra men inte WOW
Rätt bra, gillar hans andra plattor mer
Smiths fast lite rivigare - gillade, men inget jag kommer snurra på daglig basis kanske
Morrissey was always “slash your wrists” kind of music, but sometimes with a political stance as well. As a result in my youth I hated it, drab, downbeat and melancholy. Today in reflection I may have been a little too harsh, however it’s still not music I enjoy nor would I search him out on Spotify. 3/5 on a good day
Immediately I groaned when I saw Morrissey lol oopsie I've never been a fan of The Smiths apart from like two songs, and I've never really listened to his solo stuff. But I tried to keep an open mind!! Pros: - I didn't immediately hate it as much as I thought I would - I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday is kind of pretty?? - it's not that long an album Cons - Morrissey has SUCH A BLOODY WHINEY VOICE - I tuned out after about 3 songs - Listening to Morrissey banging on about how "London is dead" and "we're the last British people" brings out a little eyeroll from me every time
I'm never sure where to sit with his solo stuff. Christ morissey moans a lot, and there's some dodgy lyrics, but despite that there's a couple of really good songs and I liked this album. Fuck morissey tho!
Go read Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt because that conveys my thoughts on Morrissey better than I ever could.
A very weird choice. All feelings about this hideous man aside, he's released some great albums with and without The Smiths. Viva Hate; Vauxhall and I; You Are The Quarry - all really good and would be understandable inclusions on this list Your Arsenal isn't one of them
I mean despite being a piece of shit the man makes good music 3
Morrissey is a bad person.
morrissey
Oh great, another Morrissey album. I wonder if he's still sad all the time. Okay, it turns out this album is actually pretty fun and not the absolutely crucifying experience I've come to associate with Morrissey. Lots of diversity in the music, and it works well with his voice. Does this mean that I like Morrissey? 4/5
Whilst it's becoming increasingly hard to divorce the art from the individual, I'm still not yet to let Morrissey go. This is certainly not the album I'd choose to make a greatest albums of all time list, but it does represent an interesting point in his career with vestiges of Smiths sounds evident in much of the content.
I didn't realise the descent of Morrissey into Dad-rock and questionable (to put it mildly) views started as far back as 1992. I liked it more when I thought of Mozza as a hilariously self-absorbed but ultimately harmless character. 2.5/5
Instinctively I was repulsed when I saw that there was another album with this guy however I did enjoy this album as a whole more than "Queen is Dead" by the Smiths. Some lyrics are a bit dodgy. "Glamourous Glue" shows Tories have never changed. Finding out "You're the One for Me, Fatty" is supposedly about Chas Smash of Madness was surprising.
Ok ahora sí escucho las raíces de Pablo honey.4
Está chido, pero refuerza mi no gusto.
Very poor compared to the excellent Vauxhall and I
Helaas, Morrissey vind ik al snel vervelen
Hij valt toch weer een beetje door de mand met die slechte teksten van 'm. Het werkt zo mooi met dat zuivere geluid van The Smiths, maar met een iets mindere sound is het ineens 'bouquet reeks slecht'.
Mjah, ik had hier toch iets meer van verwacht.
I like. Smiths vind ik erg tof en op deze soloplaat staan een aantal nummer die heel dicht bij het Smiths-geluid komen.
Die stem vind ik echt erg fijn. Niet enorm gegrepen door de muziek verder.
Sorry can’t listen to this. Morrissey was never as good solo as he was with Marr, and his racism has spoilt him for me.
J’ai bien aime des bout et trouve l’ensemble assez bien. Certaines chamsoms sont tombes a plat. 3.25
Just one of many solid Morrissey solo albums, solid as in very solid. Sure, if you select his best solo songs you get material for a couple of albums that nicely compare with any Smiths album, but it is not clear why this album is on the list.
I'm finding Morrissey's singing still quite annoying, but this album didn't sound all too bad.
* I still hate morrissey
He does not deserve even the 0.000001 cents that I gave to him when I listened to this album on Deezer. However, despite all the "personality" thing, this is a very nice album with some reminiscence of "The smiths" that made a good rock album.
This rocked more than I had anticipated. Still not the biggest Morrissey fan but liking him more each time I listen to him. 3 stars.
7/10
Really, mine?
The most rock of Morrissey's output. Glam and rockabilly echoes, with great band and production by Mick Ronson. But the songs are still Morrisey songs: three note, whinge-fests. I also find his current public persona so xenophobic and unpleasant that I really can't give him any time. Will not listen again.
Pretty solid production and signs, I just hate Morrissey
Fuck Morrissey but yeah great album
Liked this one. Bass playing is great, songs are good. A little whiney though. Would check out again
I wanted to hate it but it was disappointingly mediocre
shite
Okay, I'm not going to line the elderly moronic racist's pocket by listening to one of his consistently mediocre solo efforts. However, when I was younger, I tried all of Morrissey's solo efforts including this and really tried to make myself like them, such was my love for the Smiths. As ever, there are a couple of tracks that give you hope he hadn't lost it - the T-Rex pastiche Certain People I Know, and We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful, which sounds like a Spitting Image parody of the Smiths. But weighing that up against the odious National Front Disco (I think he's lost any right to protest that it's observational or ironic) and the bland plodding pub rock backing of, well, pretty much the rest of the album, and you have an absolute stinker of an album with a couple of promising singles on it. I realise Morrissey is a keen Googler of his own name, so I will say that he desperately needs the other Smiths around him to make the music, and to tell him that he isn't actually as smart or edgy as he thinks he is - especially the ones he sued. If only that double decker bus had crashed into him shortly after the Queen Is Dead. He'd be almost universally loved.
What do people want from Morrissey? All he's really guilty of is being a curmudgeon. He's always gone out of his way to say inflammatory things to the press, only to contradict himself in later interviews. But people seem to take Morrissey's shit so seriously. The homo-erotic sect suggests he's in the closet, and ashamed to admit his sexuality. Apparently, the dude simply hates sex. But he certainly loves animals (Morrissey was the first and still only artist to successfully prohibit McDonald's from selling food during one of his concerts in California, something not even famed vegetarian Paul McCartney could pull off). We can all agree that Morrissey probably isn't the most pleasant person to hang out with, which is something you could say about most of the artists who appear on this list. Yet people who've likely never met Morrissey hold some insane personal grudge against him to the point where they write off his music. I'm talking about people who cut their teeth listening to The Smiths, who suddenly read some "shocking" quote Morrissey off-handedly gave to a music writer and it completely changes their mindset. And the thing of it is, Morrissey has been doing this shit his entire life! If you're upset at something Morrissey said or did recently, just give it a few minutes. He'll change completely and move on to something else. He's the British Neil Young, and overall his musical catalog is on par with Ol' Neil. This is possibly The Great White Mope's best solo album, although I can't say that with certainty since I have yet to listen to all of them. This was one I owned on Compact Disc when it was first released, so I was already familiar with it. Not surprisingly, it holds up better than most of the CD's I bought in 1992. I don't want to be friends with Morrissey, but I do enjoy a lot of his music.
This was decidedly okay for me. Decent background music for work.
mopey art rock you might hear at Sports Basement. really hoping all those weird nationalism lyrics are ironic
First listening didn't impress me much, but after 3rd or 4th some of the songs appealed to me, especially Certain People I Know and We Hate When Our Friends Become Successful. Alright, it sounds as a really early indie. Satisfactory.
Interesting lyrics, not very drawn in to the music.
I'd never been part of the Morrissey bandwagon, but of course his music is inescapable and his voice so unique. A good, but forgetable album that you listen to without any stand out tracks. Pleasant.
The third solo album The Smiths vocalist Morrrissey. Perfect rockabilly / glam rock. One of the best albums in England of 1992. I liked it very much. Will definitely listen it again and again.
Tomorrow is my favorite.
he's a wanker.
Ffs a 3rd morrisey album?
Not bad, a few bangers, torch songs, overall pretty decent.
Was OK,
Good music somewhat monotone voice in this album
3.5
Not a fan - boring, feel like i'm in the epitome of the 90's I don't like
Harder edged than classic Smiths albums but Morrissey's distinct croon adds in unique color throughout.
I know of Morrissey but have never really heard his solo or other work. Reminds me a bit of the limited U2 I’ve heard. Alright but no real standouts.
Rock
Pretty decent album. Nice variety of sounds, and Morrissey is a decent singer as well. A bit felt too poppy for my taste, and therefore forgettable, but I wasn't offended by it. 3 stars.
ok but not a big smiths fan so
I actually really enjoyed this
So so album, and then he went mad.
If you're a fan of misery pop and jingly jangly Smiths-style indie rock then go for it. Interesting to hear some of Morrissey's right-wing tendencies come tumbling out in the lyrics, very clumsily done.
Another beautiful Morrissey album. One I have sadly neglected, I always seem to listen to Viva Hate or a Smiths when I need a shot of Morrissey's wry humour, deprication and stinging commentary. But Your Arsenal is worthy of attention too. 4 stars
Much different from The Smiths sound of Morrissey. We'll let you know has some very not PC overtones. I mean its a great Morrissey album, its just if you are on the fence about him like I am, then its hard to say if it shifts it for me out of 3 territory.
I'm listening to Morrissey and I'm not…sad??? Seriously though, Morrissey takes a lot of hits for being the original emo downer, but this is an upbeat rocker.
Lyrically it seems shock value is rated highly tunes wise it harks back all over the place.
Meh, the instrumentals don't feel too original and Morrissey is kind of annoying. Still, some interesting lyrics here and there.
Not enough here to keep me engaged.
Great album!❤️
This was a good album - slightly above average but not great. Top tracks: You’re gonna need someone on your side Certain people I know I know it’s gonna happen someday
It's not the best album of Morrissey, but four songs saved it, hence 3.5* which is equal 4*
Listenable. Did not care for the slow tracks.
Kind of bland. Every song sounds the same.
Conflicted about this one
Lyrics took away from alright instrumentals
Mess of genres that doesn't really work at all for me. Couple of decent songs.
Music was fine, just lesser Smith's really. Some problematic lyrics that remind you who you're listening to.
Too much 'oouwuuuhh' wankery Sings like he's looking deep into his own eyes in the mirror
61. Bola para um lado, homem para o outro. A derrota é garantida. Vamos lá, é o momento da tua vida. Bola para um lado, homem para o outro. Tu consegues. Tu consegues. Tu consegues, caralho. Homem para um lado, bola para o outro. Andiamo, andiamo. Imagina-te já na rotunda da Central Square, caneco na mão, milhares de pessoas gritando o teu nome, milhões brindando nos bares. Hoje vão ser feitos bebés, muitos terão o teu nome. Serás estátua, estádio, feriado nacional. Ficarás na História como o carrasco que fez cumprir a vontade de uma Nação. Não terás sido figura passiva. És História a acontecer. Saboreia o momento. Quatro passos e já está. Por agora, bola para um lado. Homem para o ou--- MotA: We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful "With the world's fate resting on your shoulder / You're gonna need someone on your side"
No.
Sounded like a budget INXS.
It’s Morrissey. It’s not The Smiths. It’s just fine.
funky fresh vibes but dude’s a tory so
No.
I love Glamorous Glue, Certain People I Know, You’re the One for Me Fatty, national front disco, and I know it’s gonna happen someday. I’m digging the rock vibes and also smoothness of this album it’s something I can have on in the background and just enjoy
Que discazo del bien. Es atemporal. 1000/1000 ludomatics
good
Rock and roll. A little strange but not the worst.
Didn’t really like this, too slow for me. Won’t re-listen, didn’t favourite any.
I think this the first time I have willfully listened to Morrissey. It is an alright album.
Energetic album. Wouldn't mind hearing it again.
Haven't loved Morrisey in the past, but this album did work very well. A surprise!
First listen, and it doesn’t seem very interesting to me. No “pop” to it. Second pass through, a little better, but nothing that grabs me. 2.5 is what I’d like to give
Morrissey
Another one I really enjoyed, but then, I like Morrisey. Lots of people don’t so it isn’t going to be for everyone! Worth a listen though, even if you’re not a fan. Kind of album I’d recommend to someone to start with Morrisey!
Dodgy lyrics, and it's not The Smiths, but worth a listen
Gros problème dès le départ : l'album s'ouvre sur la mélodie de la chanson Un Rayon de Soleil de William Baldé. Si on met ça de côté, c'est du Morrissey tout craché : de bons morceaux et une horrible pochette.
Excellent
quite boring. but there was not something glaringly wrong about it so. i did like 'i know its gonna happen someday' just wish it didnt have some man talking throughout.
Really solid Alt Rock album. F**k Morrissey tho
I especially enjoyed the first few songs that had more of a hard, raw guitar sound. I would definitely take a full album of that. The rest was a bit hit and miss but I still enjoyed it. A definite 3.5 but I'm not as eager to replay the whole thing like I typically would for a 4.
2.5? I really am trying to separate the music from what an asshat he is. But even then, the schtick was getting old towards the end.
I know, i know... im as surprised as you are
Morrissey is just as irreverent as ever, and a lot of tracks on here jams, even if they aren't Smiths-tier masterpieces. I'll be putting "National Front Disco" on repeat for a few days, though!
klassischer Morrissey Sound. grundsätzlich 1 Punkt Abzug weil er so ein Trottel ist.
ew moz
It was okay.
I think maybe another Morrissey album could be very good but this one isn't stunning really
Had no idea this guy and his band of way far out of the closet cock lovers did anything that didn't make me instantly vomit up yesaterday's breakfast. The opener on this one's surprisingly decent rockin' with that heavy take on surf themes in the instrumentals. The shoegaze elements in #3 were a totally unexpected touch of psych cool. Sadly otherwise the track foreshadows the descent into crap that the album takes from there. #5's gay country rock marks a bit of a low point of almost no return. With the exception of #8 and #9's cute vibey instrumental work, the rest of it is - while still head and shoulders above most anything I've heard of his before - mostly varying degrees of insufferable. If anything, the saving grace here overall is the psychey studio mix touches and samples sprinkled throughout, well that and the uniqueness afforded by the overt campness of it all.
Du très très grand Morrissey. En effet, le chanteur sympathisant skinhead nous alpague avant même de lancer l'album, à l'aide d'une pochette dévoilant toute son humasexualité. On peut dès lors lancer l'album dans de très bonnes conditions, nous sommes dans l'univers de Morrissey. Il va alors nou enchaîner de prouesses dont il a le secret. Ici, il critique ouvertement les hommes de couleur, les déclarant indignes de la race humaine. Là-bas, il arborre une perruque blonde, se mettant a nu et se déclarant femme, tel ses idoles de jeunesses les New York Dolls. De plus, Morrissey ne cesse de se manipuler les tetons tout au long de l'écoute. Cet album fut plus qu'une écoute, mais bel et bien un voyage dans la fantaisie du raciste chouchou de Robert Dimery
A segunda metade não é tão boa quanto a primeira e fuck you Morrissey, porém discaço.
Identifiable sound from Morrisey, enjoyed listening
A primeira canção, you're gonna need someone on your side, é qualquer coisa. Gosto dos instrumentos carregados do álbum, sente-se um peso diferente, mas muitas das músicas passam ao lado, é um bom álbum que não me cativou tanto. Nota:6/10
Das Album ist nicht gut genug für diese Liste, so sehr ich seine Musik mag...
Hab nur ein wenig reingehört und nicht wirklich Lust bekommen. Kann aber auch am müden Tag gelegen haben.
fuck me, morrissey has 13 solo albums. must be about 8 good songs between them. i've justified that i'm allowed to still listen to the smiths because he wasn't the grade A cunt he is now then, he was more Grade C, a solid cunt but not quite fame hungry facist levels. i don't know where i sit with his solo stuff - it helps that its pretty average at best. 'i know its gonna happen someday' rescued this album from the ignomy of the 1 star bin.
Yes it's Morrissey. I'm not as bothered by his voice as others, although time has proven him to be just as disagreeable publicly as his bandmates found him privately. Still, his solo work has touches of The Smiths with some extra rock riffs and typically sardonic lyrics.
El Morrisey más sucio y ruidoso. Psicobilly y glam, pop esquisi. Mi favorito del prenda.
Sounds like an album Louis would enjoy
“Were the last British people you will ever know” sounds pretty sus when you remember Morrissey’s racist shit.
Pretty good.
Great album
Not this moaning xenophobe again. I'm still trembling here, with him stood behind me, greasing up his penis, forcing me to eat brussel sprouts. Vegan tosser.
YES YES YES morrissey is everythingggg!
Too much morrisseyyyyyy
Yeah, I thought it was pretty good. People always ask who's your Arsenal. For me it's not the invincibles, it's not "it's up for grabs now" Michael Thomas Fever Pitch et al Arsenal, it's not record breaking FA Cup winning Arsenal or Xhaka getting sent off or Jack Wilshere getting injured. No, it's Carl Jenkinson and co getting beaten 8-2 at Old Trafford with "with a packet of sweets and a cheeky smile, Arsene Wenger is a paedophile " playing in the background.
Just about my favourite Morrissey solo album but some of the more problematic lyrics seem even more questionable in light of his recent madnesses.
Not my favorite. The music was depressing and I felt like I was psychiatric evaluation while listening. 0RS
Madre mía, Morrissey, menudo rollo de disco.
Dreary
It was pretty good, but I wish that I could rate half stars because ideally I'd give it 2.5
Not actually that bad. Always thought of Morrissey as a moany bastard with shit music. Was surprised that his music isn’t that bad.
Didn't mind but find most Morrissey forgettable
Really wasn't feeling this one. I heard a song I liked and I looked over and the album had ended and it was on autoplay...
The worst man who’s music I will love forever. Not his smiths best but still very decent and one of his best solo efforts. 4/5
Fairly generic rock album. Nothing stand out for me
3.5 - Is this what Brexit sounds like? Here's a supremely talented band and singer who manage to screw it up because Morrissey can't stop moaning about problems that only the most provincial of Brits would care about.
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" Released: 27 April 1992 "You're the One for Me, Fatty" Released: 6 July 1992 "Tomorrow" Released: September 1992 "Certain People I Know" Released: 7 December 1992 "Glamorous Glue" Released: 18 April 2011
Eléctrico. Muy para fans de Morrissey
Morrissey...
Not my style
Yo a Morrissey no lo puedo criticar. Cualquier cosa que haga me parecerá de bien para arriba. Puede que sea este su disco con menos éxitos pero para mi está bien. Y las tres canciones seguidas que forman: Certain people I know, We hate it when our friends become successful y You're the one for me, Fatty.
Not a huge Morrissey fan, but its ok.
ach ist schon sehr nice - 4
It's like... well, morrissey. ticks the boxes. another one i'd like to give 3.5
Meh
God Morrissey’s solo albums are so bland. 5/10
Didn't love it
Idk... not that into the music and he keeps singing about things that make me think he's an asshole.
A good 15 years since I've heard the full album, it's still a banger
I had never heard of Morrissey, but did kind of like this.
meh
I had heard the name but never his music. This album was okay at best.
Decent
So much 90s angst. I loved it!
Het is muziek, niet vreselijke muziek, maar ook geen geweldige muziek
RACIST CUNT
Some nice production touches here and there but nothing I'd come back to.
Did not dislike as much as I thought I would, mostly due to instrumentation. But, it's ok.
I prefer his stuff with the Smiths, but this is still a good listen. I'd give it a 3.5 if possible.
Rocking and rolling with morrissey, who would want more
Don't really like morrissey or the smiths but thought it was ok
1st Morrisey exposure, need to check it out more
Love the record. Hate the human. 5 for the music and 1 for the person. So it gets a 5 with an asterik.
I'm digging this right away
It was kind of a big meh for me. Not all out unlistenable but definitely not going to return to this one.
Yepp thats some UK alt rock for sure
Don't like his droney voice. Album was ok. Morrissey is a cunt
Pretty sure this was the last Morrissey album I ever listened to, basically due to its lack of musical subtly.
great
I had low expectations. They were met.
fuck morissey, he was never a gud musician just was at the right place at the right time. look like the asshole guy who be treating his girl badly
Was surprised how rock-focused this is. Some songs are still reminiscent of the Smiths, but others go for some straight-forward rock. It's nice. Lyrics are still on-point. Favorite tracks: "The National Front Disco", "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
Very solid pop record. Lots of hints of what I can only identify as early Arctic Monkeys influence, and at times close to Metric, which feels like a strange comparison indeed. Less out-there than Bowie, though, and I don't get the lyrical appeal just yet.
I am big on Smiths but never heard any of Morrissey's solo work, this is pretty great I am surprised that he holds up without Johnny Marr. Also, Mark Ronson's production is great and filled with obvious glam-rock sensibilities.
Morrissey can get in the sea.