I was a reporter for 30 years and always tried to be fair given the deadline restrictions I was under. I never thought I was part of "the media." I was just a guy with a low-paying job. No one ever told me what to write nor how to write. Some folks here on this site wish to lump all the press...
Certainly I'm not an expert on new music. So the reviewers probably have a wider context from which to judge what's happening on the music scene. But I know what I like. And I think the low marks (for the most part) for IANADOAC are way way off base. For god's sake even my KIDS are streaming it...
Funny! Just looked closely at the "Stereo" logo on the front of LIHS. Beneath it in small type is written "For the man who has nothing." As a relative newcomer to the Morrissey world, perhaps this is a running joke of some kind??
I like the songs the more I listen to them. The highest praise, I suppose, comes from my 17 year old who said, "I don't absolutely hate it." Which for any of my music is as close to an endorsement as one gets.