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  1. Etiennehanratty

    Your Morrissey album Top 11

    Vauxhall Quarry Viva LIHS World Peace Your Arsenal Years.. Uncle Ringleader Not placed: Maladjusted (but shave 2/3 and you’d have a terrific EP) Southpaw
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    Johnny Marr: ‘A lot of people don’t even want to see The Smiths reform’

    I’d like to hear more Electronic but the Smiths’ body of work is complete as it is.
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    Dexys Midnight Runners

    All of their albums are worth a listen. Don’t Stand Me Down is Kevin’s masterpiece and One Day I’m Going To Soar isn’t far behind. Let The Record Show is patchier but their version of Curragh of Kildare is a work of utterly batshit genius.
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    The Operation (2018)

    As a Southpaw sceptic, this is my favourite song on my album. If he’d lost the drum intro, he’d’ve had a 3* record on his hands.
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    I Starting Something/Suedehead connection

    Suedehead sounds to me as though it refers to a one night stand which the narrator has grown to regret-“Still, it was a good lay.”. I Started Something... seems to relate to a more sustained dalliance-not necessarily romantic-which has inspired ambivalence in both parties.
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    NME's 15 best albums from Manchester features 3 Smiths albums

    Aye, “It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at.” Especially if you happen to be from Timperley.
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    Morrissey's Kill Uncle turned 27 last March 4: after all this time what are your opinions on it?

    Starts well but the momentum isn’t sustained. There’s enough for a good EP and a few strong B sides, but it’s not much of an album. And I like King Leer.
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    NME's 15 best albums from Manchester features 3 Smiths albums

    Joy Division/New Order are from Salford/Macclesfield Elbow are from Bury Buzzcocks are from Bolton (and Howard Devoto is from Scunthorpe) Happy Mondays are from Little Hulton which is effectively a Salfordian exclave in Bolton Charlatans are from Northwich/Wolverhampton The singer from the...
  9. Etiennehanratty

    NME's 15 best albums from Manchester features 3 Smiths albums

    At least six of those are by non-Mancunian bands, more if you count Trafford as a separate entity.
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    What have been your favourite albums of the year?

    One of the things I like about Paul Draper’s music is the feeling it provokes that the whole thing’s about to collapse under the weight of its own pretensions. It’s probably not an intended reaction but it’s one of the reasons why I rate this album so highly. Obviously, the killer tunes don’t hurt.
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    What have been your favourite albums of the year?

    That’s a great interview, with RD coming across almost exactly as I expected him to, and a timely reminder that I need to explore more of his stuff. Thanks for sharing it.
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    Biggest problem with Low In High School?

    Mostly, I like the music-in fact, I’d say it’s probably his third or fourth best solo album. His voice is better than ever and there are some terrific arrangements on here. The lyrics aren’t top drawer Morrissey but I don’t think they're shockingly bad or even appreciably worse than anything...
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    Inside the head of... Morrissey - Daily Mail

    Surely it’s the vixens who are the mothers and sisters, unless there’s a vulpine chapter of the LGTBQI community.
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    Most stupid lie about Low in High School from the reviews

    Maybe it’s the sweet corn in my ears, but I’m not hearing it. On closer listening, there is what sounds like a flugelhorn in the background, but it’s so subtle as to be almost unnoticeable. To be honest, I suspect Moz just laid it on as, good vegan that he is, he wanted some entertainment for...
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    Most stupid lie about Low in High School from the reviews

    Not a lie as such but if you read most of the reviews without checking the ratings, you’d think they were talking about a four star album (fwiw I’d give ***, now I’ve had time to digest it and the peaks and troughs have coalesced into a homogeneous whole). It does feel as though they liked the...
  16. Etiennehanratty

    Most stupid lie about Low in High School from the reviews

    The actual biggest lie is usually the star rating. The text of most of the reviews is very positive, but they’re invariably topped off by a **/*** rating which is belied by the content.
  17. Etiennehanratty

    Most stupid lie about Low in High School from the reviews

    Yeah, it’s actually 54 seconds of crickets chirping followed by 36 seconds of angry noodling on the guitar.
  18. Etiennehanratty

    POLL: The Ultimate Morrissey product?

    I’be gone with V&I, YATQ and VH but if we were to widen the net, I’d probably go with the sleeve design for Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now.
  19. Etiennehanratty

    What have been your favourite albums of the year?

    Pleased to be of service re: Spooky Action. It’s not in the same league as Six, but it is a very good record from an artist who never really got his due. One track’s a Dominic Chad co-write, too, which gives hope for the future. In terms of my top 2, Peasant is one of the strangest and most...
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    Morrissey statement: "The Slander System" (via FB Morrissey Official)

    Anyone else got The Wild Rover as an ear worm after reading that statement?
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