Top 20 post Maladjusted tracks?

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Christian Dior
Dear God Please Help Me
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
The Never Played Symphonies
Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
Life Is A Pigsty
You Have Killed Me
The Bullfighter Dies
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
In The Future When All's Well
Children In Pieces
First Of The Gang To Die
My Life Is A Succession People Saying Goodbye
Ganglord
Staircase At The University
Come Back to Camden
Art-Hounds
Mountjoy
Sweetie-Pie
 
Irish Blood, English Heart
Come Back To Camden
First Of The Gang To Die
Let Me Kiss You
All The Lazy Dykes
The Never Played Symphonies
You Have Killed Me
Dear God, Please Help Me
Life Is A Pigsty
I Will See You In Far Off Places
Ganglord
Black Cloud
Because Of My Poor Education
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
World Peace Is None Of Your Business
Istanbul
Staircase At The University
Art-Hounds
Kiss Me A Lot
One Of Our Own
 
Irish Blood, English Heart
Come Back To Camden
Teenage Dad On His Estate
Let Me Kiss You
All The Lazy Dykes
Christian Dior
You Have Killed Me
Dear God, Please Help Me
The Father Who Must Be Killed
Life Is A Pigsty
I Will See You In Far Off Places
When Last I Spoke To Carol
Black Cloud
The Youngest Was The Most Loved
World Peace Is None Of Your Business
Istanbul
Staircase At The University
Art-Hounds
Kiss Me A Lot
One Of Our Own
 
Mama Lay Softly On the Riverbed
My Dearest Love
Let Me Kiss You
Sweetie-Pie
Neal Cassady Drops Dead
I'm Not A Man
Istanbul
Smiler With Knife
Kiss Me A Lot
Julie In The Weeds
Art-Hounds
Mountjoy
Oboe Concerto
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
Life Is A Pigsty
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Forgive Someone
Drag The River
Staircase At The University
You Have Killed Me
 
good looking man about town

come back to camden

the youngest was the most loved

ganglord

world peace

christian dior

im not a man

my dearest love

mountjoy

when last i spoke to carrol

america is not the world

something is squeezing my skull

first of the gang

i have forgiven jesus

kiss me a lot

istanbul

im throwing my arms around paris

mama lay softly by the riverbed

my life is a succession of people saying goodbye
 
Life Is a Pigsty
Dear God Please Help Me
Come Back to Camden
Sweetie-Pie
My Dearest Love
Drag the River
i'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
Christian Dior
You Were Good In Your Time
Forgive Someone
Julie in the Weeds
Smiler With Knife
Art-Hounds
Ganglord
My Life Is a Succession of People Saying Goodbye
The Never-Played Symphonies
Staircase at the University
Let Me Kiss You
You Have Killed Me
Oboe Concerto
 
First of the Gang to Die
The World is Full of Crashing Bores
Come Back to Camden
I'm Not Sorry
Life is a Pigsty
You Have Killed Me
At Last I Am Born
I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
On the Streets I Ran
Ganglord
My Dearest Love
Good Looking Man About Town
I'm Ok By Myself
That's How People Grow Up
Art-Hounds
Julie in the Weeds
One of Our Own
Staircase at the University
World Peace is None of Your Business
Istanbul
 
These top 20's are showing just how shit morrissey's output has been over the last 18 years
 
These top 20's are showing just how shit morrissey's output has been over the last 18 years

Or does it actually just say a lot about our relationship with his songs?

Without sounding odd, a lot of the latter-day Moz I've listened to since Bowie has died has sounded patchy to me. I've listened to Blackstar almost none-stop for the last week. Still, I return to Christian Dior, Boxers, Life is a Pigsty, Come Back to Camden, Let Me Kiss You, I'm OK by Myself, and Reader Meet Author an awful lot - these songs sound perfect to me. They all say something to me about my own life, or help me to feel drastically better about most issues.

I came to Moz towards the end of 2009, some time after Refusal was released and aged 16. I'm sure a lot of you will have listened to his earlier work when you were younger, incessantly perhaps, and it will mean a lot to you. For me, I've found it interesting listening to the latter-day Moz which I missed (i.e. the comeback period) as I never heard it when it first came out, but it sometimes feels like a never-heard soundtrack to my earlier teens. It feels odd thinking that I missed Camden when it first came out, and that I just missed the release of Refusal's closing track and it's pounding glory (let's forget about the penultimate track...). Thinking about this encourages me not to miss the 'here and now', and maybe that's why I've been so hung on Bowie's death, which is an irony in itself!
 
Mama Lay Softly On the Riverbed
My Dearest Love
Let Me Kiss You
Sweetie-Pie
Neal Cassady Drops Dead
I'm Not A Man
Istanbul
Smiler With Knife
Kiss Me A Lot
Julie In The Weeds
Art-Hounds
Mountjoy
Oboe Concerto
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
Life Is A Pigsty
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Forgive Someone
Drag The River
Staircase At The University
You Have Killed Me

Jesus, it's pretty much the deluxe World Peace with a few extra songs, LOL.

World Peace was a very good album. I was listening to it fairly unhealthy for a good four months straight after it came out. Then, I don't know, I just stopped.

I guess it's hard for me to see him as a continuing, viable artist if I factor in all the incredibly banal, self-defeating shit he's done since it came out.
 
World Peace was a very good album. I was listening to it fairly unhealthy for a good four months straight after it came out. Then, I don't know, I just stopped.

I guess it's hard for me to see him as a continuing, viable artist if I factor in all the incredibly banal, self-defeating shit he's done since it came out.
For me, the initial appeal of WPINOYB was how fresh and different it sounded compared to everything else we've heard from Morrissey in the last ten years, which I think is due in large part to the involvement of Joe Chiccarelli. After a while, that novelty started to wear off, and I found myself skipping quite a few tracks, and now I rarely listen to the album at all. I guess I echo your sentiments in the ROTT thread: the album just doesn't have much staying power.

Those bonus tracks, however....I still listen to them with regularity. I actually think they deserved to be released separately from the album proper as a self-contained EP. It would have been a much stronger offering, and they would have gotten more attention that way. I think they flew under the radar for critics and more casual fans. At the very least, most of those tracks would have been much better selections for the final WPINOYB tracklist than what actually made it onto the album.
 
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For me, the initial appeal of WPINOYB was how fresh and different it sounded compared to everything else we've heard from Morrissey in the last ten years, which I think is due in large part to the involvement of Joe Chiccarelli. After a while, that novelty started to wear off, and I found myself skipping quite a few tracks, and now I rarely listen to the album at all. I guess I echo your sentiments in the ROTT thread: the album just doesn't have much staying power.

Those bonus tracks, however....I still listen to them with regularity....At the very least, most of those tracks would have been much better selections for the final WPINOYB tracklist than what actually made it onto the album.

About half the bonus tracks were amazing. I don't know that I would count all of them as the best stuff he's done in two decades, but they were really good. I never did like Scandinavia, and One Of Our Own still falls a bit flat with me. But Drag The River is exquisite; and Julie In The Weeds still sounds to me like a classic lost single from 70s AM radio. Forgive Someone is really good as well; there are parts that really give me goosebumps...certain little sections where his words, vocal delivery, and the music come together just right and it really gets me.

Art-Hounds, by and large, I'd rank with his best material of all time.
 
no order
If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
My Dearest Love
Shame Is The Name
Ganglord
Life Is A Pigsty
Because Of My Poor Education
I Like You
I'm Okay By Myself
How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Come Back To Camden
A Song From Under The Floorboards
No One Can Hold A Candle To You
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
All You Need Is Me
That's How People Grow Up
Irish Blood, English Heart
The First Of The Gang To Die
You Know I Couldn't Last
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
America Is Not The World
 
First of the Gang to Die (though I never need to hear it again)
Irish Blood, English Heart
Come back to Camden
Let Me Kiss You
The Never Played Symphonies
No One Can Hold a Candle To You (a cover, sure, but I love this song so much)
You Have Killed Me
The Youngest Was the Most Loved
On the Streets I Ran (hugely underrated track, IMO)
I Knew I was Next
Ganglord
Something is Squeezing My Skull
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris (though i never need to hear it again)
When Last I spoke to Carol
I'm OK By Myself
Istanbul
Staircase at the University
One of Our Own

How many is that?

Edit 1: Okay - I'll add "Sweetie Pie" but can it be the Michael Farrell-leaked version?

Edit 2: I really like "Action is my Middle Name" as well, so I'll add that to my list. The best of the "2011 Songs" by a mile and, IMO, should have been on WPINOB.
 
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In order of release:

Come Back To Camden
First of the Gang To Die
Let Me Kiss You
My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Teenage Dad On His Estate
I'm Playing Easy To Get
You Have Killed Me
Good Looking Man About Town
I Will See You In Far-Off Places
Dear God Please Help Me
Life Is A Pigsty
I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
Ganglord
Christian Dior
My Dearest Love
You Were Good In Your Time
Istanbul
Oboe Concerto
Forgive Someone
Art-Hounds

Runners up would be All The Lazy Dykes, The Public Image, When Last I Spoke To Carol, Staircase At The University, and Mountjoy.
 
I've just went back and listened to World Peace in it's entirety, for the first time in over a year, after initially hating it. Must say i enjoyed it a lot more now than i did when it came out. Still can't work out if it's utter shite or complete genius tho!
 
I Have Forgiven Jesus
Come Back to Camden
The World is Full of Crashing Bores
Let Me Kiss You
I Like You
First of the Gang to Die
I Will See You in Far-Off Places
Dear God Please Help Me
You Have Killed Me
In the Future When All's Well
Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
Black Cloud
All You Need is Me
That's How People Grow Up
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
You Were Good in Your Time
I'm OK By Myself
World Peace is None of Your Business
I'm Not A Man
Earth Is the Loneliest Planet

"Let Me Kiss You," "Dear God Please Help Me," and "I'm Not A Man" rank in the best of his career, for me.
 
I've just went back and listened to World Peace in it's entirety, for the first time in over a year, after initially hating it. Must say i enjoyed it a lot more now than i did when it came out. Still can't work out if it's utter shite or complete genius tho!

Mostly utter shite, I think.
 
I Have Forgiven Jesus
Come Back to Camden
The World is Full of Crashing Bores
Let Me Kiss You
I Like You
First of the Gang to Die
I Will See You in Far-Off Places
Dear God Please Help Me
You Have Killed Me
In the Future When All's Well
Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
Black Cloud
All You Need is Me
That's How People Grow Up
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
You Were Good in Your Time
I'm OK By Myself
World Peace is None of Your Business
I'm Not A Man
Earth Is the Loneliest Planet

"Let Me Kiss You," "Dear God Please Help Me," and "I'm Not A Man" rank in the best of his career, for me.

First I thought you just took my list and rearranged it but "Dear God Please Help Me" is an embarrassing pile of trash.
 
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