Morrissey: "You Are The Quarry"

I have finished listening to Morrissey's new "You are the Quarry" and I have to say that I am impressed! I have always been a fan of The Smiths and Morrissey's solo endevours... with one caveat: I can only take it when I am in the mood or in small doses. Considering this is Morrissey's first release in several years, I can say that the timing is all right!

Morrissey is still the brilliant lyricist and his tenor hasn't aged a day. The songs on this album are typical Morrissey fare, full of observations and deep brooding- still I would have to say that this release is the one that seems to probe the most deeply into Morressey the man. Many have panned this album saying that it is European egomaniac's trip into Anti-Americanism. This mostly refers to one of the song called "America Is Not the World". It's obvious that people who are making these claims have never heard the album or really listened to the lyrics and that this song illustrates Morrissey's love-hate with the United States (which he has made one of his homes these past years). In fact, this whole album is about his love-hate relationships, with the United States, with Britain, with himself. As I said before, I think this is the most that any of us has ever gotten to peek into his mind.

On the musicality side of things, I can't say that this release is anything unusual. The usual arrangements that you have come to expect from a Morrissey release so no surprises there. In this case, I'm not sure that is a bad thing since this means that it doesn't sound like most the crap on the radio.

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