There is a short preview by Paul Morley of ROTT for the observers "Music monthly" here.
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davidt
on Friday February 10 2006, @11:00AM
mouldy writes:
There is a short preview by Paul Morley of ROTT for the observers "Music monthly" here. In the next issue of the Music Monthly (published 19 February), there's a review of the forthcoming Morrissey album - which carries the snappy title 'Ringleader of the Tormentors'. As you can see from this little taster, Paul Morley quited liked it: 'Ringleader is the story of a life all his other songs have only hinted at - it has a kind of exhilarating, intimate Blood on the Tracks suddenness the way it appears after years of him never quite out-doing his early classic work and sometimes seemingly trapped inside his own myth. From the day he was born, through the streets of Manchester, out into the mean world of sinister places and demanding people, to the day he never actually died - it's all here. Fans of Morrissey, and maybe a few enemies, will have all their prayers answered - a whole album of songs that rock, drone and swing in the way his best songs - Smiths or not - do between the strangely familiar and the completely unfamiliar...' Read the review in full when the magazine comes out. The album itself is not released until 3 April but you should be able to pre-order it now.
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I know this is going to be a great album (Score:1, Interesting)
I think it's absurd to get over-excited about the single and to say "oh it's the same again, then."
The single is a nice song. It's better than all of the Your Arsenal singles and Hold onto your Friends, better than dross like Roy's Keen, and beats some of his post viva hate work like Pregnant for the Last Time. Morrissey has a track record of choosing strange singles. I agree with those who are saying it's not a "great" single: it's evidently not. It's a nice song, with a tender, melancholic yearning and a beautiful vocal. The problem is it sounds slightly half-formed, as though it was meant to last 5 minutes with another verse-chorus and a key change.. only it doesn't have those things and finishes rather abruptly after 2 minutes and a bit.
Suedehead was jangly and playful; IBEh was raucous and addictive; everyday was beautifully languid; FOTGTD was just a sugar sweet pop song with dark poetry. This isn't up to those standards, but it's a good album track. I just wish it had been developed a little more fully.
As for the album, first we had the rolling stone hailing it as his best solo work, then we had NME describing it as "extraordinary" and later as "better than Quarry" (which they gave 8/10). We've had numerous other VERY positive press reports and now another journalist who has been critical of much of Morrissey's late 90s output - paul Morley - saying "this is up there with his finest solo work" and even saying this is the album he's promised to make since he left the Smiths.
I think it's time to relax and wait for the album.
The only negative stuff has been posted by the Morrissey trolls on this site - a handful of people who make it their life's work to ridicule anhd personally abuse Morrissey on this site, throwing in a bit of racism and homophobia for good measure.
The "review" of the first song - Far off Places - was written by one of these trolls. It was a poorly written, and absurdly reasoned attack on Morrissey dressed up to look like a semi-respectable critique of a song.
that's the sum total of the negative press vs a whole raft of positive early reports from the usually hostile music press.
Morrissey may have finally attained the media respect as a solo artist he has deserved for so long; Ironically the trolls on this board continue to post trash about Morrissey and his latest album before they've even heard it. Perhaps the next album will feature numerous references to morrissey solow and to Mike Joyce and others who use this site to attack morrissey!
The single is a good song but nothing great. I think the album is going to be good enough to be the soundtrack to 2006.
Let's wait and see.
broken
Splendid (Score:0)
I agree with broken's sentiments above, so I won't repeat them.
naysayers be damned... (Score:0)
if ROTT is half as good as Blood on the Tracks (Score:1)
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I'm excited again (Score:1)
I remember not feeling too affectionate towards IBEH or The more you ignore me the closer I get when they were first released but I loved both songs and the albums that they were on once I heard the whole package.
All of the negative talk here had massively lowered my hopes but this review has gone a long way to getting my excitement back up.
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Paul Morley (Score:0)
Re:Paul Morley (Score:2, Interesting)
Morley has been quoted as saying that Morrissey's lyrics should be judged by literature, rather than music, standards. He's a big fan.
He's also proof that Peter Hook is wrong--everyone in Manchester does NOT hate Morrissey.
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as usual broken says it best (Score:0)
well said sir
and YAY to broken for getting freeyourself banned from this site again!
Observer MM gave first honest review of Quarry... (Score:0)
It is extremely significant that the same publication appears to be giving Ringleader its first proper (and objective) review which also suggests we might finally have a classic Moz album on our hands. If this really is the case, I only have one thing to say to Steven Patrick:
"What kept you so long? What kept you so long?!!"
Hoorah!
Maurice.
Miséricorde (Score:2, Funny)
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Paul (Score:0)
Strawberry.
Re:Paul (Score:2, Interesting)
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Paul Morley on TCM - '83 (Score:0)
- Paul Morley, New Musical Express, November 12, 1983
Observer Music Review today (Score:0)
Morley says "this is the troubled wordsmith's greatest solo album yet". "Morrissey has never sung better".
Vinete x
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his preoccupations haven't changed (Score:0)
There's always been a political element to Morrissey and even the odd semi protest song in his solo catalogue - this is nothing new.
broken
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Re:Morrissey Bashers (Score:1)
I'm fed up of Americans moaning about how life is so hard on them because the rest of the World is miffed at their foreign policies. Behave yourselves and we won't talk about it.
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Re:Morrissey Bashers (Score:0)
So you're worried that his art gets in the way of his bank balance? Surely if he's not bothered why should you be?
Nah, you're just a troll trying to wind people up.
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Well... (Score:0)
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Re:Morrissey Bashers (Score:2, Insightful)
Surely an artist only cares about what the song means to them, not how people will be able to relate to it. Once he does that, he can no longer call himself an artist.
By the way, I'm sick of the negativity on this site too and will probably not be reading the boards too much in the future. Nothing wrong with having an opinion (I have Moz songs I love and ones I really don't care for) but there desire on this site of some people who seem to WANT Moz to fail is a little overwhelming.
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Re:Morrissey Bashers (Score:0)
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Re:Morrissey Bashers (Score:1)
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