Morrissey Central "YOU’RE THAT STRETCH OF THE BEACH THAT THE TIDE DOESN’T REACH" (July 9, 2021)

âWorld Peace Is None Of Your BusinessâââA Reappraisal of Morrisseyâs 2014 Album

In Morrisseyâs recent interview, published on his website Morrissey Central, the artist was asked which of his own albums he considered hisâ¦

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YOU'RE THAT STRETCH OF THE BEACH THAT THE TIDE DOESN'T REACH - MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY - MORRISSEY CENTRAL - YOU'RE THAT STRETCH OF THE BEACH THAT THE TIDE DOESN'T REACH

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Links to a Dodwell article entitled:
"“World Peace Is None Of Your Business”— A Reappraisal of Morrissey’s 2014 Album"

Regards,
FWD.

 

[Carlisle baz]

I need to start selling some of my stuff. I buy multiple copies of vitually every release, thinking I’ll sell them one day.
But that day, just never arrives.

Sell them to fake vegan....

That said he’ll have no money

But he might offer you one goat

And three chickens for the lot

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Having failed to find a way to take my records with me, or convince my kids that Morrissey’s solo work is superior to The Smiths, my selling is well underway. My pink vinyl copy of World Peace is, however, going nowhere.

I have one of those, too. And an orange one? Or was the pink just a mis-coloured orange one?

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Sell them to fake vegan....

That said he’ll have no money

But he might offer you one goat

And three chickens for the lot

Think of the postage charges! Royal Mail 48-hour recorded delivery to Cloud Cuckoo-Land. That would be astronomical.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

I have one of those, too. And an orange one? Or was the pink just a mid-coloured orange one?

Yes, it would pass for orange too.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

I have one of those, too. And an orange one? Or was the pink just a mid-coloured orange one?

I’ll need to pop upstairs and take a photo of my pink-coloured 12 inch later.
I’ll wait till I’ve had a couple of drinks. Keep your eyes peeled.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

I’ll need to pop upstairs and take a photo of my pink-coloured 12 inch later.
I’ll wait till I’ve had a couple of drinks. Keep your eyes peeled.

Don’t spill anything.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Yes, it would pass for orange too.

 

[Carlisle baz]

I do have to keep up my Stan
Ogden reputation 85..

 

[Deleted member 28251]

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Mine looks like the one on the right. There were two slightly different colours?

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Mine looks like the one on the right. There were two slightly different colours?

I can’t remember, the ones in the picture are from the same double-LP. But I’m certain I have another one in the loft where both records are pink.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

I can’t remember, the ones in the picture are from the same double-LP. But I’m certain I have another one in the loft where both records are pink.

Ah, yes. I’d forgotten it’s a double LP. Naturally, I’ve never actually played it. That would be insane.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

You rate it a lot higher than I would.

1. WPINOYB 1/10
2. Neal C 3/10
3. Man 3/10
4. Istanbul 3/10
5. Earth 2/10
6. Staircase 8/10
7. Bullfighter 2/10
8. Kiss me 2/10
9. Smiler 0/10
10. Kick 2/10
11. Mountjoy 0/10
12. Oboe 8/10

A whopping 34/120.

You don't like Kiss me? That's a great pop song.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

KIl uncle is better than this album. Never listened to.

Ere........it isn't actually. The second half of that is pretty bad.

 

[Anonymous]

She's a monomaniac; let's leave her speak on her own. By the Way the album ''World Peace'' was praised by all the hipsters, NME, Guardian, Mojo, Uncut at the time of its release. But, we were a few fans to find it, mannered, pompous, with thin uninspired tunes. The title track is one of the most unpleasant tunes of Morrissey's back catalogue. The problem is mainly due to the oily arrangements of Gustavo Manzur, a thick multi-instrumentalist ideal for rock'n'roll artists like Robbie Williams or Bryan Adams or Kiss but whose playing doesn't suit to an pop artist like Morrissey

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

You don't like Kiss me? That's a great pop song.

My barometer is; “would you feel embarrassed to play this to non-Morrissey-fan friends?”
With KMAL, I absolutely, definitely would.

 

[everydayslikesunday]

Personally, I think this is definitely Morrissey's worse album, but then apart from the odd highlight like 'Life is a Pigsty', I am not impressed with any of his output since YATQ. Looking on the positive side, the release of this album made me reassess my avid collecting obsession with all things Morrissey which has saved me a fortune. Although I couldn't resist the pink/orange WPINOYB US vinyl and the boxset. Plus the album artwork of WPINOYB is the best looking of all the millennium releases.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

My barometer is; “would you feel embarrassed to play this to non-Morrissey-fan friends?”
With KMAL, I absolutely, definitely would.

Not sure why though. Not much different to something like Ask.

 

[Seymour Glass]

Horrible record. Horrible cover (he's in ill fitting workout pants tempting a dog with a pen?) Horrible songs. Horrible lyrics. Kill Uncle thinks this record sucks.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Not sure why though. Not much different to something like Ask.

Ask has a bit of humour about it, and some clever lines.
Kiss Me A Lot doesn’t.

 

[SuedeMoz]

Ask has a bit of humour about it, and some clever lines.
Kiss Me A Lot doesn’t.

I'd go as far as to say KMAL has to be one of the most insipid and banal songs in his solo catalog. Ask is just about a perfect pop song.