Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. America Is Not the World
2. Irish Blood, English Heart
3. I Have Forgiven Jesus
4. Come Back to Camden
5. I'm Not Sorry
6. World Is Full of Crashing Bores, The
7. How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel
8. First of the Gang to Die
9. Let Me Kiss You
10. All the Lazy Dykes
11. I Like You
12. You Know I Couldn't Last
13. Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice
14. It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small
15. Teenage Dad on His Estate
16. Munch Air Disaster 1958
17. Friday Mourning
18. Never-Played Symphonies, The
19. My Life Is a Succession of People Saying Goodye
20. I Am Two People
21. Mexico
| | Details | | Producer: | Jerry Finn | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | This version of YOU ARE THE QUARRY includes nine bonus tracks and a bonus DVD featuring videos and live performances.
Personnel: Morrissey (vocals); Alain Whyte, Jesse Tobias, Boz Boorer (guitar); Camilla Pay (harp); Rhys Williams (flute); Roger Manning, Mark Farrell (keyboards); Gary Day (bass guitar); Dean Butterworth (drums).
Recording information: Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California; Sarm Hook End, Berkshire, England.
Armed with a new label (Attack Records), a new producer (Jerry Finn of Blink 182 and Green Day fame), and, on the album cover, a Tommy gun, Morrissey immediately lines up his targets at the outset of YOU ARE THE QUARRY. The sharp-witted Brit-pop icon takes shots at the United States and England, respectively, on the biting "America Is Not the World" and the bold "Irish Blood, English Heart." Unsurprisingly, the rest of the album doesn't shy away from frustration-fueled topics ("I Have Forgiven Jesus," "The World Is Full of Crashing Bores"), revealing that the former Smiths singer hasn't missed a step lyrically or vocally in the seven years since 1997's MALADJUSTED.
Enhanced by the guitars of longtime collaborators Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer, the sound here is vintage Morrissey, though a few tracks bear the energetic influence of QUARRY's punk-pop-inclined producer. Standout songs include the gorgeous, dreamy "I'm Not Sorry" and "First of the Gang to Die," a love letter to his unlikely Latino fan base in Los Angeles. While the record clearly marks a new phase for the beloved crooner, it also reminds listeners of why they grew to love him in the first place.
| | Editorial reviews | Ranked #45 in Uncut's Best New Albums of 2004 - A triumphant comeback, this found Mozzer in complete control of that half-tragic, half-hilarious thing he does...
Uncut
3 stars out of 5 - Morrissey sings better with every passing year...
Uncut
4 stars out of 5 - [A] robust, rigorous record, its detail and texture proving it's not just Attack that's been rejuvenated....[A] charisma masterclass, a mature work from a teenage icon.
Mojo
Ranked #24 in Spin's 40 Best Albums of the Year - [A] re-energized Morrissey opened up is music...
Spin
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