Track Listing

1. Piccadilly Palare
2. Interesting Drug
3. November Spawned a Monster
4. Will Never Marry - Morrissey, MorrisseyStreet, St
5. Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference
6. The Last of the Famous International Playboys
7. Ouija Board, Ouija Board
8. Hairdresser on Fire
9. Everyday Is Like Sunday
10. He Knows I'd Love to See Him
11. Yes, I Am Blind
12. Lucky Lisp
13. Suedehead
14. Disappointed

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55643 in Music
• Released on: 1990-12-08
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

"Your Life Has Not Even Begun, You're Just Like Me..."
Morrissey doesn't shy away from any topics, I know, but I did find his delivery a little unexpectedly crude in a couple of places. He describes the place where he lived as "the arse of the world" (He Knows I'd Love to See Him) and twice says (in "Such a Little Thing Makes a Big Difference") that "most people keep their brains between their legs". Usually, when pointing out things like that, he's a little more subtle.

Besides that, a great introduction to solo Morrissey, I think. The production is great, there are some clever lyrics and thought provoking topics in the songs. Pretty much all his passions are here: British culture ("Picadilly Palare"), British issues (like the ones faced by the young couple in "Interesting Drug"), vegetarianism (the end of "Yes I Am Blind"), style ("Hairdresser on Fire"), gentleness ("Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference"). There are also his encouragements to the aspiring artist ("Lucky Lisp", a song sort of like "Sing Your Life"), and empathy for the loner ("Will Never Marry"), the pessimistic ("Yes I am Blind") and the unloved (like the girl in "November Spawned a Monster"). No one quite puts things the way Morrissey does. There's a little bit of humour on the album too (particularly "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" and the end of "Disappointed"), though not as much as you'd find on his other albums, I don't think.

The CD is a collection of singles and a selection of their B-sides from 1988-1990. Two of the singles, the iconic "Suedehead" and "Every Day is Like Sunday" appear on Morrissey 1988 album "Viva Hate", but that's okay. It's pretty much an album, and sounds like one more than it does sound like a compilation. The production, even though it's not all done by the same producer, is fairly consistent. It's all a lot clearer and brighter than you'd hear on The Smiths' records, the guitars are very clean. I love the way the keyboards and the synths are used. There's even a string section used in a couple of places, quite nicely I think.

Unlike a couple of Morrissey's solo booklets, this one contains lyrics, which is nice.

A Warped Record
I got this free from a sweepstake in Holland, I took it home and it broke the 5th time I played it and I was glad, Mor is a used up has been, his voice is rotten with age and he is nothing but a spoiled "pretty boy", even his early days with the Red Zone Band was never this bad, there are 2 bonus tracks of unreleased Smiths songs.

The soundtrack to my sophomore year in high school
I was 15 when this came out and I was a pretty typical American teenage Morrissey fan - awkward, overly intellectual, totally clueless when it came to girls, and full of a smug self-importance that I hope I've grown out of. Still, this was the perfect time for me to discover Morrissey, and this album was the perfect way to do it. I know it's a singles comp, but I think it actually hangs together better than any of his solo albums, with the possible exception of "Your Arsenal". Anyone looking for a dose of post-Smiths Morrissey should start right here. Morrissey and I are both older and happier now, but it's good to know that this album will always be there for future generations of geeky teenagers.