Track Listing

1. I Will See You In Far Off Places
2. Dear God, Please Help Me
3. You Have Killed Me
4. The Youngest Was The Most Loved
5. In The Future When All's Well
6. The Father Who Must Be Killed
7. Life Is A Pigsty
8. I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero
9. On The Streets I Ran
10. To Me You Are A Work Of Art
11. I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
12. At Last I Am Born

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61006 in Music
• Released on: 2006-04-04
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
If you don't get your hopes up too high, you'll be pleased enough with Morrissey's eighth studio effort. This is not an easy thing to do, of course, even for the casual fan. After all, not only was the Moz's 2004 You Are the Quarry a total return to form after enough of an absence to cause all of the cells in your body to regenerate, but this terrifically titled album finds the iconoclastic singer working with legendary Bowie and T. Rex producer Tony Visconti, all the while aided and abetted by soundtrack giant Ennio Morricone and a children's chorus. How could that go wrong? None of it goes wrong, per se. This isn't a wholesale reworking of an artist's approach à la Trans or something. It simply sounds rather rushed and generic: even the lyrics seem, bizarrely, un-subtle. Fans will no doubt need it (and likely own it already), but neophytes to the exquisite pleasures of this musical dandy are directed elsewhere in his catalog. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description
Japanese pressing does not include and bonus material. Production on the Morrissey album Ringleader Of The Tormentors has been undertaken by Tony Visconti, who is in Rome with Morrissey and the band. Morrissey is delighted with the album which he describes as ''the most beautiful, perhaps the most gentle album, so far.'' 2006.

Album Details
2006 Album from the Former Smiths Frontman was Recorded in Rome and Produced by the Innovator of Glam, Tony Visconti (T.rex, David Bowie). In a True Rarity, Soundtrack Maestro Ennio Morricone Composed a String Arrangement for One of the Songs. Bonus Track(S) Expected.

Customer Reviews

Great CD!
I wanted to hate this CD. I like his early stuff, and have not been excited for his newer CDs until this one came out. This is by far his best CD in years, and it may even be my favorite CD from him right now. The more I listen to it the more I like it. It took me quite a few listens to get the hang of it. I think many people have not given it a chance or were expecting something different.

A dud of an album with few good tracks
I love Morrissey and he is my favorite musical artist. However, this is his weakest album ever (weaker than "Maladjusted"). It is a let-down, pure and simple, especially since it follows "You are the quarry", an out-and-out masterpiece. The songs on "Ringleader..." are longwinded and boring. There are rumours that a new album is in the offing for 2008 owing to the fact that he's been performing "All You Need Is Me" on TV and concerts. I hope the new-album rumour is true because Morrissey needs redemption after this aural waste of time.

Out of the 12 tracks, only three songs are decent: "The Youngest Was the Most Loved", "You Have Killed Me", and "I Just Want to See the Boy Happy".

All in all, if you are a diehard Morrissey fan and feel the need to collect every albums he's put out, then get this one. Otherwise, wait for the next one. This one's a dud!

one or two stars?
Come on guys. Maybe if you've never heard the guy before but if you're a fan...especially a long-time one? While it might not be as classic or immediately catchy as some of his earlier stuff, I like it more than "You are the Quarry" or "Maladjusted". I have given this LP about a year to sink in and I like it alot.

The production works with Morrissey's style and my only complaints are the two excessively long songs, Dear God and Life is a Pigsty. Usually, however, I skip over those and the rest of the album is classic Morrissey, both lyrically and musically.