posted by davidt on Wednesday March 29 2006, @12:00PM
djcharlesbronson writes:
ROTT will be officially released in Sweden this Friday, & the 4 biggest daily papers are all reviewing it today.
Overall he gets a great reception, & the children's choirs are not unnoticed... Here's the links & some short translated quotes: (Sorry in advance for eventual swenglish...)

AFTONBLADET
Svart symfoni
4 out of 5
“Black Symphony - Morrissey goes for the big effects!
The effects are neither modest nor subtle. The melancholy is accentuated by thunderstorms, pouring rain & children’s choirs. At the same time the lyrics are the most down to earth, open & life affirmative - yep, that’s right! - he’s ever written. The bitterness & the boredom give out an unusually big empathy & warmth.”

DAGENS NYHETER
Maffigt, Morrissey!
(The paper doesn’t have grades)
“Smashing, Morrissey!
Merrier than usual but with a fixation on death. Morrissey is more difficult than ever to sum up & he asks God for advice about the sexlife.
Heavier & more swollen, & full of frisky children's choirs.
This time he mixes half-aggresive postpunk with songs so grandiose they border on symphonic rock, but he still sounds as invariable as ever - at the same time no other singer can even get close to the same expression without sounding like a cheap imitator.
Such characteristic singers are few in the world. A Tom Waits, a Bob Dylan, an Ozzy Osbourne. It’s in that league that Morrissey plays.”

SVENSKA DAGBLADET
Pop med svullna rockriff
4 out of 6
”The wilfulness & the passion are as usual guiding-stars. Of course there’s handsomely clean cut Morrissey-pop on the record. But also swollen rockriffs, top fermented production, children’s choirs & other odd things.”

EXPRESSEN
Morrissey: "Ringleader of the tormentors"
4 out of 5
“A journey back to Strangeways, a journey back without ever being nostalgic. I know, it sounds incredibly strange. But he’s just collecting the melodies he left behind. & then there’s the children’s choirs…”