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davidt
on Monday December 01 2008, @11:00AM
Lars sends the image/info sent out by Universal Music:
Morrissey "Years Of Refusal" 12 Tracks - 00:43:25 From the Album Years Of Refusal on Polydor (UK) In the mail it also said that the album would come out February 16th and that the first single would be "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" with a physical release of that February 9th.
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Oooh... (Score:1)
(User #5103 Info | http://www.patcondell.net/)
nice (Score:1)
(User #14646 Info)
so cute (Score:0)
not my fave... (Score:0)
Hello... (Score:0)
no likey (Score:0)
Please God, let 'That's How People Grow Up'... (Score:0)
Eh (Score:0)
What's up with the logo? Why is the "years" so small that the eye is drawn to "REFUSAL" before one sees it? That's a trick you do with an "of" or an "and," a word that the eye will fill in even if it doesn't see it. Is this Lui again? What happened?
Seriously, I respect whatever this is going for, and the photo with the baby is still cool, but after the really great design of the Ringleader cover and the at-least-striking-and-funny Quarry one, I just don't think I get it.
What's with the "W" on the child's forehead (Score:1)
(User #10290 Info)
That caps filter is stupid sometomes... (Score:0)
My girlfriend, after seeing this, said "It's crazy how far he'll go to look like a molester uncle!". This is a creepy cover BeCaUsE it's Morrissey.
Dat...Dat's what I tink!
-Andrew Deuce Clay
Creepy (Score:1)
The cover has an eerie hatred to it, which is so unlike the Moz I know and love.
http://mozziestar.wordpress.com
(User #21483 Info)
Love the image (Score:1)
(User #1665 Info | http://www.cherryplucker.com/)
Paris? (Score:0)
One Hundred And Eighties! (Score:1)
(User #4261 Info)
Fantastic (Score:0)
Thoughts (Score:1)
- Love the photo and the whole colour scheme.
- The first thing I thought of when I saw the font was "The Steve Miller Band". The classic Morrissey font would've been great, and even written as
Morrissey's "Years of Refusal"
- "Paris" is a fine album track (or b-side) but just a terrible choice for a lead single. Again, I don't like to be negative about any Moz release but as a single this will sink like a stone. Although it leaves room for higher charting subsequent singles.
(User #80 Info)
1st impressions..... (Score:0)
As for the photo. Oh dear. If Thats How People Grow Up is also included in the tracklisting this is not just a sign of lack of quality control (middle-aged Jake contentedness to blame? Probably not) but a man resting on his laurels. Unfortunately.
I think its going to be yet another Moz album where two or three tracks are excellent, the rest is Morrissey by numbersand three tracks are downright dirges. I mean look at some of the rumoured songtitles... Dial A Cliche indeed.
Can anyone give the full tracklisting yet as I no longer have access to the forum (work related not a troll!!!)
Another NEW Album (Score:1)
(User #20 Info)
Internal or external cover? (Score:0)
Does anyone know if this wording means its the external cd cover?
very nice (Score:0)
the font is so unusual that it will stick out nicely in the record shops!
Suffer Little Children (Score:0)
Horrific Graphics! (Score:1)
(User #21276 Info)
Solid (Score:0)
Having three children of my own (12/7/15 months)this photo seems like an Uncle Morrissey type situation, not creepy or perverted. He has to look serious, he's Morrissey.
Love how he has gotten everyone all riled up on this, that's classic Moz as well~
BeeWee
Left, holding the baby (Score:1)
A plethora of concerns about baby-handling do seem to exist, and some I found on this blogsite -
http://introducingliston.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-hold-baby-bonus.html
Excerpt: "As we all know, holding a baby is about the gayest thing any guy can ever do. It is to be avoided at all costs. If I had to choose between letting Star Jones and Rosie O'Donnell fart in my mouth or holding a baby, I'd pick the former. However, if you look in my book on page 19 at rule 43.b. subsection 4 it clearly defines the parameters should you be forced into a situation where holding a baby is absolutely unavoidable. It states:
In the homo-strophic event that you are required to hold a baby for any length of time there are 3 designated methods of baby-holdery to abide by that will not result in forfeiture of your heteroness. The three methods are as follows. You may hold a baby:..."
(User #12673 Info)
I'm throwing up over "Paris"... (Score:0)
Sadly, Morrissey's choices of singles are getting weaker as the years pass. "Throwing My Arms Around Paris" is a miserable choice. I don't know why he decided on this. "My Dearest Love" is solid and possibly the best song he has made in years... why isn't that the first single?
I don't get it and I don't get him. A wasted opportunity and I hold little hope for the album, even though it is his best titled album since Vauxhall and I.
But am I the only one who thinks it must be uncomfortable for the poor child, being held in such a fashion?
Perplexed
WTF! He is touching the baby's penis! (Score:0)
Years Of Refusal sleeve (Score:1)
(User #16356 Info)
Mozza at it's BEST! (Score:0)
Can't wait for the new single, "Paris" is a beautiful song.
Great album cover. Even if it was his face/arse/old pic/new pic, people would still complain. People always do. It's very easy to be critical and complain...
just wait and see how many people will be *crying* for tickets for Brixton Academy. Cos they will sell OUT fast. I can only remember the scenes outside London Palladium in 2006 where people were desperate for tickets...
The Meaning is Pointed and Clear (Score:1)
(User #21642 Info)
What a great birthday present! (Score:1)
Franissey
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US Release (Score:0)
I'm sure he has something worked out but it would be nice to see it in writing.
I don't often say this.... (Score:0)
CAN'T WAIT for the new Morrissey album!
There he is (Score:0)
Iconic moi? (Score:1)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Posters-Photography-Poster-Lenfant-Spencer/dp/B000OQQTGO
In fact might there be a certain ironic inspiration behind it? The artist behind that poster (Spencer Rowell) was a fairly interesting figure.
Or maybe someone just went "'ere Moz, 'old me baby while I snap yer".
I imagine some numpty will see something sinister behind this picture, wanting to revive that old psychologically unhinged debate about Morrissey being a sexual deviant.
I can't help thinking that Morrissey would have conceived (no pun) this cover with that partly in mind and he's currently gearing up for a ding dong with those self-flagellating moral guardians of right wing (in)decency at The Scum, The Sexlesspress and The Daily Hate Mail.
(User #14229 Info)
ohh baby (Score:1)
Still, this one looks good with Moz. This isn't a cover anyway. This is a photo. Better for a single than for an album.
Love the fonts!
(User #19108 Info)
it's strange, but i kind of like it (Score:0)
Paris? (Score:1)
Does anybody know what happened to one day? Will it be on the album at all? I love that song...
(User #20152 Info)
As to How the Baby is held... (Score:1)
(User #21642 Info)
Football 70s Vintage (Score:1)
Whether this is Moz's kid or not...? And the W and swirly thing on his arm is curious indeed. So who's going to be the first to ask at the shows?
I think the vintage 70s font is delightfully camp. It does bring a different light to the photo subjects. So is it 'Years of Refusal' over having kids...or is it a visual statement (in light of recent anti-gay marriage laws in the U.S.) challenging those who still ignorantly equate gay men & lesbian women as child molesters (imho, pedophiles don't even fall within straight, LGBT nor queer. Their sexual preference is not homo nor hetero, but rather 'kid victim who is not equal' instead of consenting mature adult)...and then there is also, Will Never Marry... Without knowing for sure where Moz stands in orientation, it kind of leaves the message open to any of these things (imo) which is perhaps the intention(?).
It just provokes wonder and curiosity.
So back to the baby. Is it yours or did you borrow him/her, M? Would we have all rather been the mother or the baby? All in all, the baby (I'm in agreeance) is sooo cute. The guy with him, he's not so bad (ehh, of course he's beautiful!).
And imho, "...Paris" is a beautiful song to release first and so true (now having been there!). Will radio play it? I think if people request it, yes, because it is a more traditionally Moz-toned song (about being alone and now actually longing for a physical someone then feeling rejected). It's a very romantic song.
(User #2891 Info)
Back To Papa Jack (Score:0)
You're going to...
Oh, you're going to...
YEAH , YEAH , YEAH , YEAH
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Ugh... (Score:0)
Love the guy, but it really does seem he's lost his knack for simple, effective, playful sleeve design.
Shame.
Terence Stomp
From 'best' to 'worst' (Score:0)
It's that bad.
Hopefully it's not too late to change it.
Love the sleeve (Score:1)
(User #14157 Info)
Exciting! (Score:0)
Only Morrissey can deliver this!
Cannot wait!
note to US fans (Score:0)
Love it! (Score:1)
(User #12174 Info | http://www.thischarmingband.net/)
It's official. (Score:1)
He has officially lost the script.
How he could let this kind of atrocious packaging bear his name is a complete mystery. Honestly, I've come to expect the worst from Morrissey since Quarry. However, I am sincerely shocked at how poor his artistic sense has become. There's a part of me that held out hope that things would improve, but now it's fairly obvious that he is well beyond his expiration date.
It almost seems like he's trolling his fanbase, and intentionally putting out crap, in order to mock them.
Of course, as always, there will be a certain percentage of Morrissey fans who find anything he does to be acceptable. It's pathetic.
There's much more interesting music being made these days, if you're a music fan, and you have initiative, but Morrissey certainly isn't in that group.
He's lost all context.
(User #20764 Info)
This is a bad dream we will soon wake up from.. (Score:0)
This is bloody awful. This is what happens when one gets too old , too fat and too wealthy to care anymore.
Mr. M, you are a disgrace.
-An American Somewhere-
I love you Morrissey! and thank YOU! (Score:0)
and THANK YOU for making this the first single!
You're awesome. *blows kiss*
I like it. (Score:0)
Why can't you people at least try to act normal for a change?
Take the cover at face value. It's nice. It's appealing. And that font makes you WANT to pick it up.
It wins. It's a great cover.