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Swords details, tracklisting posted (UK, Oct. 26)

posted by davidt on Saturday September 05 2009, @10:00AM

Kewpie sends the link to the info posted in the forums by Irregular Regular (via Morrissey reddit):

Swords - Tracklisting

Swords will be released by Universal in the UK on Monday 26/10/09. It will be available on CD and 2xLP.

The LP tracklisting is as follows:

Disc 1 - Side 1
1. Good Looking Man About Town
2. Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice
3. If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
4. Ganglord

Disc 1 - Side 2
1. My Dearest Love
2. The Never-Played Symphonies
3. Sweetie Pie
4. Christian Dior

Disc 2 - Side 1
1. Shame Is The Name
2. Munich Air Disaster 1958
3. I Knew I Was Next
4. It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
5. Teenage Dad On His Estate

Disc 2 - Side 2
1. Children In Pieces
2. Friday Mourning
3. My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
4. Drive-In Saturday
5. Because Of My Poor Education

The initial CD orders come superbly packaged with a bonus disc recorded live in Warsaw. It contains 8 tracks never before released, recorded during his current 2009 world tour and captures Morrissey in awesome form.

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Not bad... (Score:2, Informative)

I suppose its the best of the B Sides material, but it would be nice if he threw in something special to make it really worth buying, such as a studio take on "I'm Playing Easy to Get."

I guess the live set will be nice, but its not as though the shows of late have been super-exciting from a set list perspective.

Davinder -- Saturday September 05 2009, @10:11AM (#338476)
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Bonus disc (Score:2, Insightful)

"initial CD orders come superbly packaged with a bonus disc recorded live in Warsaw. It contains 8 tracks"

I wonder if this UK release will be followed by a US release with a 9-track bonus disc (as before, with the Greatest Hits). I think maybe I'll wait and see.

2-J -- Saturday September 05 2009, @10:29AM (#338477)
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Sorry... (Score:2, Insightful)

but I can't get excited over this release.

Is this the best he could do? I wonder.

Senior Partner -- Saturday September 05 2009, @10:56AM (#338478)
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"Our firm has always been here in one form or another..."

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Re:Sorry... (Score:2, Insightful)

This is a fantastic release, since many singles never arrive in the shops of many countries other than UK or USA. English and Americans (who are the Americans? Mexico? Costa Rica? Argentina?) too often forget they live in a much bigger world than they think.

skulll -- Sunday September 06 2009, @06:11AM (#338523)
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Re:Sorry... by Senior Partner (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @01:13PM

Bad Ass! (Score:0)

Now this is a collection cd! I haven't even heard half of these songs. It's like a new album 2 me!

texasbloke

Anonymous -- Saturday September 05 2009, @11:56AM (#338479)

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Re:Bad Ass! by skulll (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @05:42AM

The Never-played and My Dearest Love... (Score:0)

are the only two note worthy tracks. The rest is shite. boring and predictable Moz at this day and age.

I won" t buy it.

Anonymous -- Saturday September 05 2009, @12:07PM (#338480)

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You Won't Buy It? by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday September 05 2009, @12:24PM
Re:The Never-played and My Dearest Love... by Boy About Town (Score:1) Saturday September 05 2009, @02:21PM
- Re:The Never-played and My Dearest Love... by bowieboots (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @02:39AM
  - Re:The Never-played and My Dearest Love... by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday September 06 2009, @07:40PM

Any word on a U.S. release? (Score:0)

Will this eventually be released in the U.S. or do I have to shell out for the import?

I'm glad, at least, that I can finally hear some of the 7" b-sides, since I don't own a record player.

Anonymous -- Saturday September 05 2009, @12:38PM (#338485)

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Sixes and Sevens by Hello Indie (Score:1) Saturday September 05 2009, @01:25PM

What ever happen to? (Score:1)

Have all these tunes,seen most.

KEVSTER -- Saturday September 05 2009, @01:33PM (#338489)
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Sorry by KEVSTER (Score:1) Saturday September 05 2009, @01:35PM

What A Massively Fantastic Collection of Songs (Score:1)

Can't wait to hear all these great songs in one place and see and hold the new Album. There are a couple of stinkers in the track listing, but for the most part, these recent b-sides stand right up to (or are better than) any b-side Morrissey has ever done solo, or with The Smiths. Fantastic stuff from a legendary artist.

Jake The Stripper * -- Saturday September 05 2009, @05:37PM (#338495)
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Re:What A Massively Fantastic Collection of Songs by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday September 05 2009, @06:25PM
- Re:What A Massively Fantastic Collection of Songs by skulll (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @05:46AM
  - Re:What A Massively Fantastic Collection of Songs by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday September 06 2009, @06:51AM

Drive-In Saturday (Score:2, Interesting)

The inclusion of "Drive-In Saturday" is interesting. It was vinyl-only and it looks like the only live track included. Or it could be an unreleased studio version...

robert -- Saturday September 05 2009, @06:54PM (#338497)
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Hmmm (Score:0)

Whither Mexico? I'm totally not in.

Anonymous -- Saturday September 05 2009, @11:44PM (#338506)

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Re:Hmmm by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday September 06 2009, @08:08AM

best moz album this decade by methadone (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @10:21AM

Re:best moz album this decade by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday September 06 2009, @04:31PM

Re:best moz album this decade by nevr playd symphony (Score:1) Thursday September 10 2009, @12:38PM

Re:best moz album this decade (Score:2, Interesting)

yes i wondered if 'symphonies' starting the NME comp was a sign that he felt he'd made a mistake. 'symphonies' sounds to me like it was long-crafted, whereas 'america' sounds like a relatively last-minute stab at iraq-invasion topicality. though i suspect 'you know i couldn't last' was always going to be the 'quarry' closer, a 'speedway'-type parting-shot.

thanks i forgot about 'public image', i agree it should be on 'swords'. just listened to it again, beautiful (if a bit long?). and i agree about 'Pigsty' and 'Dear God'- i think it's amazing when he gets to 'the heart feels free' - though i find the kegs are a bit of an obstacle.

oh well the good news (i think) is that the album is fast becoming history as the ipod kills the cd. i wonder if any 2000's albums will retain much status in future - i suspect it'll be songs that people remember, which is good since pop music was always about songs not albums. it was only in the late 60s that pop LP's took on some pretentious pseudo-importance.

moz's career contains numerous tracks, buried on b-sides at first, but which naturally acquired classic status or became live favourites:

how soon is now
Disappointed
ganglord
I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Jack The Ripper
The Loop
Sister I'm A Poet
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Rubber Ring
Asleep
Stretch Out And Wait

methadone -- Friday September 11 2009, @11:38AM (#338892)
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Hmmm... (Score:0)

This album is better than all three past albums. There should be some inclusion of unreleased songs or at least a new song. The live stuff will be nice if it contains When I last spoke to Carol. Other than that he's playing the same set list and Ive heard it a hundred times. What about to the Buzzcocks song? He did it once in Israel and that was it!

Anonymous -- Sunday September 06 2009, @04:46AM (#338514)

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Re:Hmmm... by halfdie (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @03:19PM

Re:Hmmm... by Hello Indie (Score:1) Wednesday September 09 2009, @05:06AM

Re:Hmmm... (Score:2, Informative)

He covered 'You Say You Don't Love Me, a few times. One instance is here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEnc3LVo3L4 [youtube.com]

goinghome -- Saturday September 12 2009, @02:43PM (#338916)
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Easy enough... (Score:1)

...to duplicate that track listing in iTunes since it's all been seen before. Hopefully the photography/design/liner notes will make up for lack of anything new.
Now the inclusion of Bowie's song over some of his self-penned stuff is perplexing. Won't he have to shell out more cash to his former idol for rereleasing his song? Surely including it on a "major" release is bigger than throwing it on a vinyl b-side...

skellngtn -- Sunday September 06 2009, @05:10AM (#338516)
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Re:Easy enough... by skulll (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @06:04AM
- Re:Easy enough... by skellngtn (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @09:20AM

Great collection of art works . . . (Score:1)

Thank you Morrissey, am looking forward to hearing the collection and seeing the cover design/artwork ;). Mon beau amor . . .

Piccadily -- Sunday September 06 2009, @05:23AM (#338517)
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just another (Score:1)

CD for our collection

b-sides aren't that bad, though already posted
too much quarry, ROTT time b-side

but from Quarry bought 3 singles,not jezus

Rott only the album

YOR only the album

and the 2 CD's latest, from The Smiths & Morrissey

Honoust it's the bonus live tracks which I really
apreciate.

So it's a buy

Celibate Cry <vauxhall@mail2uk.com> -- Sunday September 06 2009, @06:03AM (#338521)
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and the hills are alive with celibate cries

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quarry (Score:1, Interesting)

Shame about the quarry b-sides, already released as a collection

Anonymous -- Sunday September 06 2009, @09:55AM (#338531)

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tracklisting (Score:1, Informative)

i love this tracklisting , although i already have every song , as i am old and still have a dansette on which i can stack up my 7" singles and play them one after another ! there are some fuckin great songs on here and most of them could/should have been on albums ! will be buying both the cd and vinyls , and after saying i was not gonna bother going to the autumn dates in the uk i have started hovering around the margins of e-bay lookin at leeds tickets !

Anonymous -- Sunday September 06 2009, @02:07PM (#338556)

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hmm (Score:0)

1. Black Cloud Live in Warsaw 2009
2. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris Live in Warsaw 2009
3. I Just Want To See The Boy Happy Live in Warsaw 2009
4. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself Live in Warsaw 2009
5. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell Live in Warsaw 2009
6. You Just Haven�t Earned It Yet, Baby Live in Warsaw 2009
7. Life Is A Pigsty Live in Warsaw 2009
8. I'm OK By Myself Live in Warsaw 2009

Anonymous -- Thursday September 10 2009, @01:55PM (#338839)

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Re:Swords is Perfect I Love U Morrissey (Score:0)

oh my god, i seriously have to meet you. you are a work of art. you just are.

Anonymous -- Saturday September 05 2009, @11:03PM (#338502)

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Re:Swords is Perfect I Love U Morrissey (Score:0, Flamebait)

are you on drugs or is it something mental....

fastpulseboy -- Sunday September 06 2009, @02:31AM (#338508)
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Re:Swords is Perfect I Love U Morrissey by skulll (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @06:00AM

Poor Blind Fool! (Score:0)

Yes you are blind! You go right ahead & buy this & I'm going to buy the EMI/HMV/Parlaphone release. Why? Because Swords is so inferior & bunch of trash!

By the way, what colour are Morrissey's eyes again?

Anonymous -- Sunday September 06 2009, @06:58AM (#338528)

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I Pity You... (Score:0)

Having a pretend friend! Try joining a club or gym & meet real people! You might even like it!

Anonymous -- Sunday September 06 2009, @12:51PM (#338550)

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Can you see the Black Cloud by Kate2828 (Score:1) Sunday September 06 2009, @02:17PM
- There's Hope For You Yet! by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday September 07 2009, @10:30AM

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