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<em>Swords</em> review on altsounds.com, two extra tracks? ("The Slum Mums" and "Human Being")

posted by davidt on Saturday October 10 2009, @09:00AM
Kewpie sends the link/excerpt (via Morrissey reddit), originally posted by dizzywhore_1804 in the forums (original post):

Morrissey - Swords [Album] - Altsounds.com (rating: 60%)

...In the end though only one question remains unanswered: who is it for? For the fans who already bought the singles? Or for the people who didn't bother buying the singles despite the exclusive non-album b-sides? At worst you can it's a "semi-new album," with twenty overlooked Morrissey songs finally getting a true release. But by covering Morrissey's own compositions only, the live songs and covers are left out, as are the Morrissey penned b-side 'The Public Image' plus two songs only appearing on the deluxe edition of 'You Are the Quarry.' It's not really a proper release, especially when realizing that two tracks actually included on the album are not even mentioned on the track list.

Although Morrissey's "Swords" is, with its twenty tracks plus an additional eight track live disc, a bit long, it does have its moments but knowing that his nine studio albums were accompanied by as many compilation albums - the latest even compiled incomplete and incorrectly - he might ask himself, how much of an artistic challenge is this?
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Kewpie also writes:
joe_frady spotted warren's post in collectors corner: two bonus tracks are 'The Slum Mums' and 'Human Being' on the promo.
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  • Review the reviewers (Score:2, Interesting)

    Half way through we're told that some of the songs are 'quite good'. Incisive!

    No matter what one thinks of the album, this review is pitiful.

    My toes are yet to uncurl.

    Anonymous -- Saturday October 10 2009, @01:17PM (#340077)
  • This review comes as no surprise. Swords is a rather pointless album.

    Why release it all? The sales will be disappointing, to say the least.
    Senior Partner -- Sunday October 11 2009, @02:24AM (#340086)
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  • Swords review (Score:1, Interesting)

    This album has a couple of decent songs on it: Shame is the Name, Good looking man about town and Ganglord. The problem with our boy Morrisey is everything has to be written with the same depressing undertone. The music is generally good but the lyrics generally suck. Morrissey day to day life can't be that miserable. He should put a more positive and polished finish on his work. People are getting bored with the Millionaire sing about how his life is so horrible and the world is so unfair.
    Anonymous -- Sunday October 11 2009, @10:27AM (#340111)

  • Review (Score:3, Interesting)

    That's a bit misleading as the previous paragraph reads

    One argument in favour of releasing this album, which contains b-sides from the 'You Are the Quarry' singles (8), 'Ringleader of the Tormentors' (7), 'Greatest Hits' (3) and 'Years of Refusal' (2) is the quality. Despite being left out of the initial albums, most songs are in fact quite good. Morrissey may not write as sharply and as cryptic as he once did, but songs like 'Ganglord,' 'The Never-Played Symphonies' and the Smiths-echoing 'Shame is the Name,' 'I Knew I Was Next' and 'Teenage Dad on his Estate' live up to the expectations that he always surrounds himself by. Also Morrissey might not be as good as he used to be after all these years, but he certainly does sound inspired. His original touch on both the lyrics and vocals are still on top form. By releasing three studio albums in five years, the man's obviously still eager to show his craftsmanship.

    surface -- Sunday October 11 2009, @11:08AM (#340118)
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  • Why? (Score:1, Insightful)

    Why does an album like Swords really even need press and reviews? Why does it matter so much about sales? The album can only be expected to cream the pants of the most devoted fans who want some of these songs on CD. It's not going to do much for the general population as a regular new material release might do. I see it as just a little convenience for the most devoted fanbase. Nothing more and nothing less.
    Anonymous -- Sunday October 11 2009, @11:32AM (#340119)
    • Re:Why? by 2shy2die (Score:1) Monday October 12 2009, @02:45AM
      • Re:Why? by Nick The Name (Score:1) Monday October 12 2009, @05:52AM
        • Re:Why? by 2shy2die (Score:1) Monday October 12 2009, @06:47AM
        • Re:Why? by Deniston (Score:1) Wednesday October 21 2009, @04:12AM
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  • bad review (Score:2, Insightful)

    plus two songs only appearing on the deluxe edition of 'You Are the Quarry.'

    All the songs on deluxe quarry were already available as b sides to various singles. How come music journalists get simple facts wrong that basically anyone can find out?
    marred -- Sunday October 11 2009, @08:03PM (#340139)
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  • long time no post but i just had to have my say about swords.

    it sucks that for all us long time smiths, then moz fans rush out to the record stores, to get our hands on morrissey's new singles, mainly because we know how scares they are just for the bsides, so that we can keep our moz collection complete, that he goes and puts out a compilation of the bside for the one's who are not so devoted to hunting down singles at as many record shoppes as possible until it is found, found, found... so they can just go to a major retail store and pick up this full album with very little effort.
    it seems morrissey is becoming a what he once loathed.

    shame IS the name... steven!
    Anonymous -- Monday October 26 2009, @07:30PM (#341395)
  • If they are as obnoxious as this one is then don't bother. It's pretty clear you are a twat so no further evidence required :)
    Anonymous -- Sunday October 11 2009, @08:00PM (#340138)
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