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posted by davidt
on Thursday June 17 2004, @08:00AM
wemissumoz writes:
From local Boston, MA area newspaper chain.
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Morrissey glory review by Sarah Rodman
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He calls himself sick, depraved, unattractive and destined to be alone. Welcome back, Morrissey! After a seven-year layoff, the former Smiths mouthpiece continues his glorious self-flagellation and self-aggrandizement on "You Are the Quarry." While he takes aim at several targets on this lovely, droll and melancholy album - the U.S. and British governments among them - the main quarry in his sights is himself. He laments in jaunty Beatles-esque fashion that "The World is Full of Crashing Bores," including him. Elsewhere, he asks a potential lover to fantasize about someone they physically admire in order to stomach kissing him. The album's best marriage of angst and backbeat, however, is the grungy melodicism of "How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?" We can't, because as he puts it, "only I am I" - but we can sure enjoy listening to Morrissey try and explain.
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