with everything that you and Goddard said.But I heard an interview with Goddard just before the release of Quarry in which He talked of it as an absolute masterpiece (It isn't) now he seems to be very indifferent about it.Oh well.

is he the guy behind all the Pop (American) Idol rubbish?

This person is out in the cold. Rejected and ignored.
He is trying to provoke, but it will not work.
He is nobody.

and then say that the album sucks. Some of these people have to make up their minds. Ither you liked Morrissey's live shows or not.

The Album is just a recording of one of his live shows anyway.

Get a new band! If you still feel the fire inside -- please get some equally inspired musicians ... and create some real beauty.

Remember the days, when each new album brought something new and fresh? Now, it's a lot of the same recycled sound.

This band, format and sound made sense in 1991 -- it doesn't in 2005. Please start fresh with new blood, and inspire us all over again.

Respectfully Your Fan to the End,

Suedehead

a new producer. Quarry was a great album, but his band needs a musical vision and some sort of inspiration. He needs a Marr, a Squire or a Hendrix - someone who can see something special and create it, not just a bunch of workaday rockabilly musos. He deserves better.

Broken

What I find very striking is the bad quality of the pictures inside. The cover picture is marvelous, but the pictures inside are out of focus. They also did not even attempt to remove the red eyes. It seems to me Morrissey wanted to show his affection to Jed by giving him the honors to include his pictures in the booklet.

I wonder if this Simon Goddard is a real person. His voice sounded strangely metalic reviewing "You are the Quarry". I think he may be a computer operated by Johnny Marr.

I am carrying out a numeric analysis of his book to see if it has any clues....

The comments about the band are somewhat bizarre. This is undoubtedly their best sound thus far. With the inclusion of a keyboard player, the songs are much more lush.

The Smiths songs, in comparison to the manner in which Marr played them live, sound far better. Since Marr incorporated so many overdubs in the studio versions, it was always difficult for him to fill the sound out live. This can be heard in songs like "Headmaster Ritual," which never reallyu worked live in "The Smiths" days.

However, imo, "Bigmouth," "Shoplifters," "How Soon is Now?" and "There is A Light" are much better quality, live, with Moz and company, than they with "The Smiths." Many of the other songs had never been played live before, so it's really futile to compare them. marr could have performed them better or worse. We simply don't know. Personally, I think that songs like "Rubber Ring," "Last Night I Dreamt," and "A Rush and A Push," came out wonderfully.

I noticed how much better "Now My heart Is Full," Everyday Is Like Sunday," and "The More You Ignore Me" sounded this time around, than in the past.

As for "Redondo Beach," I think some people don't get the cheesy qurikiness of the sound that, in all likelihood, was somehting desired by Morrissey to indulge his more fey, pop sensibilities. It's certainly a wonderful song.

People forget how hollow, and sloppy "The Smiths sounded during their late, stadium era. The songs simply could not hold up live, with a second, infrequent guitarist, and Johnny's inability to recreate his studio vision live. Instead we got very loud, clean sounds that more often than not just played the main riff. I didn't find that very "inspiring."

I'm glad some of these songs are being played live with a keyboard player and two competent guitarists. I don't know what else people expect. It seems like your typical blind, "If it's not Johnny Marr, then it's not even worth considering" attitude.

It being internet Morrissey fans, there always has to be this inherent criticism, and dissastifaction with most any product. People will go out of their way to defend incredibly poor products like "Maladjusted," and "Southopaw," but God forbid the band attempts to cover a "Smiths" song.

This was an amazing live album, as well the DVD.

I think Morrissey has a greater involvement in what kind of sound the band creates than many people assume.

He's upset that Mark Simpson, the better writer, gets asked all the media questions. As someone else said here, if he hates the band that much how come it was a "great gig"?

£4.99 at the mo. Not a bad deal.

I love everything about the album.

That's all I have to say.

people are quick to jump on the bandwagon with one crap review. Especially a review which is ridiculous in it's contradictions. He says the concert was brilliant then blames the band for not liking the album. Surely he should be blaming the producer/mixer if the concert was so good?

Have none of you minds of your own? Or just Johnny Marr fans.

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I have to say I agree with Goddard's comments about Quarry - it is average...

Britney Spears is average. Flippant dismissal of brilliant lyricism and powerful vocals is just sad. And arrogant.

Maybe you meant the album cover is average. Yes, it's a stupid cover when you consider the brilliance of, say, Glass of Milk or The Queen is Dead.