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New album in April 2006 according to Pitchfork
posted by davidt on Wednesday October 12 2005, @10:00AM

 Link from an anonymous person, posted in comments of previous article:

Morrissey Titles New Album - Pitchfork, Oct. 5

Timothy Najmolhoda reports:
Wow, there sure are a lot of Morrissey fan websites out there. I thought that one, maybe two, would be enough to sustain the world's thirst for The Boy With The Thorn In His Side. But I typed the Moz's name into Google (and then once again, but this time spelled correctly), and I saw how woefully wrong I was. This guy seriously has a cult. Who knew?!

Whether each site fulfills some different niche of Morrissey fandom, I don't know, but right now they're all abuzz with the same news: Jeff Saltzman, the Killers producer who was previously set to twiddle knobs on Morrissey's forthcoming album, is no longer working on the project. Taking his place in the studio is the legendary Tony Visconti, best known for his work with T. Rex and David Bowie.

But there's more! NME.com reports that the album in question now has a title: Ringleader Of The Tormentors. Nice to see that Morrissey's political attacks aren't getting more subtle in his old age, eh? Ringleader is Morrissey's first studio album since 2004's You Are The Quarry, which won Pitchfork's coveted "38th-Best Album of 2004" award. According to True to You, one of the aforementioned fan sites, Morrissey describes the new album as "the most beautiful-- perhaps the most gentle so far." Strange, considering his publicist told us last month that this would be a "balls-to-the-wall" rock record, and "not slow like the last one." Fans will find out who's telling the truth when the album is released next April. It better be some weird fusion of hardcore and folk, or we'll be totally disappointed.

 
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Why do we have to wait that long? (Score:1)
2006? what's going on there?, I'll be more skint then than I am now.

Great, this means that I'm gonna'have to go shoplifting in fucking Woolies again.
Hello Indie <i_am_indie@hotmail.com> -- Wednesday October 12 2005, @10:08AM (#181309)
(User #13749 Info)
 You can shoot me, throw me off a train. But I still remain. Can you stop this pain?.
maybe it's a guess based on the last album (Score:1)
they don't even sound like they know anything else about the album beyond what they've read on other websites.
suzanne * <{suzsch} {at} {sbcglobal.net}> -- Wednesday October 12 2005, @10:14AM (#181313)
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 I scare dead people.
Uh (Score:0)
We know all this. So where's the point?
Anonymous -- Wednesday October 12 2005, @10:19AM (#181315)
  • Re:Uh by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday October 13 2005, @12:40PM
    • Re:Uh by goinghome (Score:1) Thursday October 13 2005, @04:07PM
      • Re:Uh by goinghome (Score:1) Saturday October 15 2005, @02:43PM
      desperate journalist (Score:1, Interesting)
      "This guy seriously has a cult. Who knew?!"

      We the FANS knew, not some lame "music journalist" that relies on web searches to write his story!
      Anonymous -- Wednesday October 12 2005, @11:26AM (#181328)
      Old news re-hashed? (Score:1)
      Ummmm, is there actually any new news in this item? I can't see any :-/
      2-J * -- Wednesday October 12 2005, @12:58PM (#181346)
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        tell us something we don't know (Score:1)
        i mean we're all desperate for news on the album but are we gonna have this story every week for 6 months?
        xXx_Mrs_Moz_xXx -- Wednesday October 12 2005, @01:01PM (#181349)
        (User #14395 Info | http://www.camdram.net/shows/06/evening_with_gary_lineker )
         "The Earl of Sandwich invented the sandwich, Samuel Morse invented the Morse Code & Plato invented the plate"
        uh oh! (Score:0)
        gee I really hope it's a fusion of hardcore and folk otherwise we'll be disappointed!!
        Anonymous -- Wednesday October 12 2005, @04:35PM (#181380)
        • Re:uh oh! by glamorous shoplifter (Score:1) Thursday October 13 2005, @12:07PM
          What does it mean? (Score:2, Insightful)
          This "news" from Pitchfork is based on "news" from NME and other sites, which were based on a news item from this site, which was based on an item from True to You. Media incest at its laziest.
          jessesamuel -- Wednesday October 12 2005, @05:28PM (#181397)
          (User #1984 Info)
           On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. -O.W.
            This news item... (Score:1)
            What's everybody getting up in arms about? The fact there's a new Morrissey album should be trumpeted repeatedly in all media until people are deaf!

            Not everybody comes to this site every day (like me), and I'm sure there are new visitors every minute, so having a front-page article that summarizes all the latest news is a good idea. I don't think the April release date was mentioned in most (any?) of the press either, so that's new.

            Be happy and bow down to all that is Morrissey!

             
            king leer -- Thursday October 13 2005, @02:51AM (#181429)
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            Ringleader (Score:1)
            Is it just me or does this sound very much like a 'working' title that will change as the album evolves? Moz, just like Oscar Wilde, is the sort pf person who spends all morning putting in a comma, and all afternoon taking it out again...
            Listed Crime -- Thursday October 13 2005, @02:52AM (#181430)
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            Is there a journalistic consensus? (Score:1)
            Someone probably interpreted 'Ringleader of the Tormentors' as a 'political attack' when it was first announced. However, because I'm lazy and don't read every comment, it was an interpretation I missed. To be honest there are several meanings to take from this title (as there are with many of his albums) and I guess he put a lot of effort into thinking up something that could be taken seriously, or that sounded ever so slightly Carry On.
            But, sticking with the political angle, does anyone think Bush is the reason why the man might have decided to move from the US? I seem to remember that, at the time of the last election, there were some celebs who said that if Bush was re-elected they'd emigrate. In the end, nobody did ... well, no A-listers upped sticks and fled. Perhaps Moz thought along the same lines and wasn't prepared to indulge hypocrisy to stay in sunny LA.
            Anyways, as always with the man, it's all conjecture.
            I'm not sure if I can wait until April for the album though, not unless he agrees to release it on my Birthday ... go on Moz, make it the 24th, just for me.
            Mozzersgirl -- Thursday October 13 2005, @03:49AM (#181433)
            (User #14229 Info)
             But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory.
            I Dont owe you anything (Score:0)
            Has morrissey actually paid mike joyce off?, and is he still taking the court ruling to the european courts of human rights anyone?

            p.s it says in a book published last year that to date joyce still hasnt had anything is this true?
            Anonymous -- Thursday October 13 2005, @09:01AM (#181473)
            the loop (Score:0)
            Great news! This website used to be the source for all the latest breaking news, but Pitchfork posted this story on 10/05. It didn't hit morrissey-solo until 10/12, a week later. Either David's totally out of the loop or just plain lazy.
            Anonymous -- Friday October 14 2005, @07:26AM (#181552)
              Glad Killers guy is out. (Score:1)
              They are so annoying now.
              InterestingDruggie -- Friday October 14 2005, @01:57PM (#181638)
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              Mungo jerry & Morrissey collaborate (Score:0)
              Morrissey is to duet with mungo on "in the summer time"

              http://www.mungojerry.com
              Anonymous -- Sunday October 16 2005, @01:34PM (#181782)

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