I found a very good review of "Ringleader" in one of the biggest and most famous German newspapers called "Die Sueddeutsche".

It is written in German, so only those of you able to understand German might follow the link. Altogether, the writer is overwhelmed by Morrissey's new album and he is not one of those people praising everything the Mozfather has ever done. Viscontis genius is being emphasised, the strength of this album, the quality of Moz' singing and his lyrics. It is a song-by-song review and, summing up the quintessence of his text, its author closes with the sentence: "Anything but Number One in the charts would be an insult."