"World Peace..." reviews (by Luke Haines - The Talkhouse, The Scotsman, Musik Express, GA-Bonn)

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Haines' review/essay is amusing. "Madder, badder and two f***s it doth not give," he says of the new album.

Just a few days until Japanese deluxe CD
 
Re: Article: "World Peace..." reviews (by Luke Haines - The Talkhouse, The Scotsman, Musik Express,

Haines' review/essay is amusing. "Madder, badder and two f***s it doth not give," he says of the new album.

Just a few days until Japanese deluxe CD

Brilliant hilarious review by Luke Haines. He's obviously quite the fan

“I’m Not a Man” is the centrepiece of the first half, a fantastically wrought Jobriath/Judy Garland, gender-challenging burp ballad. It’s what Morrissey has been singing for most of his adult life, but this time with the hard-won conviction of a man comfortable in his skin and with his age. And then he pulls the rug. “Wolf down, wolf down t-bone steak/Wolf down, cancer of the prostate,” sings meanie Moz sweetly — wishing cancer death upon us meat-eaters. “Oi, Steve, do one,” I shout into my laptop. Just for that I’m going to write an answer song about mass vegetarian death caused by an unwashed lentil.
 
As far as I'm concerned, "I'm Not a Man" is when the real album begins.

If there's a reason people won't dare consider this album to be better than Vauxhall, it might just have something to do with the fact that Vauxhall starts off with two of the best f'ing Morrissey songs of all time, whereas, like Quarry, WPINOYB starts off with a bit of filler before it really gets to business.

Also, let's lament for a moment that pretty much every review is looking at the basic album package, whereas every fan is looking at the deluxe album. I mean, if you don't know that Art Hounds is the true finisher for this album, you don't know this album!
 
Re: Article: "World Peace..." reviews (by Luke Haines - The Talkhouse, The Scotsman, Musik Express,

I like "... moan that the mammoth’s arse bone won’t stay in tune..."
 
Re: Article: "World Peace..." reviews (by Luke Haines - The Talkhouse, The Scotsman, Musik Express,

I've met Luke Haines and he was very nice. Great review!
 
Jesus Christ, that Luke Haines 'article' is such a throbbing specimen of everything that's wrong with the world. Dear Lord, what have we done? We thought the sixties, postmodernism, the scrapping of grammar schools and pop music were all good ideas, but look what it's all brought us to. I am sorry for my part in all this. Bring back Jesuit schools. Bring back Scholasticism.
 
Re: Article: "World Peace..." reviews (by Luke Haines - The Talkhouse, The Scotsman, Musik Express,

As far as I'm concerned, "I'm Not a Man" is when the real album begins.

If there's a reason people won't dare consider this album to be better than Vauxhall, it might just have something to do with the fact that Vauxhall starts off with two of the best f'ing Morrissey songs of all time, whereas, like Quarry, WPINOYB starts off with a bit of filler before it really gets to business.

Also, let's lament for a moment that pretty much every review is looking at the basic album package, whereas every fan is looking at the deluxe album. I mean, if you don't know that Art Hounds is the true finisher for this album, you don't know this album!

I totally disagree...both WPINOYB and NCDD are stellar songs...for various reasons...

World Peace, for instance, contains the best chorus in a Morrissey song in years...it is superb, utterly catchy and poignant...

Neal Cassidy is the most musically different in years too,,, it's got NO chorus, pretty much like Spring Helled Jim...still, three "independent" verses do the trick in a sequence of a helluvan amusing vocal spree.

Listen again...
 
Oh, they have their charms, but most Morrissey songs do. They just don't drive me wild with excitement like the rest of the album.
 
Re: Article: "World Peace..." reviews (by Luke Haines - The Talkhouse, The Scotsman, Musik Express,

God I love Luke. I've been playing his latest album nonstop; everything he does is better than than the last thing he did and he's been at it since 92.

I highly recommend his books and albums; he's absolutely brilliant. He's not always said nice things about Morrissey but when he does his praise is as genuine as his criticism.
 
Re: Article: "World Peace..." reviews (by Luke Haines - The Talkhouse, The Scotsman, Musik Express,

For the record, Fiona Shepherd of the Scotsman has given negative reviews to every Morrissey release from Quarry to present day. My point is: why does this publication employ someone who clearly does not have an ear for his kind of music to compose the review? They do have other reviewers!
 
Re: Article: "World Peace..." reviews (by Luke Haines - The Talkhouse, The Scotsman, Musik Express,

i cant do the first three songs on vauxhall as theyre just so boring imo. i mean billy budd was not the best melville story and it just uses the name as a title which i thought was kinda to on the nose and not very substantial in meaning (i mean he shoulda used the first story in that collection with all of its quadruple plus negatives cause that would have been an inspiring lyrical feat). now my heart is full is fine i guess but i cant get on with the lyrics or there sentiment at all as i just dont relate to what hes saying and am of the opposite opinion i suppose. hold on to your friends, closer i get and find out for yourself are ace and for me what the album rests on as i think them three of his best ever songs. i kinda consider the rest of the album to be filler which i know is not the common opinion but what are those songs about really cause spring heeled jim just aint doin it for me. it also sounds cheaply produced compared to your arsenal in a way i cant put my finger on not having as much experience with pro studios. sounds to me like the time when everything was trying to go digital and just hadnt hit that sweet spot yet. of course having mick ronson producing it might help.
 

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