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CAN MORRISSEY ESCAPE POLITICAL FALL-OUT WITH NEW ALBUM? - Salford Star
By Ian Leslie
Four out Five Salford Stars ****
Star date: 19th May 2019

DOES MORRISSEY STILL HAVE ANY CRED LEFT AT ALL?

Morrissey, who once had his photo taken outside Salford Lads Club, has a new album out called California Son, which itself is ironic considering his moronic right wing outbursts of late. Here, Ian Leslie reviews the tracks and ponders whether the Trafford singer and American immigrant can overcome 'commercial suicide'...

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California Son review by Tim De Lisle (2 of 5 stars) - Daily Mail. Scan of print review posted by Alexi below.

Morrissey in the Italian press
Part California son review, part For Britain badge controversy. Is it possible to enjoy the artist regardless of the person?

Morrissey, il nuovo album e quella spilletta che rovina tutto - La Repubblica.it
di GIANNI SANTORO
Il 24 maggio esce 'California Son', primo disco di cover dell'ex cantante degli Smiths, che omaggia Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell e le canzoni con cui è cresciuto. Ma ancora una volta spuntano le sue idee vicine all'estrema destra britannica

"Morrissey's 45 is Number 1 on the Official UK Vinyl Chart this week."

https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/wedding-bell-blues-chart

Regards,
FWD.

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https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-singles-chart/

The single does not appear in the Official Singles Chart Top 100.

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UPDATE 10:15 AM PT:

Link also posted by Thewlis:

Wedding Bell Blues Radio. - Morrissey Central
May 16, 2019

Morrissey's "Wedding Bell Blues" is the second most played song on Radio 2 this week.

@guardianmusic
Might be tricky to review the new Morrissey album. Been refused a copy because we wrote this piece about him. "Afraid management are not keen to provide advance music to the Guardian for this release".

Set to premier tomorrow:

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Posted by Famous when dead:

YT official audio link found by The Doc via the downloads section:

Morrissey's 'California Son' album will be Record Of The Week on Radio 2 next week.
It is also Record of The Week at Radio Trojka (the main station in Poland), and Record Of The Month in Germany's Rolling Stone.
Morrissey appeared on The Jimmy Fallon Show this week in New York singing "Morning Starship".

https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/record-of-the-week

Regards,
FWD.

Worn by Morrissey during the Broadway run (and by the band during Fallon).
A thank you from Total Liberation New York:



THANK YOU Morrissey for supporting Total Liberation New York

Regards,
FWD.

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Morrissey is scheduled in tonight's Evening showcases at the NON-COMMvention 2019 in Phiadelphia, PA.