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Four Stars
John Aizlewood
Eight Albums in and Morrissey is finally getting the hang of the solo career. His monotone voice has always precluded genuine greatness, but Ringleader of the Tormentors will get him close.
It's a swaggering collection; he finally gets to write about the act (rather than the thought) of sex on the Ennio Morricone- orchestrated ballad Dear God Please Help Me. More encouragingly, You Have Killed Me is the most unashamedly pop he's ever been, and the children's choir on The Youngest Was the Most Loved is a hoot.
As with most Morrissey (and Smiths) albums, there's a grandstanding finale. Propelled by a military tattoo, At Last I am Born is Morrissey being as marvellous as his disciples claim. About time too.
John Aizlewood
Eight Albums in and Morrissey is finally getting the hang of the solo career. His monotone voice has always precluded genuine greatness, but Ringleader of the Tormentors will get him close.
It's a swaggering collection; he finally gets to write about the act (rather than the thought) of sex on the Ennio Morricone- orchestrated ballad Dear God Please Help Me. More encouragingly, You Have Killed Me is the most unashamedly pop he's ever been, and the children's choir on The Youngest Was the Most Loved is a hoot.
As with most Morrissey (and Smiths) albums, there's a grandstanding finale. Propelled by a military tattoo, At Last I am Born is Morrissey being as marvellous as his disciples claim. About time too.
