Morrissey "Kill Uncle"

It's an album that received a lot of negative reviews upon it's release, most of it undeservedly, and most of which can be explained by Morrissey's choice of songwriting partner. Since splitting up from The Smiths, Morrissey had collaborated with Stephen Street, but Kill Uncle sees Street replaced by Nevin, who writes the tracks and plays guitar, while Alan Winstanley takes the role as producer. It seems such a strange choice for Morrissey, famous as king of melancholia, to team up with Mark E. Nevin, from pop act Fairground Attraction whose biggest hit was the cheerful 'Perfect.' Perhaps Morrissey was trying to go for a different sound or against a stereotype. Whatever the reason, the result was a very inadequate 33 minute long album that lacks a certain cohesion. That’s not to say that the album is bad; it’s just not up to Morrissey’s usually high standards, and it doesn’t seem to be that he’s to blame. There are some excellent songs on Kill Uncle and Morrissey is in very good form lyrically. 'Our Frank,' 'Sing Your Life' and the wonderfully titled 'There’s A Place in Hell for Me & My Friends’' are all great tracks with wonderful lyrics. There's just a little bit of magic missing from this album, but it is definitely not as bad as the music press have made it out to be.

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Track Listing:

1) Our Frank
2) Asian Rut
3) Sing Your Life
4) Mute Witness
5) King Leer
6) Found Found Found
7) Driving Your Girlfriend Home
8) The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye
9) (I'm) The End of the Family Line
10) There's A Place in Hell for Me & My Friends