Morrissey "You Are the Quarry"

Morrissey's first new album since the nineties is a triumph. Powered by a formidable quartet, the twin guitars spit fire that matches every wounded issue Morrissey tears into. Never one to mince words, he comes out swinging, taking America to task and then turning his attention on his homeland with the blistering "Irish Blood, English Heart." You Are the Quarry is so effective because it's less an overt rallying cry than a heartfelt plea for the world to make sense to him again. Elsewhere, relationships are given such a uniquely vibrant vantage point as to render any other angle blind. His wordplay mixes the coy invention of Cole Porter with a feisty contemporary showman's sense of stagecraft, wit, and drama. "Close your eyes, and think of someone you physically admire, and let me kiss you." It doesn't get much better to that. And wedded to charging hooks, these songs will move into your head and never leave.

Track Listing:

1) America Is Not the World
2) Irish Blood, English Heart
3) I Have Forgiven Jesus
4) Come Back to Camden
5) I'm Not Sorry
6) The World Is Full of Crashing Bores
7) How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
8) First of the Gang to Die
9) Let Me Kiss You
10) All the Lazy Dykes
11) I Like You
12) You Know I Couldn't Last