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 Morrissey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morrissey's latest album is titled Ringleader of the Tormentors, which debuted at Number 1 in the UK album charts.
Morrissey's album You Are the Quarry was released on May 17, 2004 (but one day later in the US).
Morrissey on the cover of his 2004 album You Are The Quarry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey   (4317 words)

  
 Ringleader of the Tormentors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ringleader of the Tormentors is the title of Morrissey's most recent album, which debuted at number one in the UK album charts and number twenty-seven in the US.
Originally Morrissey was to record the album with producer Jeff Saltzman, however he could not undertake the project.
The entire Ringleader of the Tormentors album was leaked on the Morrissey fansite, Morrissey-solo, on March 5, 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringleader_of_the_Tormentors   (644 words)

  
 Morrissey history
Despite the rough times, Morrissey recorded a new album, Vauxhall and I, which was released in 1994.
Morrissey severed all contact with the media and started to work on a new album.
Once again Morrissey turned his problems into music and released the LP Maladjusted.
http://members.tripod.com/MrMorrissey/bio   (881 words)

  
 Morrissey :: You Are the Quarry tour :: London, UK, December 18, 2004
Morrissey and the band entered the stage to a triumphant applause.
Morrissey and the band victoriously leave the stage.
Morrissey then introduced the band, “I think as a band you’ll agree that they’re not so bad.
http://www.morrisseytour.com/newtour/index.shtml   (1185 words)

  
 Morrissey - PopMatters Concert Review
While Morrissey's vocals are uncanny, they are always complimented with notes and musical movements that tend to move listeners.
The concert was guitar-heavy, the electric guitar dominating most of the songs.
He simply finished before the song was over and walked offstage, leaving the band to finish of the song without his vocals to cushion the instruments.
http://www.popmatters.com/music/concerts/m/morrissey-020822.shtml   (1064 words)

  
 Morrissey: album reviews and ratings
Morrissey's crooning and perfect-pop sensibility are still there, but where 1992's 'Your Arsenal' wielded a more rockabilly flavor, Vauxhall And I settles into gentle acoustic strums to create its melody-rich, oak-laden, moderately-tempoed arrangements, indicated by the choice of Steve Lillywhite (U2, Kirsty MacColl) as producer.
The disc bowed at #21 on the Billboard Album Chart and was followed by his most successful international concert tour ever.
"Vauxhall And I is the fifth solo album from the prolific Morrissey since the disbandment of the Smiths in 1987, and it places the enigmatic moper in his most revealing backdrop to date.
http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/morrissey.html   (1628 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Entertainment Music Rainy-day voice of a generation
Morrissey, the former Smiths singer who has enjoyed a chequered solo career since the late 1980s, releases his latest album, You are the Quarry, on Monday, after a seven year silence.
Morrissey's position was not helped by the fact he had recorded a song called Bengali in Platforms, included on Viva Hate.
Only six months after The Smiths split, Morrissey had embarked on a solo career, releasing the album Viva Hate to music press acclaim, featuring mournful classic Everyday is Like Sunday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3711637.stm   (832 words)

  
 Morrissey: You Are the Quarry: Pitchfork Review
Consider the "I" in his songs to represent "Morrissey" with peril.
With a producer to match the vocal boldness of Morrissey, the record could have been pushed, musically, in a futuristic cinescope folk direction similar to recent The Flaming Lips.
Envisioning the songwriter at work brings to mind a woman picking at an acoustic or a fellow hunched over a piano with a drink.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/morrissey/you-are-the-quarry.shtml   (1120 words)

  
 PopMatters Music Feature Morrissey: Why Do We Still Love Him Like We Used To?
Both the lyrics and the music of the band effortlessly transcend the time in which the songs were written.
Once Morrissey held out for the chance to be mass-mediated to ensure that he wasn't just preaching to the converted, that his music might reach outside his core audience, have a shot at inspiring others to be different, to change the world.
But that's not where the story is: the music, irrespective the new beats, is the same enjoyable mid-tempo fare we've come to expect from his long-serving band, and the choice of producers astute.
http://www.popmatters.com/music/features/040521-morrissey.shtml   (2293 words)

  
 Cavalier or roundhead? - Minnesota Daily
As an album, “You Are the Quarry” finds Morrissey’s trademark bon mots at their all-time zenith.
Morrissey again proves that you don’t have to be stupid to like pop music.
Morrissey’s new record is, sublimely, one of these moments.
http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2004/06/07/9765   (499 words)

  
 The History of Rock Music. Smiths: biography, discography, reviews, links
Morrissey exposes himself to a ridiculous degree in the pompous eleven minutes of Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils, and the title track, on which he freely pays respects to his idols Henry Mancini and Phil Spector.
The problem is that, the more Morrissey sings, the more the public realizes that he is always singing the same song, and maybe some songs do not need to be sung even once.
The album caused a stir and placed Morrissey among the stars of pop music, but more for personality than music.
http://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/smiths.html   (3586 words)

  
 Morrissey Biography
They were unfettered by the trappings of 'Eighties rock bands, eschewing the de rigeur nonsensical band name, bizarre maquillage, and vapid lyricism that typified their contemporaries.
There is an Anton Cobrijn photograph of Morrissey in which the former is seen exasperating over an almost-complete puzzle of the young Elvis.
Everyday is Like Sunday and Suedehead became staples of Morrissey's concerts, of which his first is captured on the widely available video Hulmerist.
http://www.geocities.com/costelt/smithsmoz/Mozbio.htm   (967 words)

  
 index magazine interview
MORRISSEY: The reality of being with Sire was our begging them to release a single from the album.
MORRISSEY: My mum's two favorite bands are Johnny Mathis and Roxy Music.
MORRISSEY: By some quirk of fate, a lot of people like my music.
http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/morrissey.shtml   (1260 words)

  
 A Boy And His Blog: More Morrissey Goodness
I got my hands on another track from the forthcoming Morrissey album Ringleader of the Tormentors, and felt the need to share.
and it sounds exactly like a continuation of the last album, anyone that grew up with pre boz and alain morrissey music is missing the interesting parts.
However, it is easier for morrissey to be comfortable and just believe he makes really good music.
http://boyandblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/more-morrissey-goodness.html   (385 words)

  
 Morrissey - You Are The Quarry : album review
Morrissey - You Are The Quarry : album review
The execution is perfect, comparable perhaps to what Elvis Costello has tried to achieve, but he has never come as close to crooner-ism as Morrissey has here.
There are few departures in the delivery and he still ends songs with the punctuation of a spastic Buddy Holly, but there it goes - that trademark falsetto which left us as jelly way back when we were all spotty adolescents.
http://www.musicomh.com/albums2/morrissey.htm   (694 words)

  
 Arts Unlimited Arts Friday Review 'Somebody has to be me'
To sum up: Joyce and Rourke sued Morrissey and Marr for 25% of the Smiths' performing royalties (rather than the songwriting ones), not the 10% they were paid, even though they never officially appeared on a contract.
Their record sleeves celebrated icons from Alain Delon to Yootha Joyce, and many of Morrissey's lyrics were rooted in the past, whether his wretched schooldays at St Marys Secondary Modern or the Moors Murders that cast a pall over the Manchester of his childhood.
He's referring to his notorious performance at Madness's Madstock weekender in 1992, when he wrapped himself in a Union flag and was branded a racist by the music press, casting a long shadow over his solo career.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1188235,00.html   (2655 words)

  
 Queer in Your Ear 4
Morrissey has given listeners an emotional framework to integrate into their own.
For more trenchant lessons in the workings of his spirit, listen to Morrissey's songs.
A Beatles concert is a study in alienation compared to the love-in of a Morrissey show.
http://www.joeclark.org/QiYE4.html   (657 words)

  
 The Believer - The Passion of the Morrissey
The combination of the music of The Smiths and Morrissey, the gung-ho performance by Maldonado and co. and the ritualistic adoration of the fans, transformed an evening of flaccid nostalgia accentuated by embarrassing 80s pop star look-alike contests, into a chimerical display of infectious music and raging hormones.
In a statement about the new album from Sanctuary Records, Morrissey is quoted as saying, "This is the best album I've ever done...there are no links to the past." Some commentators, such as Goddard, are skeptical.
A similar attitude surrounds the propagation of the myth of Morrissey as the nostalgic Luddite, with his fabled disdain for pop video and synthesizers and his preference for the seven-inch single and a long-lost version of society.
http://www.believermag.com/exclusives/article_morrissey.php   (4318 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/morrissey
Slightly Bedouin in its complex and heavy musical undertow, the song teeters on the verge of being sonically terrifying, and is the first indication that Ringleader of the Tormentors is the most musically disturbing record Morrissey has made since The Smiths second album, Meat is Murder.
And then, right in the middle, to put the tin-lid on the darkness that lies at the centre of this happy Morrissey record, Life is a Pigsty; seven minutes in four blighted movements building towards a final, epic and unforeseen conclusion of 11th hour redemption.
Awash, as we are, with songs about doing it, it is hard to recall another song or singer who has dared to talk so baldly about sexual longing.
http://www.myspace.com/morrissey   (2265 words)

  
 Arts Unlimited Arts reviews Morrissey, SECC, Glasgow
This year's triumphant comeback was based as much on fashion's changing tides as on the album You Are the Quarry, a solid but unspectacular record that felt heavy on filler.
For a man possessed of such majesty - not to mention a dose of songwriting genius - Morrissey has spent much of his solo career sounding like a journeyman.
He plays some of the album tonight, but while in a smaller venue Morrissey's force of personality can make the likes of new single I Have Forgiven Jesus sound essential, in this hangar such songs sound pompous and empty.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,1373838,00.html   (300 words)

  
 Morrissey – Let Me Kiss You – Single Review
Morrissey is still enjoying a rather triumphant return to the world of music.
October 11 th sees the release of his latest single Let Me Kiss You, which gets a tandem release with Nancy Sinatra's album, and will be the third single taken from his own (already platinum selling) album You Are the Quarry.
In my opinion there is actually stronger single material on You Are the Quarry but the release is understandable with the Nancy Sinatra connections.
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/morrisseyx15x10x04   (293 words)

  
 Official Ticketmaster site. Morrissey tickets, dates
U.K. reviewers took Morrissey to task, suggesting that the record marked the end of his glory days and that he would never be able to match the songs he'd written in tandem with Marr.
All the controversy overshadowed the fact that 1992's Mick Ronson-produced Your Arsenal was a smashing return to form; Morrissey used his new guitar tandem of Alain Whyte (who co-wrote much of the material) and Boz Boorer (formerly of rockabilly revivalists the Polecats) to full advantage in crafting a crunchy, glammed-up record.
During the explosion of punk in the late '70s, Morrissey unsuccessfully auditioned for Slaughter & the Dogs and sang for a brief period with a band called the Nosebleeds.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/770791   (1343 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: M: Morrissey
Morrissey and The Smiths Ringtones - Provides free ringtones, album by album, for programming into Nokia phones that support the 'Composer' function.
Morrissey: Pashernate Place - Chords and lyrics to songs from his solo career, pictures, interviews.
Adrian's Album Reviews: Morrissey - Reviews and discussion of his solo albums.
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/M/Morrissey   (541 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Ringleader of the Tormentors: Music
The expectations awaiting each new Morrissey album are such that disappointment seems almost inevitable when the records actually come out, although it's testament to the man's talents that even when they're not the masterpiece hoped for they're usually at least as good as most of what's about at the time.
This makes for a sound that is both sweeping and cinematic, however, his usual themes of rejection and redemption are as prevelant as on his 2004 'comeback' album, 'You Are The Quarry'.
In a departure from his previous albums, Morrissey has chosen to incorporate Morricone-esque strings and arrangements into these songs.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E8R9NE   (1414 words)

  
 True To You A Morrissey Zine
Morrissey's glorious new album Ringleader Of The Tormentors is released on Attack Records today in the U.K. (on the 4th of April in the U.S.).
The album is available now for download in the U.K. from iTunes and the Morrissey Digital Download Store.
Morrissey" - Edith Bowman interviews Morrissey in this 30-minute Channel 4 special, which also features live performances of tracks from his new album Ringleader Of The Tormentors, along with the Smiths classic "Still Ill." Produced by Nick Neads for At It Productions.
http://www.true-to-you.net   (667 words)

  
 MTV News - Prayers Answered & Sexual Fantasies Fueled: Must Be Morrissey
Morrissey Promises Nancy Sinatra A Ride On The Charts
Stephen Morrissey, the 44-year-old former Smiths frontman, English resident of Los Angeles, and poet laureate of the sensitive and misunderstood, will release You Are the Quarry, his first album since 1997's Maladjusted, on May 18.
And his psychopathically devoted fans are primed for both the album and tonight's show.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486845/20040506/morrissey.jhtml?headlines=true   (1585 words)

  
 PETA2 // Out There // Morrissey
Veggie icon Morrissey, who burst onto the scene in the ’80s with The Smiths and released a string of solo albums in the ’90s, is back on the road this fall with sold-out concerts in the U.S., Australia, France, and his native England.
Want to be the first to know what's up next for Morrissey and all your favorite bands?
The reclusive singer, whose "Meat Is Murder" album has inspired legions of listeners to stop eating animals, was playing in El Paso the same day that PETA launched its latest ?Go Veg?
http://www.peta2.com/OUTTHERE/o-shakemoz.asp   (2049 words)

  
 The Smiths / Morrissey FAQ: Trivia
A Morrissey impersonator changed up the lyrics to "The more you ignore me" to fit the show's topic.
The answer was "Hang the D.J. was the refrain of Panic by this defunct British pop group led by Morrissey".
The category was "Death In Pop" for a $1000.
http://www.oz.net/~moz/faq/faqtrivi.htm   (1215 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: You Are the Quarry: Music
Lyric-wise, Morrissey is as socio-political as ever with titles such as 'America Is Not The World' and 'I Have Forgiven Jesus', but the album is balanced with lovelorn tracks such as 'I Like You' and 'Let Me Kiss You'.
I find i can relate to morrissey on this album, i like his honesty.
This is the first Morrissey album i have bought, so i didnt know what to expect really.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001XLXHK   (961 words)

  
 Amazon.com: You are the Quarry (Jewel Case): Music: Morrissey
Morrissey's first new album since the nineties is a triumph.
In it, Morrissey seems to refer to his encounter with hostile British Journalists, but beyond that, he makes the unbelievable - a song that manages to be both a melodic triumph, and a political anthem.
In "I Like You", Morrissey sings a weird love song to a girl (or a boy?) who is "not right in the head".
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001WAO5S?v=glance   (2079 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Vauxhall and I: Music: Morrissey
The lyrics are still distinctively Morrissey, but something about this song makes it easier for the uninitiated to accept.
This is the album that has come to define Morrissey in a lot of ways.
Buy this album with Your Arsenal ~ Morrissey today!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002MNL?v=glance   (1340 words)

  
 Morrissey - International Playboys
Smiths midi music files, discography with pics & lyrics, Morrissey Fans Registry, Vote Morrissey songs and more...
http://www.arrakis.es/~insano/moz.htm   (17 words)

  
 IMAET - LASID
LASID is an index to all songs ever released by The Smiths and Morrissey.
The lyrics listed are as sung, and are not necessarily accurate.
http://www.oz.net/~moz/lyrics/lyricsin.htm   (33 words)

  
 Shoplifters Union - Sites made by Fans (A to J)
@kiraware - The Smiths and Morrissey Cdr Bootlegs
My Own Tribute to Morrissey´s Songwriters, with a complete song list.
He is currently going through all Morrissey lyrics, correcting them after his own ears.
http://shoplifters.morrissey-solo.com/sites_a-j.html   (364 words)

  
 Morrissey
Then I read an article that Morrissey was supposed to tape two songs on Monday and three on Wednesday.
That night I was at LCG's when Kilborn started (because he's on right after Aqua Teen Hunger Force) so I stayed for the intro.
Not only does that album rule, but it prepped him for a whole week of Morrissey!
http://www.rocksnobs.com/2004_05_27_tvweek.html   (965 words)

  
 'Bush should have died, not Reagan': Morrissey
A spokesman for Morrissey's record label, Sanctuary Records, said: "We do not have a recording of the gig, but as far as we can tell, Morrissey was just alerting the audience to the fact that Ronald Reagan had died.
Morrissey – You Are The Quarry (Attack Records) (05/05/2004)
MANCHESTER music legend Morrissey sparked controversy when he announced Ronald Reagan's death live on stage during a concert - and then declared he wished it was George Bush who had died instead.
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/119/119107_bush_should_have_died_not_reagan_morrissey.html   (356 words)

  
 Morrissey turns on the charm / Los Jaguares rock out at the Greek Theatre
If one thing was obvious Saturday, it was that Morrissey's fans, regardless of cultural background, remain obsessed in spite of the fact that their idol hasn't released an album in more than six years.
But after three albums, Jaguares have yet to be discovered by white America, perhaps because their style is so familiar, hewing closer to North American rock than ever-popular Latin pop.
When he wasn't teasing, Morrissey was in rich, sardonic voice -- though he complained of hoarseness -- throughout his 80-minute set as he alternated older cuts such as the rocking "Speedway" and the plaintive "November Produced a Monster" with a spate of new songs.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/16/DD21639.DTL   (596 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Entertainment Music Morrissey sparks furore over Bush
The singer, whose comeback album went to number two in the UK in May, is to tour the US as part of the Lollapalooza festival in July and August.
His spokesman was unavailable for comment to BBC News Online on Thursday, but told the Manchester Evening News there was no recording of the Dublin Castle show.
Morrissey is due to tour the US in July and August
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3795165.stm   (341 words)

  
 Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors (April 2006)
Visit Morrissey at Myspace.com from March 21st to hear the album in its entirety for the first time.
Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors (April 2006)
http://www.youarethequarry.net   (34 words)

  
 Steven Patrick Morrissey
Dead Man's Curve (1998) (song "Girlfriend in a Coma") (as Morrissey)
She's Having a Baby (1988) (song "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby") (as Morrissey)
Pretty in Pink (1986) (lyricist: "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want") (as Morrissey) (singer: "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want") (as The Smiths)
http://imdb.com/name/nm0973541   (369 words)

  
 Now My Heart Is Full
Also credit to Passions Just Like Mine for the images used in the layout, which features most single and album cover images from Moz's solo career.
Whether you love this charming and witty lyricist solo or as the singer of The Smiths, please add your name to the growing list of fans worldwide!
This is an unofficial fansite not affiliated in any way with Morrissey or his management.
http://new-place.org/moz   (160 words)

  
 Morrissey - Wikiquote
Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) English singer and songwriter former frontman of The Smiths; born Steven Patrick Morrissey.
Most of the faces I see on the covers of American music magazines are just dreadful— people with nothing to offer the world at all.
Joyce is a poor shambolic character in desperate need of money who has been treated abysmally by Morrissey and Marr - when the fact was he had been treated with absolute generosity, considering the minor role that he played.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Morrissey   (3326 words)

  
 The Smiths Home
In an intense 5 years Between 1983 and 1987 The Smiths released almost 20 singles and 7 albums, and are recognised by the critics as one of the most significant bands of the 1980's.
It is difficult to believe that Morrissey has been a solo artist longer than 2 lifetimes of The Smiths, but his impact on the music industry declined significantly after 1987.
This intention of this web site is to give some basic information about the greatest band of the 1980's, The Smiths.
http://www.askmeaskmeaskme.com   (168 words)

  
 MORRISSEY // RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS
Morrissey's new album Ringleader of the Tormentors is finally in stores today!
Go to any Tower Records location in the US to enter to win a custom "Morrissey ~ Ringleader of the Tormentors" Vespa or go to any Virgin Records location in the US to enter to win a trip for two to London to see Morrissey perform live!
Extra general standing tickets have just been released released for the Alexandra Palace show in London on Monday 1st May. Get them here.
http://www.morrisseymusic.com   (171 words)

  
 Morrissey-solo
The songs are recorded as instrumentals and nobody has any idea of how the vocal is going to sound until Morrissey goes in and does his bit.
Matt the new drummer is telling us about some b-sides he's just finished.
Morrissey to play the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland, July 11) (14)
http://www.morrissey-solo.com   (838 words)

  
 Smiths Presumably Forever Ill
Their singer Morrissey combined the wit and style of Oscar Wilde with the good looks and poise of James Dean to become the landmark artist of his era.
The Smiths were the greatest British band of the '80's, maybe of all-time.
Guitarist Johnny Marr provided the perfect musical accompaniment to Morrissey's tales of loneliness while bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce provided the sturdy backbone.
http://foreverill.com   (247 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment The pop star who hated sex
Editor's note: On the brink of the May 17 release of "You Are the Quarry," Morrissey's first album in seven years, Salon is happy to present this excerpt from Mark Simpson's "Saint Morrissey," a "psycho-bio" of the legendary frontman of the Smiths, just available in the U.S. By Mark Simpson
As Oscar Wilde put it, celibacy is the only real perversion; and in Morrissey's eyes, this was a good enough argument for practicing it.
Paradoxically, although celibacy is perhaps the least innocent sexual option -- renouncing sex makes everything sexual -- publicly it provided Morrissey with the innocence he needed to carry off his seductive-seditious project.
http://archive.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2004/04/30/morrissey   (307 words)

  
 Morrissey - Last.fm
Listen to music, see charts for Morrissey - You Have Killed Me, Morrissey - The Youngest Was The Most Loved, Morrissey - Life Is A Pigsty, Morrissey - The Father Who Must Be Killed, Morrissey - I Will See You In Far Off Places
He was the lead singer of The Smiths, one of the most influential indie bands in the 1980s.
The group split up in 1987 and Morrissey started a successful solo career.
http://www.last.fm/music/Morrissey   (263 words)

  
 Morrissey - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Morrissey - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Browse artists: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,470496,00.html?src=search&artist=Morrissey   (111 words)

  
 Pitchfork: Daily Music News
Sanctuary Records Group, whose Attack Records subsidiary is Morrissey's current label, issued the following statement: "We do not have a recording of the gig, but as far as we can tell, Morrissey was just alerting the audience to the fact that Ronald Reagan had died.
He then simply followed that up with his comment about George Bush, which was his own opinion.
He is no stranger to controversy." Reports that Tom Ridge had raised the terrorist threat level to red were unconfirmed at press time.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/04-06/11.shtml   (1803 words)

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