Your Arsenal
Morrissey
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side | Morrissey | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Glamorous Glue | Morrissey | 4:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | We'll Let You Know | Morrissey | 5:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | The National Front Disco | Morrissey | 4:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Certain People I Know | Morrissey | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful | Morrissey | 2:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | You're the One for Me, Fatty | Morrissey | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Seasick, Yet Still Docked | Morrissey | 5:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday | Morrissey | 4:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Tomorrow | Morrissey | 3:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
iTunes Review
This, Morrissey's third solo outing is as bold, passionate, sharp and vital as anything he's ever done. A little context is in order: producer Mick Ronson played guitar with David Bowie during the Ziggy Stardust days, and Moz clearly relishes allowing the glam-rocker within him let it all hang out. No less important is the rockabilly flavor of his backing band. Guitarist Boz Boorer also belongs to be-quiffed Londoners, the Polecats, and his pared-down twangs give "Certain People I Know" its hep-cat foundations. When the album was released back in 1992, Moz received massive flack for flirting with extreme right-wing imagery ("National Front Disco") but, as always, he was simply lobbing tricky subjects at us to stir up controversy. Your Arsenal is a magnificent dose of trouble.
Recent Customer Reviews
Meaningful album
by amorrisseyfanListened to this album during a difficult time in my life, and it really impacted me and somehow was comforting even though it depressed me even more. I still go back to this album when I need that odd comfort of wanting to be in my own abyss and knowing that someone understands and is there with me. Oh, Morrissey.
His Best solo Album
by IHateMusicSnobsI have never heard Moz so on his game, both lyrically, and musically. I've lost a bit of interest, honestly, in the recent efforts, but this was Morrissey with sharp tongue planted firmly in cheek, but somehow lacking some the overt moroseness the can overwhelm musically on occasion. Look, it's Morrissey, I get it. Not Wham. But this is Morrissey's razor blade wit wrapped in chocolate. If you've never heard this one, I envy you. But it now and celebrate one of the last truly British people you will ever know.
effortless, spontaneous, amazing.
by PythonesqueListening to a Morrissey album can often be a trying experience. His marvellous honesty and ego allows him to include every wayward, half-formed, pithy idea into his lyrics.... and he thrusts these unashamedly between masterworks of emotion. "Vauxhall and I" might be Morrissey's greatest album, but it takes more than a little leniency from the listener, to allow him his many indulgences as he leads up to his inevitable genuis. As I'm listening, I'm always having to remind myself, "think of The Smiths, think of the words, think of the man, think of the hair.....remember this is Morrissey we're talking about, it must be good!" His career took a jarring path when he went from "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" to "Dial-A-Cliche", and it continues to twine on spontaneously today. It can be hard to kee up, and sometimes you just need to break away from all thought and perception, and get right down to the music.
Now. "Your Arsenal".
This is the one album I don't need to try to enjoy.
Every song fits into one big, sweat-stained medley. Guitars tear into "Glamorous Glue" with a fervor that would've electrifyed Morrissey himself, sixteen years old, a bashfully rebellious fan of glam rock. A cheerful army marching band leads us away from the emotional swells of "We'll Let You Know", into the waiting neon light-spread of "The National Front Disco". "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday" breaks miraculously into your ears on a wave of radio static, drowning out chattering French talkshow hosts, and you could swear that you have heard salvation.
Such an offering as this is what secures Morrissey's position, in my mind, as the greatest performer alive today. This is why I can allow him to get so lost in himself sometimes, and still remain devout... the man's an enigma! What a side to him this is!
Biography
Born: May 22, 1959 in Manchester, England
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Morrissey
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Suedehead | Viva Hate | 3:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Everyday Is Like Sunday | Viva Hate | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get | Vauxhall and I | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | The Last of the Famous International Playboys | Bona Drag | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Hairdresser On Fire | Viva Hate | 3:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
![The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered], The Smiths](http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/013/Music/ef/30/89/mzi.gqwbncva.100x100-75.jpg)
- $9.90
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Pop, College Rock, Adult Alternative
- Released: Jul 28, 1992
- ℗ 1992 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Reprise Records.
