Morrissey - Live at Earl's Court
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Free Music Review: ... smile when you think about Earl's Court
Hit: 4 Stars
Morrissey's voice has aged like fine wine, and "Morrissey: Live at Earl's Court" showcases some of his finest live material to date. His band, with whom he spent several months touring with has, when compared to when I seen Moz live at both the Apollo pre-album release (You Are the Quarry) and later at Radio City, really has the newer material down pat and help bring the overall concert to a higher level.
The benefit of listening to a live recording of Morrissey as oppossed to seeing him live or in a concert film nowadays is that the old Morrissey, the one who would drape himself over a monitor or twirl around like a whirling dervish is long gone, replaced with a near-wooden shell of the great showman. Fortunately his vocals have benefited from his lapse of visual performance, and "Earl's Court" is evidence that Morrissey, far from being the washout he was near becoming with he lack of credible material or record deal, is at his vox zenith.
Fans who had given up on Morrissey after his last several releases and didn't pick up "You Are the Quarry" should at least pick up "Earl's Court," where Morrissey and the boys do an excellent job of showcasing some of Morrissey's best material from some of the best classic Smiths tracks (How Soon Is Now?, Shoplifters, to name only five Smiths tracks they performed) to early solo material and his present work, which has the most focus in this collection. The weakest track is a cover of Patti Smith's "Redondo Beach," which lacks energy and is too anaerobic for my taste.
Free Music Review: Contrary to all expectiations this does rock..
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm not a fan of Morrisey's and i'm even a lesser fan of live albums. I own a massive colelction of music and perhaps only 2 or 3 live LPs. I firmly believe that 99% of the time a live album fails dramatically to capture what a show is actually about.
But then everything has exceptions and excuse me for the cliche here. This particular live album is simply great. It's not just Morrisey himself being in terrific form but the whole thing emits an almost mystic energy about it that it's hard to fathom. I dont know whether the slightly or otherwise altered or even improved interpretations of the songs do the trick.
What i do know, is that this is a joy to listen to. Its atmosphere is great, the song selection is on target, everybody's mood in the concert is predictably uplifting, and in general it's an experience that will have your spirits lifted.
It all makes sense really. Morrisey delivered his first convincing studio album in years prior to that and it somehow appeared as a logical consequence that the following live album would be of such quality. This is all simply theory of course.
What matters is that if you're looking for a live album that is irresistibly good you have no reason to look further.
Free Music Review: LIVE AT EARL'S COURT : MOZ MOZ MOZ
Hit: 4 Stars
Morrissey has always been known to be a great showman and he put on a wonderful live show that, at times, has overshadowed his recorded output. Live At Earl's Court is a much more slicker and polished affair than the ragged performance on the last live album, Beethoven Was Deaf. that raw atmosphere is missed here, but this 2005 Moz still reigns supreme with his brand of melodramatic modern rock. choice tracks from You Are The Quarry are spilling over with enthusiasm and The Smiths cuts sound absolutely jaw-dropping. especially "There Is A Light" which beams and shines with a newfound purpose and meaning that still sounds just as potent and passionate as it did when it was first released. Moz sounds much wiser and more mature and his voice has never sounded better. the only bad points for this performance is that Morrissey's witty stage banter has been edited out. which is too bad, because that's always part of the fun of his performances that i've always enjoyed. but the music is on point and strong...so i can't complain too much. oh yes, one more point to mention....this cd is wonderful, but for the full experience, everyone needs to get their hands on the "Who Put The 'M' In Manchester" dvd. that is the real Morrissey live show!Free Music Review: An Icon and His Roots
Hit: 4 Stars
Not a fan of live releases - which have a tendency to feel like desultory product instead of celebration - I was doubly suspicious of Morrissey's Live at Earls Court, coming so quickly as it does after his triumphant return with You Are the Quarry. Wouldn't be the first time an artist - and this artist particularly - bilked his fan base from their hard-earned cash with yet another collection. But Earls Court is more than mere product; it's a document of an adored performer at the top of his game. In great voice, he tears through Smiths classics (a fierce "How Soon Is Now?" opens the disc), his recent good works, and - best of all - two seminal covers that pay homage to some of his heroes. One is the New York Dolls "Subway Train", which he melds with his own B-side "Munich Air Disaster 1958". Better still - in fact, seminal itself - is his take on Patti Smith's "Redondo Beach", a reggae-light skank that is a Sapphic cri de coeur in Smith's version, and a melancholy character piece in Morrissey's. It does what covers are supposed to, and so rarely, do: honors its source while tracing a line to the artist's own work.Free Music Review: Morrissey Onstage.
Hit: 4 Stars
"Live at Earls Court" is Morrissey's second live disc (the first was 1993's "Beethoven Was Deaf"). Recorded in 2004 in support of the "You Are the Quarry" LP, the 70 plus minute "Live at Earls Court" surprisingly omits a few signature Morrissey hits (no "Suedehead" for instance) but dips into a few old classics by his former band the Smiths. The material leans heavily on the "Quarry" LP, with in concert renditions of "First of the Gang to Die," "Irish Blood English Heart," "Let Me Kiss You," "I Have Forgiven Jesus," and "The World Is Full of Crashing Bores," to name a few. But Morrissey seems to make his strongest connection with the crowd when he returns to his glory days of the Smiths. Tracks that recall that era include heartfelt performances of "How Soon Is Now," the brilliant "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" and "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me." Whether he does solo work or looks back to his former band, Morrissey is a commanding presence onstage, and "Live At Earls Court" proves it.