Morrissey - My Early Burglary Years
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Free Music Review: "So I sit and support with a dutiful smile"
Hit: 4 Stars
Arguably Morrissey's (DON'T YOU DARE CALL HIM STEVE) best compilation since "Bona Drag," "My Early Burglary Years" gives us die-hard fans a chance to rejoice. And while he is not a marketing wizard (how many times can you release "Suedehead," "The Boy Racer," or "Everyday is like Sunday"?), he truly shines when at his best. Prime examples are "Sunny," "Nobody Loves Us," "The Girl Least Likely To," and "Boxers." There are some lowpoints, which keep me from rating it 5 stars. I'm sorry folks, but I wasn't overly impressed with "The Boy Racer," or "Pashernate Love" the first time I heard them. It is a crime that these incredible B-sides did not make it onto any album (compiliations not included). "The Girl Least Likely To," while by no means a new track, is one of his best lyrical achievements ever (even with the Smiths). "Nobody Loves Us" is classic Morrissey and undeniably deserved A-Side status. I truly believe that Morrissey purposely walks the fine line of stardom and obscurity and ambushes his own career by deliberate choice. The singles he releases are usually not the best tracks on the album, and he sends hauntily brilliant songs into B-side obscurity which I can only explain as deliberate sabotage. Definitely not his worst, and at times close to his best, "My Early Burgarly Years" is an excellent musical choice for new listeners and a slightly bromic pill for the tried and true fan.Free Music Review: A testament to what Moz is capable of
Hit: 4 Stars
There are two kinds of people in this world, people who love Morrissey and those who don't. Of coarse there are also people who love nutburgers and those that don't, so maybe that wasn't so profound. This new/old collection of b-sides and live tracks is an adequate offering of Moz, if not for anything else than it saved me the enormous amounts of cash it would have taken to purchase all the singles separately. These 16 tracks serve as a reminder of the wonderment he used to infuse in his faithful fans, like the jingle-jangle of "At Amber" and the beautiful misery of "Nobody Loves us". There's also the swagger of "Sister I'm a Poet" reminiscent of some of his best work on Your Arsenal. Overall this is a fine listen especially the devastating "Michael's Bones", the sinister stalking guitar fueling the merciless pounding in "Jack the Ripper" and the highlight "The Boy Racer". It's definitely the most rockin' and the cheeky lyrics make me blush every time.Free Music Review: Good and complete mix of singles.
Hit: 4 Stars
I was expecting an album with all new songs and didn't get it here. However, most of the singles and/or songs put together here, I never heard before and really liked them. My favorite songs on the album are, Sunny, At Amber, Nobody loves us, Michael's bones, Girl least likely to, etc. The reason I cite these as my favorites (and also I like many other songs on this album) was because I hadn't heard them before and it was nice to hear some good (new for me) material from him. I hope Morrissey will get out of this repetitive rutt of putting old rehashed songs into a so-called new album and come out with an entirely new album, with brand new songs!Free Music Review: Meat is Mozzer....
Hit: 4 Stars
Although morrissey can be accused of doing the very thing he loathes of repackaging material, nevertheless he can certainly change his plea to guilty on the number of collections he has released. He can be forgiven for these sins when an excellent collection as this is brought forth to the hungry Moz fan. Hard to find singles such as Sunny, and B-Sides such as Nobody loves Us, and Swallow Upon My Neck can attest to the strength of the Mozzers abilities, as many B-sides are as good or better than many A-sides.Free Music Review: Morrissey returns with a strong set of B-side gems.
Hit: 4 Stars
Morrissey has once again scoured his repetoire of recordings and created a winner---an album which, as a whole, manages to surpass its constituent parts. It's no Bona Drag, these songs are primarily B-sides and out-takes; But for the most part, My Early Burglary Years is a refreshing trip down memory lane for the true Moz fan, and still a pretty darn good disc for the uninitiated as well. Nobody Loves Us, Sister I'm a Poet, and Sunny are vintage Moz.