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Morrissey - 'Years Of Refusal'
The acclaimed 2009 Morrissey album! Years of Refusal

Years of Refusal (Special Edition CD+DVD)
Years Of Refusal MP3 Download
Years of Refusal (Amazon.com)

Morrissey, The Smiths Posters

Morrissey's selected music on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, broadcast on November 29th, 2009

New York Dolls - (There's Gonna Be a) Showdown
Composer: Gamble/Huff

Marianne Faithfull - Come and Stay With Me
Composer: Jackie DeShannon

Ramones - Loudmouth
Composer: The Ramones

The Velvet Underground & Nico - Black Angel's Death Song
Composer: Lou Reed & John Cale

Klaus Nomi - Der Nussbaum - The Walnut Tree
Composer: Schumann arranged by Jon Cobert

Nico - I'm Not Saying
Composer: Gordon Lightfoot

Iggy & The Stooges - Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell
Composer: Iggy Pop & James Williamson

Mott the Hoople - Sea Diver
Composer: Ian Hunter


A clean-living rock star is hard to find, but that's Morrissey, though he's as controversial as anyone in the rock industry with some of his comments over the years. Favourite targets have included the monarchy, the meat industry, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, and Margaret Thatcher. A vegetarian since he was 11, and passionate about the rights of animals, Morrissey is a big supporter of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and has been a supporter of anti-apartheid causes, The Labour Party, CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), and Amnesty International.

As a solo artist, and as the lead singer of The Smiths, he has influenced many bands and artists, and the late Kurt Cobain and Jeff Buckley were fans, as are Bono, J.K. Rowling, Michael Stipe, Noel and Liam Gallagher, Harry Hill, Thom Yorke, Chris Martin, Jonathan Ross, Ryan Adams, Ricky Gervais, and Kathy Burke.

Morrissey was 50 in 2009 and shows no signs of mellowing!

- Paul Rance/booksmusicfilmstv.com.

Another Mozza goodie...

Morrissey - 'Ringleader Of The Tormentors'

Ringleader of the Tormentors

Amazon.co.uk Review
Take a long hard look at that man gracing the cover of Ringleader of the Tormentors; caught mid-concerto, tempered by lofty eloquence, gliding towards a crescendo of instrumental distinction. Who’s he trying to kid exactly!? Ever since The Smiths disbanded and he was deserted by Johnny Marr, Morrissey’s work has only really been musical by association. He’s more parts lyricist than he is straight poet, you see, relying as much on the emotive reach of his mighty vocal as his articulate depression. He needs melodic accompaniment, but it’s hardly been the focus. The image does still work though, as a metaphor. Name, if you can, a greater performer of pathos, a finer maestro of the maudlin.

If he is widely accepted as having been through a fallow period of creativity prior to 2004s comeback classic You Are The Quarry then he’s hammering the counterpoint now. Two albums into his renaissance and we find Moz more tender, more cinematic and, if possible, more serious than ever.

Fittingly it is much more orchestral too. Take "Dear God, Please Help Me", as self pitying as expected, only bound in silk and suspended just above the depths you’d otherwise expect to find him in. And album centrepiece, the equally dolefully titled "Life is a Pigsty", which begins with a peaking "How Soon Is Now" template before descending into a spellbinding Prozac-comedown in the orchestra pit, with bruises as evidence. The emotion feels that much rawer this time. This is not an indie disco record, it has more timeless aspirations. --James Berry

Description
'Ringleader Of The Tormentors' is the eighth album from the iconic Mancunian vocalist Morrissey. In a departure from his previous albums, Morrissey has chosen to incorporate Morricone-esque strings and arrangements into these songs. 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'. Includes the single 'You Have Killed Me'.

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Ringleader of the Tormentors [CD + DVD]

Morrissey DVDs

'Morrissey - The Jewel In The Crown DVD'
Morrissey - The Jewel In The Crown [2004]

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Morrissey - Who Put The 'M' In Manchester [2004]


Morrissey - Live In Dallas [1991]

Morrissey - 'The Malady Lingers On DVD'
The Malady Lingers On

Morrissey Videos

Morrissey - Introducing Morrissey [1995]
Morrissey - Live In Dallas [1991]

Morrissey - The Malady Lingers On [1992]

 

You Are The Quarry
Morrissey's 'You Are the Quarry' album at iTunes

 

More Morrissey CDs & MP3s available from booksmusicfilmstv.com - in association with Amazon.co.uk

Product image for ASIN: B000005RS8 Suedehead - The Best of Morrissey
The Best Of Morrissey - Suedehead MP3 Download
Morrissey - 'You Are The Quarry [Deluxe Edition]' You Are The Quarry [Deluxe Edition]
You Are The Quarry MP3 Download
'Morrissey Live At Earls Court' Live at Earls Court
Product image for ASIN: B000024CFJ Vauxhall and I
Product image for ASIN: B000002MZF Southpaw Grammar [Us Import]
Product image for ASIN: B000025OIY Your Arsenal
Product image for ASIN: B0000072D0 Viva Hate
Product image for ASIN: B000H9HX7W In the Future When All's Well, Pt. 1 (Single)
Product image for ASIN: B000F8NJN2 The Youngest Was the Most Loved [CD 2] (Single)
Product image for ASIN: B000025W0Q Bona Drag
Product image for ASIN: B00004TYPJ The CD Singles, Vol. 1
Product image for ASIN: B00005NI7P The CD Singles, Vol. 2
Product image for ASIN: B000024KBK Kill Uncle
Product image for ASIN: B000E4FDPO You Have Killed Me (Single)
Product image for ASIN: B00000AG90 My Early Burglary Years

 

Morrissey - The Pre-Smiths/Solo Years

Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is a singer and songwriter from Stretford, Greater Manchester, England. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the vocalist of the highly influential English band The Smiths. When the band broke up in 1987, Morrissey began a successful solo career and has the distinction of charting top ten British singles in three separate decades.

Morrissey is often noted as one of the key English-language lyricists of his generation, with many subsequent bands hailing his influence. Detractors usually describe his work as depressing, while fans point to the sardonic humour and acidic wit which underpins his songs' frequent references to alienation and failed love.

He does not shy from controversy in his songs, with themes including; child murder, gang violence, domestic violence, prostitution, racism, homosexuality, drug use, assassination, political protest, antireligion, suicide and terrorism.

Morrissey was born in Manchester, England, to Irish immigrants Peter Morrissey, a hospital porter, and Elizabeth Dwyer, a librarian. They had moved to England just before Morrissey's birth and brought him up, with his older sister Jackie, in a small Victorian terraced house in Old Trafford, moving to the more salubrious suburb of Stretford in the early 1970s, when many of the old terraced streets were being demolished. Morrissey has maintained a strong attachment to his mother throughout his life. However, his relationship with his father suffered much strain over the years and was, eventually, largely nonexistent.

As a child, Morrissey developed a number of interests and role models that marked him out among his peers, including '60s girl groups, and female singers such as Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, Cilla Black, and Timi Yuro. He was also interested in the kitchen sink dramas of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Coronation Street's Elsie Tanner, as well as the playwright, novelist, and poet Oscar Wilde. The Moors Murders of the early 1960s had a large impact on him as a child, and he later responded with the controversially received debut album track "Suffer Little Children".

In adolescence, Morrissey's athletic ability saved him to a large degree from bullying. Nevertheless, he has described this period as a time when was often lonely and depressed. As a teenager, he began taking prescription drugs to help combat a depression that would follow him throughout his life[1]. He left school early after passing only a few of his O levels, and worked briefly for the Inland Revenue, but ultimately decided to "go on the dole," sequestering himself in his room in his mother's home to concentrate on writing, reading, and listening to music. Around this time Morrissey wrote novella-like publications concerning two of his greatest heroes: James Dean and The New York Dolls.

An early convert to punk rock, Morrissey briefly fronted The Nosebleeds, writing several songs and garnering a New Musical Express review before the band broke up less than a year later. Billy Duffy, guitarist with The Nosebleeds, later found success with The Cult. In 1978 Morrissey briefly replaced Slaughter & the Dogs singer Wayne Barrett, recording four songs with the band before moving on.

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Morrissey Solo Discography, including Chart Positions

Albums

Year Title Chart Positions
UK US
March 1988 Viva Hate #1 #48
November 1990 Bona Drag #9 #59
March 1991 Kill Uncle #8 #52
September 1991 At KROQ (EP) - -
July 1992 Your Arsenal #4 #21
May 1993 Beethoven was Deaf - -
March 1994 Vauxhall and I #1 #18
February 1995 World of Morrissey #15 #134
September 1995 Southpaw Grammar #4 #66
August 1997 Maladjusted #8 #61
September 1997 Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey #25 -
April 1998 Rare Tracks - -
September 1998 My Early Burglary Years - -
November 2001 The Best of Morrissey - -
May 2004
(Deluxe edition:
October 2004)
You Are the Quarry #2 #11
March 2005 Live at Earls Court #18 #119
April 2006 Ringleader of the Tormentors #1 #27
February 2009 Years of Refusal #3 #11

Singles

Year

Title

Chart Positions
UK

Chart Positions
US Modern Rock

Album

1988 Suedehead #5 - Viva Hate
1988 Everyday Is Like Sunday #9 - Viva Hate
1989 The Last of the Famous International Playboys #6 #3 Bona Drag
1989 Interesting Drug #9 #11 Bona Drag
1989 Ouija Board, Ouija Board #18 #2 Bona Drag
1990 November Spawned a Monster #12 #6 Bona Drag
1990 Piccadilly Palare #18 #2 Bona Drag
1991 Our Frank #26 #2 Kill Uncle
1991 Sing Your Life #33 #10 Kill Uncle
1991 Pregnant for the Last Time #25 - -
1991 My Love Life #29 - -
1992 We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful #17 #2 Your Arsenal
1992 You're the One for Me, Fatty #19 - Your Arsenal
1992 Certain People I Know #35 - Your Arsenal
1992 Glamorous Glue - #13 Your Arsenal
1992 Tomorrow - #1 Your Arsenal
1994 The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get #8 (#46 U.S. Hot 100) #1 Vauxhall and I
1994 Hold on to Your Friends #47 - Vauxhall and I
1994 Interlude (with Siouxsie Sioux) #25 - -
1995 Boxers #23 - -
1995 Dagenham Dave #26 - Southpaw Grammar
1995 The Boy Racer #36 - Southpaw Grammar
1995 Sunny #42 - -
1997 Alma Matters #17 - Maladjusted
1997 Roy's Keen #42 - Maladjusted
1998 Satan Rejected my Soul #39 - Maladjusted
2004 Irish Blood, English Heart #3 #36 You Are the Quarry
2004 First of the Gang to Die #6 - You Are the Quarry
2004 Let Me Kiss You #8 - You Are the Quarry
2004 I Have Forgiven Jesus #10 - You Are the Quarry
2005 Redondo Beach/There Is a Light That Never Goes Out #11 - Live at Earls Court
2006 You Have Killed Me #3 -

Ringleader of the Tormentors

2006 The Youngest Was the Most Loved #14 -

Ringleader of the Tormentors

2006 In the Future When All's Well #17 -

Ringleader of the Tormentors

2006 I Just Want to See the Boy Happy #16 - Ringleader of the Tormentors
2008 That's How People Grow Up #14 -
Greatest Hits
2008 All You Need Is Me #24 -
Greatest Hits
2009 I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris #21 -
Years of Refusal
2009 Something Is Squeezing My Skull #46 -
Years of Refusal

 

 

 

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