Another pulled from my bottomless pit of archived material is this review from October 2009.
Morrissey
'Swords'
Polydor Records
Ending his most productive year since going solo, with an album of b-sides. Of course it’s Morrissey, nobody else could get away with it
The quality of Morrissey’s song writing is such that even something he considers worthy of nothing more than flipside fodder is usually better than what many other artists would be hard pushed to write as an A-side. Superfluous? Never! This is actually a better album than his Greatest Hits collection because it consists of lesser heard material, almost as good as an album of new songs really. Pulled from the back of the 13 hit singles his last 3 albums (You Are The Quarry, Ringleader Of The Tormentors, Years Of Refusal) generated, Swords is, all things considered, a fruitful offering.There is brilliance (Munich Air Disaster 1958, Teenage Dad On His Estate, The Never Played Symphonies) and there is the inspired ( Children In Pieces, Because Of My Poor Education, Don’t Make Fun Of Daddy’s Voice, My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye) A congregation of B-sides that could outstrip the best shots of the opposition with luxurious ease.Early copies of the album also include a bonus live disc of 8 songs recorded at one of his gigs in Warsaw last year.
*Published In Subba Cultcha*
MORRISSEY HOMEPAGE
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