Morrissey – You Are The Quarry
(Sanctuary/Attack)

The Moz man is back with his first studio album in 7 years, entitled “You are the Quarry”. With the addition of a new keyboard player, Moz is ready to conquer the charts and do away with generic modern music.

Morrissey’s lyrics have become less whiny and more opinionated on “You are the Quarry”, touching on subjects like the current events in the United States in the opening track, “America Is Not The World”. I guess after 6 years of searching for a good record deal, among other things, Morrissey is a bit more agitated, hence song titles like “The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores” and “All The Lazy Dykes”. But the most important thing is that it feels and sounds like a Morrissey album by the way he makes you to think rather than only listen.

The majority of the songs are fairly upbeat, and will cause many to shake their asses in some cases. Some of the catchier chorus lines will even get stuck into your noggin. There are also a few slow piano ballads, I guess you can call them, but they are very nice to listen to nonetheless.

Some CDs come with a limited edition CD and DVD package. All I have to say is the DVD is the biggest piece of monkey turd I’ve ever seen in my life. It consists of only one video, a photo gallery of about 6 pics, and lyrics… which are already printed in the cd sleeve. I guess if you’re one of the many die hard fans, go ahead and buy the DVD. Just don’t come crying to me about it because I already warned ya.

For all you Moz fans out there, this album is certainly better than a few of his past works (eg. Kill Uncle). For all other people, it’s worth the listen. I must have listened to it over and over without even knowing because the album flows so damn good.

8.5 on my ass kick meter. — Chian