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Kill Uncle
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Track Listing
- Our Frank
- Asian Rut
- Sing Your Life
- Mute Witness
- King Leer
- Found Found Found
- Driving Your Girlfriend Home
- Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
- I'm The End Of The Family Line
- There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #12743 in Music
- Released on: 2003-12-01
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .19 pounds
Customer Reviews
Morrissey Sings his Life......
Definitely not Morrissey's strongest album, but far from the disaster it was made out to be. Whilst some of the tracks are fairly low key - King Lear, There is a Place in Hell.. - most still stand the test of time. Mute Witness, Sing Your Life and Found Found Found (rumoured to be about Michael Stipe) are standouts. For me, though, End of the Family Line is the best track on the album.
If you already have some Morrissey albums but have been put off by reviews of this one, dont be. You will be pleasantly surprised. If you dont own any Morrissey yet, probably best to start with one of the later solo albums (Vauxhall, Your Arsenal, You Are The Quarry) or the earlier Viva Hate or Bona Drag.
Let down once more
Kill Uncle is not Morrissey's finest album. The musical settings lack the punch and textures of his finest work and, short though the album is, it sounds padded.
Just as Johnny Marr let him down badly on Strangeways, here Nevin and Langer simply fail to understand or supply the sort of backing that Morrissey thrives on.
Sing Your Life, King Lear and The End of the Family Line all sound to me as if they could have been great songs, but aren't, with Morrissey singing over what are at best generic pop-light backings that rather than supporting the voice, leave it foundering over the top.
For all that, it is a pleasant listen. But we expect more than 'pleasant' from Steven Patrick.
It's the weakest of his solo albums, but not quite as horrid as Strangeways.
Some goods tracks but a bit lightweight
Not his finest works but there are some good pop songs, notably "sing your life" and "Mute Witness". A hint of what went before and what was to come next with the poignant finale "There is a Place in Hell for Me & My Friends"
