Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Good Looking Man About Town
2. Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice
3. If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
4. Ganglord
5. My Dearest Love
6. The Never-Played Symphonies
7. Sweetie Pie
8. Christian Dior
9. Shame Is The Name
10. Munich Air Disaster 1958
11. I Knew I Was Next
12. It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
13. Teenage Dad On His Estate
14. Children In Pieces
15. Friday Mourning
16. My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
17. Drive-In Saturday
18. Because Of My Poor Education

Disc 2:

1. Black Cloud
2. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
3. I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
4. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
5. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
6. You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby
7. Life Is A Pigsty
8. I'm OK By Myself

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1661 in Music
• Released on: 2009-10-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, Limited Edition
• Dimensions: .18 pounds
• Running time: 205 minutes

CD Description
Swords is a collection of 18 b-sides from the last three studio albums of former Smiths frontman, Morrissey; You Are The Quarry, Ringleader Of The Tormentors and Years Of Refusal.These three albums saw the rebirth of Morrissey's solo career after a seven year break from recording music, and the strength of his new found creativity can easily be heard on Swords. Swords includes a live cover of David Bowie's 'Drive-In Saturday'.

Customer Reviews

Essential Mozza
Yeah, yeah, yeah... Everyone's churning out the usual, predictable drivel about "Paint a Vulgar Picture". However, whilst that song dealt with a heartless record company making money out of a dead pop star, "Swords" is actually a pretty good purchase. For a start there are 2 tracks on this collection that appear on CD for the first time ("My Dearest Love" and "Drive-in Saturday" were only b-sides on vinyl singles). Secondly, if you snap it up now you get the "Live in Warsaw" disc which is a pretty good concert. Also, the collection comes with a booklet that features the printed lyrics to these tracks for the first time and an interview with the Man himself (an all too rare event these days). I often find that with acts from The Beatles to Pet Shop Boys, b-sides can reveal more about the artist than singles or album tracks ever do. Artists tend to be at their most relaxed and experimental on b-sides. Of course I bought the CD singles but I bought this as well because it's great to have these songs in one collection. Morrissey shouldn't be criticised for this collection, he should be praised. B-sides are a very rare concept these days and how many artists could put together such an album in this age of digital downloads? The only thing I will agree with previous reviewers on is the photo on the front sleeve. Check out the photo on the back of the CD booklet. It's superb, beautiful, moody and atmospheric - it should have been on the front cover! Doh!

I knew I was next
It's a shame that this cd seems to be getting negative reviews, even before it was out and I can't fathom why. I'm a recent Mozz-convert and have purchased all the albulms before this and had to snap this one up too. I don't own the singles so it provided me with a useful collection of his recent B-sides which I hadn't heard before, a lot of which should have been featured on the main albulms in my opinion. Good lucking man about town, Don't make fun of daddys voice, ganglord, shame is the name and I knew I was next make this a worthy purchase all on their own. All the tracks are excellent though and you even get a free live cd which has a nice live version of Why don't you find out for yourself on it. I have no problems with the track order either, it all seems to gel along quite nicely and it works as an albulm in its own right. Perhaps not worth a purchase if you already own all the tracks but definetly worth it if you don't, just remember its a compilation, if it bothers you then just don't buy it!

a good solid album
As a long time morrissey fan, this is definitely worth owning if you rate the recent album releases. Its a good selection which in a sense lacks a flow or cohesion, but makes it more enoyable than the bloated excesses of some recent Morrissey albums. Highlights for me on this are 'good looking man about town', 'dont make fun of dadys voice' 'ganglord', and 'shame is the name'. One negative is the poor version of 'drive in saturday', oh dear, Moz murders a classic song.. Still, a solid 3 stars overall for this.