Track Listing

1. Our Frank
2. Asian Rut
3. Sing Your Life
4. Mute Witness
5. King Leer
6. Found Found Found
7. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
8. Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
9. I'm The End Of The Family Line
10. There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32101 in Music
• Released on: 2003-12-01
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Genius singer, bad album
Morrissey is in one word a genius, however this album is not. This is probably the worst album he's ever recorded, actually not probably; this is the worst album he's ever recorded.

Opening with "Our Frank" a good but bland song, although generally there will be one or two songs of this quality on every Morrissey album the problem with this one is it's one of the album's best songs. The next two songs are about of the same quality with "Asian Rut" having a slightly haunting atmosphere and "Sing Your Life" having some nice lyrics.

"Mute Witness" is where the album finally comes alive, it is probably the second best song on the album, even if it could be called a little over the top or whatever on this album it stand outs as being one of the best on here. Sadly the album dies off again with the next song, a song that's not just bland but really just plain bad. The opening line of "King Leer" is probably the worst lyric Morrissey has ever wrote and sadly the next few songs don't get much better with "Found Found Found" and "Driving Your Girlfriend Home" being plain average and "The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye" being too long and again another bad song.

"(I'm) The End of the Family Line" finally shows that Morrissey can still write a great lyric and is easily the best song on the album. The album closer "There's a Place in Hell for Me and My Friend" while not being really special is a good song which ends the album at the about the same quality at which it started.

It baffles me how someone as amazing as Morrissey could struggle so much to write 33 minutes of good music, half the album is not even good, and it only really has 2 great songs.

If you want to get into Morrissey please don't buy this album, any of his other albums or his albums with the Smiths are much better. If you want to complete your Morrissey collection then by all means pick this album up just don't expect to be blown away. And for the casual Morrissey fan try and get a hold of "(I'm) The End of the Family Line" it's the only really essential Morrissey song on the album.

give it a rest wont you..
after reading plenty of negative reviews about Kill Uncle, i was a little reluctant to buy it.. but i'm very glad i did.

i recognise that this is down to personal preference but i love the whole atmosphere and production of this morrissey album in particular. The lyrics are sometimes unusual, which again whether you like or not is your preference.

Our Frank sets the mood. Mute Witness is a highlight with the great lyric 'your mute witness... oh well she's only trying to tell you what it was that she saw.' The End Of The Family Line and There is a Place.. wouldn't be too far out of place in later Smiths work, and provide a strong end to the album.

In my opinion Kill Uncle offers extremely underrated Morrissey songs but it's.. different.. style does NOT appeal to everyone.

A Difficult Album for Morrissey.
First up let me start by saying I am a massive Morrissey fan, I own all his back catalogue as well as the Smiths records and have seen him many times in concert.

Due to the high standards Morrissey sets himself, and therefore the standards the fans expect, this album was indeed something of a letdown as many other reviews suggest.

Through reading of literature of the works of Mozza, it is clear that this album suffered delays and mishaps after the changes in the Bona Drag album. Indeed this album seems rushed, or perhaps was put aside for more work then accidentally released.

The songs lack melody and strong guitar work, Morrissey's voice seems subdued, none of falsetto of the Smiths or strong vocal cries from Viva Hate. You seem to be waiting for many songs to start, they simply plod along cheerily.

Yet the album is not without its charms. For example, 'Our Frank' is a strong opener and 'Mute Witness' displays the lyrical wit of Morrissey at its best. 'I'm the End of the Family Line' is the archetypal Morrissey anti-love song, mulling on the fact that he will never produce a successor to the Morrissey family tree.

However the album is worryingly short, never has a Morrissey album been closer to the half hour mark. The album is over quicker than it began and is ultimately shorter than the 8-track Southpaw Grammar! There are some weak songs on here - 'Sing Your Life' springs to mind, a simple ditty with bland lyrics and minimalist guitar work and poor production. 'Driving Your Girlfriend Home' and 'King Leer' are equally weak by Morrissey standards. Put these up against the classics and you would barely link the two to the same artist.

This album serves as reminder that even the greats have a dodgy album. Yet the hardcore must still buy this album, as a reminder that things could have gone VERY wrong for the modern Morrissey, embraced by new listeners and British media.

If you are looking for an introduction to Morrissey, or have one or two of his albums and you looking to get into him a bit more then avoid. There is much better stuff out there. In fact, buy any of the other solo studio albums over this.

If you are a die-hard Morrissey fan then buy it, stick it in the collection and listen to it every now and then either in the background or as a light-hearted pop album. You can't go deep with this album like you can with the classics such as Viva Hate, Vauxhall and Quarry.