You Are the Quarry
release date: May 17, 2004
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5]
[3,96]
producer: Jerry Finn
label: Attack Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights:
2.
"Irish Blood, English Heart" -
3. "I Have Forgiven Jesus" (4 / 5) -
4.
"Come Back to Camden" (4 / 5) -
5.
"I'm Not Sorry" (4,5 / 5) (
live) -
8. "First of the Gang to Die" (4 / 5) -
9. "Let Me Kiss You" (4,5 / 5) -
11.
"I Like You" (4 / 5) -
12. "You Know I Couldn't Last" (4 / 5)
7th studio album by
Morrissey is by many considered his comeback album in more than one sense. It was released 7 years after his previous studio album
Maladjusted (1997), which had been released after a tiresome trial with his former band members of The Smiths, and after a period where he stood without a record deal and just toured around the world for several years until he signed with the small label Attack Records in 2003. He continued his work (both live as well as for this album) with Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer. The style is not that far from his previous album but may feel closer to
Vauxhall and I (1994) than any of his succeeding albums, and it was generally well-received by critics and fans. In the UK it peaked at #2 on the album chart list and in the US, the album was his so far most successful album peaking at #11, and Morrissey was awarded the Mojo Icon Award in 2004. I perfectly understand why this album was met with fine reviews, and think of it as one of his absolute best solo albums placing it on par with his '94 album.
[
allmusic.com, Blender,
NME 4 / 5, Rolling Stone 3,5 / 5 stars ]
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"I'm Not Sorry"
"On returning
I can't believe this world is still turning
The pressure's on
Because the pleasure hasn't gone
And I'm
Not sorry for
For the things I've done
And I'm
Not looking for
Just anyone
On competing
Oh, when will this tired heart stop beating?
It's all a game
Existence is only a game
And I'm
Not sorry for
For the things I've done
And I'm
Not looking for
Just anyone
I'm
Slipping below the water line
I'm
Slipping below the water line
Reach for my hand
And, and the race is won
Reject my hand
And the damage is done
I'm
Slipping below the water line
I'm
Slipping below the water line
The woman of my dreams
She, she never came along
The woman of my dreams
Well, there never was one
And I'm
Not sorry for
For the things I've said
There's a wild man in my head
There's a wild man
In my head"
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"I Like You"
"Something in you caused me to
take a new tack with you
You were going through something
I had just about scraped through
Why do you think I let you get away
with the things you say to me?
Could it be I like you?
It's so shameful of me - I like you
No one I ever knew
or have spoken to resembles you
This is good or bad
all depending on my general mood
Why do you think I let you get away
with all the things you say to me?
Could it be I like you?
It's so shameful of me - I like you
Magistrates who spend their lives
hiding their mistakes
They look at you and I
and envy makes them cry
Envy makes them cry
Forces of containment
They shove their fat faces into mine
You and I just smile
because we're thinking the same line
Why do you think I let you get away
with all the things you say to me?
Could it be I like you?
It's so shameful of me - I like you
::You're not right in the head
and nor am I, and this is why
::This is why I like you, I like you, I like you
Because you're not right in the head,
and nor am I, and this is why
You're not right in the head,
and nor am I, and this is why
This is why I like you, I like you, I like you..."
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