MORRISSEY "Vauxhall and I - 20th Anniversary Definitive Master"
Morrissey’s fourth solo album from 1994 with an unreleased live concert from 1995 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
After "Your Arsenal", Parlophone Records is now also releasing MORRISSEY’s fourth studio album, Vauxhall And I as a 20th Anniversary Definitive Master! As an absolutely extraordinary work, it shot to number 1 on the UK charts and into the US Top 20 in its release year of 1995. The single "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" reached the UK Top 10 (the only MORRISSEY single in the nineties) and position 46 in the US Billboard charts!
To this day, most fans agree that "Vauxhall And I" is MORRISSEY’s best album. Unlike the guitar-fueled and raw studio predecessor "Your Arsenal", MORRISSEY, with his two new co-songwriters Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer, created a flawless pop album with brilliant and melodic songs, exquisite arrangements, and rather sweet melodies - some of the best he has ever recorded.
"Vauxhall And I" can certainly be seen as a breakthrough: After years of frustration over the misinterpretations of his songs and his aesthetics, and after losing some of his closest confidants, including Mick Ronson, who produced "Your Arsenal", MORRISSEY managed to come to terms with himself on "Vauxhall And I". Accordingly, there are clear signs that the then mid-thirties began to accept the tyranny of passing time and his own aging. Rather, he shook off the shadows of his past and developed a new will to welcome the future.
A whole range of characters confronts the listener on "VAUXHALL AND I", such as a reference to Graham Greene's 1938 novel Brighton Rock in the excellent opener "Now My Heart Is Full". Once again, the outcasts and those who stand against societal conventions appear as protagonists in his songs. Those who "take life at five times the speed" (Spring-Heeled Jim), and the rejected romantics in Billy Budd - a character from Herman Melville's last work. In "The Lazy Sunbathers", MORRISSEY attacks the ignorant and selfish holidaymakers who are "saturated with stagnation", in "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself" (later covered by The Killers) he goes against those who refuse to think and question things, and "Used To Be A Sweet Boy" touches on the theme of lost innocence, among other things.
The album's first single, "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get", impresses with an absolute killer riff and MORRISSEY's probably best lyrics, especially the very true and hilarious couplet "Beware I bear more grudges/than lonely High Court judges." (Beware, for I bear more grudges / than lonely judges at the Supreme Court). Once again, MORRISSEY proved that he can be unmatched and sharper than a razor with the pen when it comes to exposing the establishment.
The probably eeriest moment on the album is the chillingly whispered "Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning", a sad yet completely unsentimental story of rejection. In contrast, the most stirring song is the album closer "Speedway". From the roar of the engine at the beginning, the song pushes and burns through a litany of defiance and ambiguity, thus concluding one of the best albums that ever made a perfect statement of survival against all odds.
Since its initial release on March 14, 1994, "Vauxhall And I" has repeatedly appeared in "Best Album" lists around the world. The 20th Anniversary Definitive Master has been completely remastered by Bill Inglot. It will be released on CD, vinyl, and as a digital download and is also equipped with previously unseen photos.
The CD version comes with a bonus CD that contains an unreleased concert recording from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1995. At the concert, MORRISSEY played five songs from "Vauxhall And I", some songs from Your Arsenal, the non-album single Boxers, and a cover of Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's Moon River.
Vauxhall and I
20th Anniversary Definitive Master CD/Vinyl/Digital Download
01. Now My Heart Is Full
02. Spring-Heeled Jim
03. Billy Budd
04. Hold On To Your Friends
05. The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get
06. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
07. I Am Hated For Loving
08. Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
09. Used To Be A Sweet Boy
10.The Lazy Sunbathers
11.Speedway
MORRISSEY - LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, 1995
(Previously unreleased concert recording)
CD2 and Download Bundle 2
01. Billy Budd
02. Have-A-Go Merchant
03. Spring-Heeled Jim
04. London
05. You're The One For Me Fatty
06. Boxers
07. Jack The Ripper
08. We'll Let You Know
09. Whatever Happens I Love You
10.Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
11.The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get
12.National Front Disco
13.Moon River
14.Now My Heart Is Full
Morrissey - The more you ignore me, the closer I get (HQ) - TOTP 1994
http://youtu.be/lynU-IJlGw0
Morrissey’s fourth solo album from 1994 with an unreleased live concert from 1995 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
After "Your Arsenal", Parlophone Records is now also releasing MORRISSEY’s fourth studio album, Vauxhall And I as a 20th Anniversary Definitive Master! As an absolutely extraordinary work, it shot to number 1 on the UK charts and into the US Top 20 in its release year of 1995. The single "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" reached the UK Top 10 (the only MORRISSEY single in the nineties) and position 46 in the US Billboard charts!
To this day, most fans agree that "Vauxhall And I" is MORRISSEY’s best album. Unlike the guitar-fueled and raw studio predecessor "Your Arsenal", MORRISSEY, with his two new co-songwriters Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer, created a flawless pop album with brilliant and melodic songs, exquisite arrangements, and rather sweet melodies - some of the best he has ever recorded.
"Vauxhall And I" can certainly be seen as a breakthrough: After years of frustration over the misinterpretations of his songs and his aesthetics, and after losing some of his closest confidants, including Mick Ronson, who produced "Your Arsenal", MORRISSEY managed to come to terms with himself on "Vauxhall And I". Accordingly, there are clear signs that the then mid-thirties began to accept the tyranny of passing time and his own aging. Rather, he shook off the shadows of his past and developed a new will to welcome the future.
A whole range of characters confronts the listener on "VAUXHALL AND I", such as a reference to Graham Greene's 1938 novel Brighton Rock in the excellent opener "Now My Heart Is Full". Once again, the outcasts and those who stand against societal conventions appear as protagonists in his songs. Those who "take life at five times the speed" (Spring-Heeled Jim), and the rejected romantics in Billy Budd - a character from Herman Melville's last work. In "The Lazy Sunbathers", MORRISSEY attacks the ignorant and selfish holidaymakers who are "saturated with stagnation", in "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself" (later covered by The Killers) he goes against those who refuse to think and question things, and "Used To Be A Sweet Boy" touches on the theme of lost innocence, among other things.
The album's first single, "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get", impresses with an absolute killer riff and MORRISSEY's probably best lyrics, especially the very true and hilarious couplet "Beware I bear more grudges/than lonely High Court judges." (Beware, for I bear more grudges / than lonely judges at the Supreme Court). Once again, MORRISSEY proved that he can be unmatched and sharper than a razor with the pen when it comes to exposing the establishment.
The probably eeriest moment on the album is the chillingly whispered "Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning", a sad yet completely unsentimental story of rejection. In contrast, the most stirring song is the album closer "Speedway". From the roar of the engine at the beginning, the song pushes and burns through a litany of defiance and ambiguity, thus concluding one of the best albums that ever made a perfect statement of survival against all odds.
Since its initial release on March 14, 1994, "Vauxhall And I" has repeatedly appeared in "Best Album" lists around the world. The 20th Anniversary Definitive Master has been completely remastered by Bill Inglot. It will be released on CD, vinyl, and as a digital download and is also equipped with previously unseen photos.
The CD version comes with a bonus CD that contains an unreleased concert recording from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1995. At the concert, MORRISSEY played five songs from "Vauxhall And I", some songs from Your Arsenal, the non-album single Boxers, and a cover of Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's Moon River.
Vauxhall and I
20th Anniversary Definitive Master CD/Vinyl/Digital Download
01. Now My Heart Is Full
02. Spring-Heeled Jim
03. Billy Budd
04. Hold On To Your Friends
05. The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get
06. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
07. I Am Hated For Loving
08. Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
09. Used To Be A Sweet Boy
10.The Lazy Sunbathers
11.Speedway
MORRISSEY - LIVE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, 1995
(Previously unreleased concert recording)
CD2 and Download Bundle 2
01. Billy Budd
02. Have-A-Go Merchant
03. Spring-Heeled Jim
04. London
05. You're The One For Me Fatty
06. Boxers
07. Jack The Ripper
08. We'll Let You Know
09. Whatever Happens I Love You
10.Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
11.The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get
12.National Front Disco
13.Moon River
14.Now My Heart Is Full
Morrissey - The more you ignore me, the closer I get (HQ) - TOTP 1994
http://youtu.be/lynU-IJlGw0
