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And so, three hearts beat within me as I review this wonderful album by MORRISSEY. One heart leaps with joy, as with the third album "Your Arsenal", MORRISSEY was able to reconnect with the successful times of THE SMITHS. In each of the 10 songs, you can feel deep emotions, and no song feels artificial. Especially in the second half of the nearly 40-minute-long record, which begins with "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful", you can feel the parallels to THE SMITHS; tears well up in my eyes every time I hear the song. Next comes "You’re The One For Me, Fatty", which melts me away every time I listen to it. With the last three songs, the stab to the heart follows, first with the heavy and sad song "Seasick", followed by "Yet Still Docked" and "I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday", which was covered shortly thereafter by DAVID BOWIE, and "Tomorrow", where the tempo picks up again.
But even in the first five songs, MORRISSEY showcases his gifted musicality. He already condemned hooligans in "We’ll Let You Know" and the far-right British youth movements in "The National Front Disco". He also criticized his own youthful sins with "Glamorous Glue" (glue sniffing). This album is a must-have, even if it is just a re-release.
The "special" mentioned at the beginning is the accompanying DVD, a live recording from MORRISSEY's first world tour, recorded on October 31, 1991, in California. And although the concert was filmed with many cameras, the quality is very poor :-( The sound quality is mediocre, and the picture quality is bad. Given the high effort put into the recording, the result is disappointing. However, I did not settle for that and borrowed a relatively "expensive" premium DVD player, and lo and behold, the quality actually improved compared to my no-name DVD player! But 10% more of very bad is unfortunately still bad :-( Additionally, most of the 18 songs are from the first two albums, which I personally do not always enjoy, but were very successful in the UK charts back then, making it into the top 10. I was particularly surprised by the many fans who managed to get on stage to hug MORRISSEY. During the first three songs, the security staff was completely overwhelmed and had no control over the situation. Nevertheless, this DVD is only for long-time MORRISSEY fans who must have everything from their idol. For a bootleg recording, which those over 40 among us know what that is, the recording is okay; for everyone else, it's a no-go. There are much better "Rockpalast" recordings of MORRISSEY and THE SMITHS!
The second heart beats significantly calmer than the first, and the third heart does not yet know how it should beat! Because this release does not come with a booklet, no lyrics, nothing :-( Just a "cheap" fold-out cover. If at least the selling price were reasonable, I would still raise my thumb halfway, but I can't find the album online for less than €14.99, and sorry, this re-release is not worth that. The price clearly does not match the performance!
Therefore, unfortunately, only 4 points.
