Low in High School
by Morrissey
  • Record Label: BMG
  • Release Date: Nov 17, 2017
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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 67 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 67
  3. Negative: 25 out of 67
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  1. lennycliff123
    Nov 19, 2017
    6
    I'd really like to give this a higher score as there are some really good tracks on the album, and one or two that wouldn't be out of place on a future 'best of' compilation. The trouble is there are also some atrocious songs, { 'I Bury The Living' being an example} that rank up there with Moz's worst.
  2. Skydog
    Nov 17, 2017
    5
    A great album at the start that eventually becomes very dull outside the singles. I'll stick with the singles because they fabulous but there's lots of filler on here. I felt like I Bury The Living was interesting but just dragged on way too long. They should have kept it short but kept that guitar outro which was beautiful.
    All The Young People Must Fall In Love was interesting but feels    A great album at the start that eventually becomes very dull outside the singles. I'll stick with the singles because they fabulous but there's lots of filler on here. I felt like I Bury The Living was interesting but just dragged on way too long. They should have kept it short but kept that guitar outro which was beautiful.
    All The Young People Must Fall In Love was interesting but feels really off. Like it was a first take and kept and Morrissey wasn't at his best.
    The rest of the songs felt like they were placed there to fill space...    … Expand
  3. Music_Observer
    Dec 3, 2017
    6
    In trying to put all of the focus on the delivery of lyrics, and subsequently relying heavily on organic songwriting intuition, the album became a flat, one dimensional, and boring experience, with Morrissey not being able to break from the basic, ground level textures of his culture or a Middle Eastern one, despite the messages coming across strong and everything serving a collectiveIn trying to put all of the focus on the delivery of lyrics, and subsequently relying heavily on organic songwriting intuition, the album became a flat, one dimensional, and boring experience, with Morrissey not being able to break from the basic, ground level textures of his culture or a Middle Eastern one, despite the messages coming across strong and everything serving a collective purpose. My Score: 103/180 (Okay) = 5.7/10… Expand

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59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. Magnet
    Dec 22, 2017
    75
    Even when you can't quite tell whether you want to laugh with or at Morrissey's heavy-handed proclamations, they're provocative, and that's worth a lot. [No. 149, p.51]
  2. musicOMH.com
    Nov 21, 2017
    60
    His 11th solo studio album Low in High School is a mixed bag of brilliance and dross. There are some genuinely interesting new explorations while other tracks are deeply disappointing. Disconcertingly uneven, yes, but not safely predictable.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Nov 21, 2017
    57
    A few songs are some of Morrissey’s most engaging, exciting work of the 21st century. Other songs get your attention for the wrong reasons. ... His political musings all arrive with a crushing lack of subtlety or nuance.
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