Years Of Refusal - Morrissey
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79 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: The latest solo album for the singer was produced by the late Jerry Finn.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Not since 1992’s "Your Arsenal" has he combined barbed wit and fast-moving, backward-glancing guitar rock so piercingly.
  2. Under The Radar
    80
    While it's hard to top some of the early solo work, it's easily his best album in more than a decade, and for the first time in years, he's made a record to stand beside those early classics. [Winter 2009, p.73]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Love and its bruising unobtainableness remains his chief concern, but with Years Of Refusal some things have changed. For a start there’s less of the stately strings of "Ringleader..." and more of the direct rockabilly of "...Quarry."
  4. Mojo
    60
    Years Of Refusal isn't a great album, but it's no disaster. [Mar 2009, p.104]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. KarolK
    10
    Well, what can I say... I knew it would be good... but I hadn't expected such a charming, passionate album. It's Morrissey.
  2. alexr
    8
    A good solid Morrissey album. Not his best, not his worst. I would say this is his best since his return, though.
  3. J.G.
    6
    Easily accessible, fresh sounding record with Morrissey in full concert with the rest of his band. That said where are the keen insights, the sly wit? A great Moz album to introduce non-Moz fans, but for die hards not enough of the wit, humor, and majesty that has made Morrissey.… Expand
  4. ThomasT
    3
    The Smiths were bad, this is worse

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