• Record Label: Sire
  • Release Date: Feb 25, 2014
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
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  1. May 10, 2014
    10
    I love Shoreline, and I think Morrissey is one of the greats of our generation. There are obviously much better recordings of the Smiths and Morrissey but this is a very solid album and obviously if you are a fan you should pick it up.
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85

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
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  1. Magnet
    Mar 19, 2014
    90
    Musically, there's nary a bad track. [No. 107, p.54]
  2. 90
    The accompanying live DVD, recorded at Shoreline Amphitheatre in 1992, is a good-enough bonus, rather than a must-have live document. These are minor quibbles of course; a whole stack of tacky badges couldn’t stand in the way of Your Arsenal being absolutely essential.
  3. Q Magazine
    Mar 19, 2014
    80
    "I need to rebuild a gang spirit," Morrissey said, and you can hear exactly that quality in the album's best moments. [Mar 2014, p.122]