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MojoMar 16, 2020Removed from the living artist, it may one day be hailed as a great album. [Apr 2020, p.88]
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Mar 16, 2020It is an album bursting with epigrammatic phrases, ridiculous rhymes, huge melodies and provocative opinions. The sound is brash and arresting.
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Mar 20, 2020Set aside this inclination toward sneering solipsism, which not only characterizes but enlivens nearly every song, and I Am Not a Dog on a Chain is one of the better latter-day Morrissey records: the sense of musical daring reveals how placid and complacent he's been for the better part of a decade.
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Mar 20, 2020If you can get past the pall cast by that song’s sentiment, I Am Not A Dog On A Chain features some of Morrissey’s best songs in years, and a couple of his worst. It leans—in weird but not unwelcome ways—on electronics more than any record he’s ever done.
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Mar 25, 2020As with all documents by obsessives fixated on their targets, the album can be frequently ridiculous, mildly captivating, and occasionally repetitive, pocked by moments of goofiness that come from the runoff of a man eager to chase old miseries and find new ones to berate.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 33
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Mixed: 2 out of 33
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Negative: 3 out of 33
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