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MagnetDec 22, 2017Even 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]
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Nov 17, 2017Low in High School, his 11th solo album, is as dazzling and infuriating as anything in his canon, full of the stuff that has made the 58-year-old former Smiths frontman one of the most provocative and adored stars of our time.
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Nov 17, 2017The backup ain't the Smiths, but its solid and campy, adding its own wit. As philosophical alt-rock standup goes, the man is still peerless.
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Nov 16, 2017Instead of your lonely, romantic proxy, he’s your surly, sometimes cool uncle who’s set in his ways but still capable of surprises. Low In High School has a few of those, most effectively on the mid-album epic “I Bury The Living.”
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Q MagazineNov 9, 2017Morrissey, at 58, once again proves himself a pop provocateur of enduring efficacy. [Dec 2017, p.100]
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Nov 9, 2017Here we have him boldly stating his desires, aligning himself with our baser nature. Whether this is a sign of a lack of subtlety or a brave forward step is, of course, up for debate but that clash of the brutal and the human, the savage and the sensual is certainly compelling.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 67
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Mixed: 9 out of 67
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Negative: 25 out of 67
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Nov 23, 2017
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Nov 17, 2017
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