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Morrissey - World Peace is None of Your Business
Morrissey has always been one of pop’s most curious figures. As the handsome frontman of the Smiths, he was a brooding matinee idol, renowned for sad songs like “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now.” As a solo artist, the Pope of Mope has been no less puzzling, a sexually ambiguous icon and animal-rights activist prone to rants and self-absorbed songs like “How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel.” Now Moz has released his 10th studio album, a collection that plays to both his strengths (witty, melodic introspection) and weaknesses (clichéd political self-righteousness). The title-track ballad and the flamenco-flavored “Earth is the Loneliest Planet of All” leave no doubt about his distaste for governments and humanity’s direction. Best is the sparkling autobiographical epic “I’m Not a Man” and “Istanbul,” which musically echoes the Smiths’ classic “How Soon is Now?” To paraphrase Longfellow, when Morrissey is good, he’s very good, but when he’s bad, he’s less than charming.
