Years of Refusal by Morrissey (Record, 2009)

Jerry Finn

Lost Highway

0602517976030

16050124106

Morrissey

2000s

Record

2009

Studio Recording

Years of Refusal

Album

2599 Sec

Pop, Alternative, Rock

Matt Walker

3 stars out of 5 -- "'Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed' has a delightful pop-classicist chorus, a staircase melody breathing poignancy into the words.", "It's a surprisingly muscular set of punked-up Brit-pop, spiked with the singer's still-dripping scorn..." -- Grade: B+, 4 stars out of 5 -- "YEARS OF REFUSAL thunders with noise-rock bass lines, enormous drums, and big swaths of guitar distortion.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "'I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris' is a beautiful testament to his greatest theme, interminable loneliness.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "His ninth album, YEARS OF REFUSAL, stares down existential dread with muscular glam-rock riffs, cheesy synths, heroic mariachi flourishes and a whole lot of punch lines.", "Brilliant....The lyrical dexterity and poetical prowess of the man, fifty this year, has yet to wane nor become diluted with age.", "YEARS OF REFUSAL is full of satisfying attitude, from the driving distortion of 'Something Is Squeezing My Skull' to the confident swig of 'All You Need Is Me.'"

Morrissey

Universal Music

1

Like the preceding RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS, 2009's YEARS OF REFUSAL finds the ex-Smiths singer in fine form.

Solomon Walker

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