No Rock And Roll Fun

I HAVE FORGIVEN MORRISSEY: Morrissey's guitarist, Alan Whyte, reckons New Mozzer disc You Are The Quarry is the best thing he's done. The edge is slightly taken off this by the rider that he means its the best thing Morrissey has done solo, which means there's still quite a gap between what we can expect and the worst Smiths stuff. On the other hand, if we take Mr. White at his word, we can look forward to "a cross between Your Arsenal and Vauxhall and I." Which is like putting Red Rum out to stud with a knackered seaside donkey, we'd have thought, but it should be fun.

This is Morrissey's first record since, oh, around the end of World War II.