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You Are the Quarry is the seventh studio album by Morrissey, the former lead singer of The Smiths. The album was released on 17 May 2004.

Significance

The release was a significant event in Morrissey's career for several reasons. Throughout the late 90s, Morrissey was treated with contempt by the British music press and subsequently became a pariah with respect to the Britpop movement,[citation needed] turning to progressive rock in lieu of his usual indie pop. With You Are the Quarry, Morrissey returns to the musical mainstream. Because it was his first studio album in seven years, the critics and the public were more willing to give him a chance and offer a tabula rasa. As such, the first single "Irish Blood, English Heart" became his highest charting single in the UK at #3 and received significant airplay in the US, going to #36 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album charted at #2 in the UK (held off the top spot by Keane, which prompted Morrissey to joke in concert at the time "With regard to the album 'You Are the Quarry', if your name is Keane then you better leave now".) and became Morrissey's highest charting album in the US, reaching #11.

The album is in many ways unique in comparison to Morrissey's previous work. Musically, Jerry Finn's production gives the album a very mainstream, commercial feel, but it also makes the songs very appealing and polished. This is especially evident in the percussion, which is prominent and melodic. Guitarists Boz Boorer and Alain Whyte craft songs that fit somewhere between modern indie rock and AOR. Lyrically, Morrissey touches on many themes, varying from politics to relationships to Morrissey's place in society.

Alternate editions

In October 2004, Attack repackaged and reissued You Are the Quarry as a two disc Deluxe Edition. The second disc collected the nine b-sides from the album's first three singles, as well as some collected video, including Morrissey's live performances on American TV show, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.

Some versions of the packaging do not show the full frame on the cover, but only a crop of Morrissey's face, thus completely cropping out the machine gun, which suggests a probable censorship decision.

Tracklist

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."America Is Not the World"Morrissey/Alain Whyte4:03
2."Irish Blood, English Heart"Morrissey/Whyte2:37
3."I Have Forgiven Jesus"Morrissey/Whyte3:41
4."Come Back to Camden"Morrissey/Boz Boorer4:14
5."I'm Not Sorry"Morrissey/Boorer4:41
6."The World Is Full of Crashing Bores"Morrissey/Boorer3:51
7."How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?"Morrissey/Whyte3:25
8."First of the Gang to Die"Morrissey/Whyte3:38
9."Let Me Kiss You"Morrissey/Whyte3:30
10."All the Lazy Dykes"Morrissey/Whyte3:31
11."I Like You"Morrissey/Boorer4:11
12."You Know I Couldn't Last"Morrissey/Whyte/Gary Day5:51

Deluxe Edition

CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."America Is Not the World"Morrissey/Whyte4:03
2."Irish Blood, English Heart"Morrissey/Whyte2:37
3."I Have Forgiven Jesus"Morrissey/Whyte3:41
4."Come Back to Camden"Morrissey/Boz Boorer4:14
5."I'm Not Sorry"Morrissey/Boorer4:41
6."The World Is Full of Crashing Bores"Morrissey/Boorer3:51
7."How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?"Morrissey/Whyte3:25
8."First of the Gang to Die"Morrissey/Whyte3:38
9."Let Me Kiss You"Morrissey/Whyte3:30
10."All the Lazy Dykes"Morrissey/Whyte3:31
11."I Like You"Morrissey/Boorer4:11
12."You Know I Couldn't Last"Morrissey/Whyte/Day5:51
13."Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice"Morrissey/Whyte2:53
14."It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small"Morrissey/Whyte3:32
15."Teenage Dad on His Estate"Morrissey/Whyte4:08
16."Munich Air Disaster 1958"Morrissey/Whyte2:30
17."Friday Mourning"Morrissey/Whyte4:08
18."The Never-Played Symphonies"Morrissey/Whyte3:03
19."My Life Is a Succession of People Saying Goodbye"Morrissey/Whyte2:55
20."I Am Two People"Morrissey/Whyte3:55
21."Mexico"Morrissey/Boorer/Day4:06

DVD

  1. "Irish Blood, English Heart" (Promotional video)
  2. "First of the Gang to Die" (Promotional video)
  3. "First of the Gang to Die" (22 July 2004 from The Late Late Show)
  4. "I Have Forgiven Jesus" (22 July 2004 from The Late Late Show)
  5. "Let Me Kiss You" (22 July 2004 from The Late Late Show)

Singles

  1. "It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  2. "Munich Air Disaster 1958" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  3. "The Never-Played Symphonies" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  1. "My Life Is a Succession of People Saying Goodbye" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  2. "Teenage Dad on His Estate" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  3. "Mexico" (Morrissey/Boorer)
  1. "Friday Mourning" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  2. "I Am Two People" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  3. "Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  1. "The Slum Mums" (Morrissey/Boorer)
  2. "The Public Image" (Morrissey/Boorer)
  3. " No One Can Hold a Candle to You" (Maker)

Musicians

The Band

Trivia

  • "You Are the Quarry" is the first Morrissey album that does not enclose the title in quotation marks on the cover.
  • The song "I Like You" appeared on Bizarre Creations' "Project Gotham Racing 3" for the XBox 360.
  • The cover photo features Morrissey brandishing the legendary Thompson Submachine Gun.
  • "America is not the world" appears in the movie Mama's Boy, starring John Heder and Anna Faris. In the movie, Jon Heder's character likes The Smiths, but says that Morrissey died in 1987 when the band broke up. Anna Farris' character tells him that his solo music is still good and he should give it a try, and in the end he plays the song on a stereo while standing on top of a car.
  • Irish artist Christy Moore covered 'America Is Not The World' with Declan Sinnott in his 2006 Concert at the Point, Dublin, now known as the O2. A recording of this version may be found on the CD recording of the concert; 'Christy Moore: Live at the Point 2006' under the altered title of 'America, You Are Not The World'

References

  1. ^ George-Warren, Holly (24 May 2004). "You Are the Quarry: Music Review:Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
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