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80
At the age of 60, he is still making music as if his life depended upon it.
10mo
80
Removed from the living artist, it may one day be hailed as a great album.
6mo
70
I Am Not a Dog on a Chain is one of the better latter-day Morrissey records: the sense of musical daring reveals how placid and complacent he's been for the better part of a decade.
10mo
70
Perhaps that’s why this album offers up some of his best performances, wryest lyrics, and most experimental arrangements in years. Moz has finally grown into the old man he always threatened to become.
10mo
67
I Am Not A Dog On A Chain features some of Morrissey’s best songs in years, and a couple of his worst.
10mo
61
Mildly captivating, occasionally repetitive, and frequently ridiculous, the 13th studio album from the fabulous sulk turned red-pill pharmacist is Moz’s vision of radical truth-telling.
10mo
60
You may no longer leap onstage to hug him like a soul mate, but judged on purely artistic terms this is an interesting album. Whether you can separate it from his opinions, dear reader, is one for the darker nights.
10mo
60
The controversial singer alternates between petty indignation and true artistry.
10mo
60
Those whose bridges have not been burned entirely will find some joys in amongst the frustration.
9mo
60
Bruised and bloodied by mainstream isolation, Moz returns with another spirited but ultimately subpar collection of meandering misanthropy.
8mo
60
It's impossible in 2020 to separate a Morrissey album from its creator's problematic proclamations. Which is a shame, because I Am Not A Dog... continues the late-career warm-is streak that started with Low In High School.
6mo
60
Gloves remain on as Moz lashes out. He hits and he misses.
6mo
50
This charming man's bowshots at English society can get repetitive.
3mo
40
Album by the controversial former Smiths frontman has its moments, but they are brief and virtually lost amid the more experimental forays.
10mo
40
Morrissey knows exactly who he is: a victim, though he’ll never admit he does it to himself. His coyness undermines his apparent glee as a truth-teller, while his recourse to superannuated lamentation ignores the potential for later-in-life artists such as Bowie and Cohen to outdo their youthful glories. At this rate, he’ll never sit alongside them.
10mo
40
'I see no point in being nice,' he barks. Quite. However, a bitter aftertaste, lingers long after the final notes.
6mo
0
Just retire, Morrissey, and take up gardening or crocheting swastikas or whatever it is that crotchety racists do with their waning years.
10mo
First of all fuck Morrissey, he's an ignorant, racist, piece of human shit.
However, I am one of those people who separate art from the artist...when I can. Sometimes you can't, like when watching an old Louie C.K. bit about how much he likes jerking off or listening to Michael Jackson sing "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)," stuff like that is too distracting. That happens once on this album for me on the titular track, "I Am Not a Dog on a Chain," where Morrissey sings about ... read more
However, I am one of those people who separate art from the artist...when I can. Sometimes you can't, like when watching an old Louie C.K. bit about how much he likes jerking off or listening to Michael Jackson sing "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)," stuff like that is too distracting. That happens once on this album for me on the titular track, "I Am Not a Dog on a Chain," where Morrissey sings about ... read more
Even though I periodically listen to Morrissey's solo material, I do not endorse or support any of his grim political views and statements.
Anyway, isn't this a website about music? So let's discuss about it.
I was curious about this album. The singles weren't that bad...I guess?
As a massive Smiths fan it's quite hard to jump to Morrissey's solo efforts, because they never quite match the same greatness as the band's discography.
I have to say, what impressed me the most on "I Am Not A ... read more
Anyway, isn't this a website about music? So let's discuss about it.
I was curious about this album. The singles weren't that bad...I guess?
As a massive Smiths fan it's quite hard to jump to Morrissey's solo efforts, because they never quite match the same greatness as the band's discography.
I have to say, what impressed me the most on "I Am Not A ... read more
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Track List
- Jim Jim Falls
- Love Is on Its Way Out
- Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?
- I Am Not a Dog on a Chain
- What Kind of People Live in These Houses?
- Knockabout World
- Darling, I Hug a Pillow
- Once I Saw the River Clean
- The Truth About Ruth
- The Secret of Music
- My Hurling Days Are Done
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1w
Brilliant album by Morrissey. He is an icon and frankly I love how he upsets the PC generation with this deliciously truculent album.
10mo
man i have never seen albumism give below a 3 star, and they usually give albums 5 stars. this is funny.
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Added on: January 10, 2020