Viva Hate by Morrissey (CD, Reprise)

Album Features
UPC:	075992569927
Artist:	Morrissey
Format:	CD
Record Label:	Reprise
Genre:	Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Alsatian Cousin
2. Little Man What Now?
3. Everyday Is Like Sunday
4. Bengali in Platforms
5. Angel Angel Down We Go Together
6. Late Night Maudlin Street
7. Suedehead
8. Break up the Family
9. Hairdresser on Fire - (bonus track)
10. Ordinary Boys
11. I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
12. Dial-a-Cliche
13. Margaret on the Guillotine

Details
Playing Time:	46 min.
Producer:	Stephen Street
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Morrissey (vocals); Vini Reilly (guitar, keyboards); Stephen Street (guitar, bass); Fenella Barton, Richard Koster (violin); John Metcalfe (viola); Mark Davies, Robert Woollard, Rachel Maguire (cello); Andrew Paresi (drums).Recorded at Wool Hall Studios, England in 1987.One of pop's most eagerly awaited albums, VIVA HATE followed the demise of the Smiths with little delay. Produced and composed by Stephen Street (who also worked on the Smiths' last album), VIVA HATE was a sure-footed rebuttal to a world of critics who couldn't imagine Morrissey without guitar deity Johnny Marr. VIVA HATE contains far more sonic experimentation than most of the Smiths' work. Guitar duties are notably assumed by Durutti Column's sonic mastermind Vini Reilly, who fills the album with his trademark brand of expressive, intertwining lead lines.VIVA HATE proved a victory of many sorts for Morrissey--the anthemic "Everyday Is Like Sunday" provided another hit song, as well as proving that his lyrical powers were far from ebbing. One real stunner, "Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together" is just vocal and strings; a suicide reference as gripping and dramatic as The Smiths' "Asleep," it is nothing short of transcendent. On tunes like the bizarre opener, "Alsatian Cousins," Reilly's guitars rage and storm like fiery ghosts, while on "Late Night, Maudlin Street," they provide echoing atmospherics, leaving the real storytelling to the album's star, who more than rises to the occasion.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...Contains his career-high singles, the fractious 'Suedehead' and steam-age melancholia of 'Everyday Is Like Sunday'...
Q (20020301)

Rolling Stone 3.5 Stars - Very good