New Morrissey Album Out Next Week

Yep, just a few years after his big comeback record, You Are the Quarry, Morrissey returns with another interestingly-titled album next week--Ringleader of the Tormentors.

I LOVE the cover photo and design, by the way. The new album is already generating a huge buzz. Here's what Music Today has to say about it.

Morrissey’s new opus, RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS, is a savagely alive record and not just the next musical step from 2003’s YOU ARE THE QUARRY. In many ways it is a new sonic beginning.

From the opening track “I Will See You In Far Off Places” which utilizes sounds that will surely make the most ardent Morrissey fan stop in their tracks through the pomp and circumstance of first single“You Have Killed Me” and culminating with the final refrain of the epic “At Last I Am Born,” RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS not only takes the best aspects of the most classic Morrissey recordings but infuses them with the influence that only a production from legendary producer Tony Visconti can create.

Add to the mix the beautiful string arrangements from Ennio Morricone and RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS is simply a recording that is unique for even Morrissey and unparalleled by anyone else.

Track Listing:
I Will See You In Far Off Places
Dear God, Please Help Me
You Have Killed Me
The Youngest Was the Most Loved
In the Future When All’s Well
The Father Who Must Be Killed
Life is a Pigsty
I’ll Never Be Anybody’s Hero Now
On The Streets I Ran
To Me You Are a Work of Art
I Just Want to See the Boy Happy
At Last I Am Born

** I have to admit, I've heard the lead-off single, "You Have Killed Me," and it's...OK. It didn't grab me nearly as quickly as did "Irish Blood, English Heart" from Quarry. But if this new record's as good as they're saying it is, perhaps the first single is the least compelling of the album's tracks. I'll let you know next week.

Oh, and if you want to pre-order Ringleader of the Tormentors at a low price, click on the Music Today link above. You can also opt for a special T-shirt.