Your Arsenal

Morrissey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 1992)
• Original Release Date: July 28, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LUL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,580 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: MORRISSEY
Title: YOUR ARSENAL
Street Release Date: 07/28/1992
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rocks surprisingly hard, August 27, 2003

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jon sieruga (Redlands, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Arsenal (Audio CD)

Although it fades a bit in the final stretch, "Your Arsenal" rocks pretty hard, with Moz in complete rock star mode. He's moody, coy, pouty, sexual, asexual and ethereal(especially on the haunting "We'll Let You Know")and I found this to be one of his very best efforts. Encompassing all of his strengths and few of his musical weaknesses, the CD is tight, compact and extremely well-produced.
Also check out the live album "Beethoven Was Deaf", which includes much of the material found here in a live, rocking format.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, April 10, 2004

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Henry Platte (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Arsenal (Audio CD)

This has to be my favorite Morrissey-solo album. It's just more consistent than anything else; the mood, especially, and the quality (even Vauxhall had a few weak songs). Some albums just seem to be collections of the songs that the artist happened to record at that time, arranged in a way that makes some sense, but Arsenal feels as though it was really concieved of as a complete work of art. From track one to track ten, the swagger and edge is consistent, from happier tracks (You're The One...) to the expected melancholy ones (We'll Let You Know). Seasick, Yet Still Docked might be a bit over the top ("Wish I knew the way / to reach the one I love / there is no way"), but its blunt, tired frankness sets it apart from similar songs in the Morrissey catalogue, and the stereotypical Smiths fan should lap it up. Aside from that, though - this is certainly Morrissey's other side, here, hinted at even in his Smiths days with songs like 'London;' a fiercer, more robust presonality, fascinated with the more gritty aspects of his nation. The humor, of course, remains intact, with songs like 'We Hate It...,' and his political side is displayed in 'Glamorous Glue' (not, as some have bizzarely suggested, in 'National Front...'). The closing track, Tomorrow, seems to me to be the epitome of the album, mixing the traditional sentiments ("Would you tell me that you love me / Oh, I know you don't mean it") with this reinventive loud, unwilting style.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOUR ARSENAL : essential masterpiece!, April 26, 2006

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J. Holmes "blood+whiskey" (yokohama, japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Arsenal (Audio CD)

i had heard Morrissey songs before in the past and i didn't really have much of an opinion on them. they seemed fine for what they were...but i had a hard time grasping just what all the fanatacism was about. until i heard Your Arsenal. then i understood and the curtain was lifted to reveal the allure of the Morrissey mystique. this album holds alot of personal special feeling and memories with it, but as a stand alone album, it is a masterpiece and a modern classic. the music thunders with a swagger and a confidence that draws heavy influence from Bowie, T-Rex, and a host of old rockabilly bands. draped with the charming vocals of Morrissey, the songs shine with a charm and a vigor that is life-affirming. it's really quite impossible to hand pick the best songs on here, because they are all truly great. a shining example of how wonderful a solid a Morrissey album can be...and one that revealed a whole new world of appreciation. consider me converted!