On February 21st the Definitive Master of Morrissey's seminal third
album will be released: YOUR ARSENAL. Originally released in 1992,
on the HMV label, YOUR ARSENAL was the album that sent Morrissey's
career stratospheric in the US (record-setting Hollywood Bowl
ticket sales, Grammy award nomination), and saw him consolidate his
position as an outstanding solo artist. The album includes four chart
singles, one of which, âśGlamorous Glue', was released 20 years later.
YOUR ARSENAL is very much a traditional two-sided album, with five
songs per side. Recorded after six months on the road with his new
touring band, side one has a live urgency: the swagger of a gang with
killer, muscular riffs and chops, enthralled to the grit of rock'n'roll and,
with legendary and hugely influential Spiders From Mars' guitarist
and arranger, Mick Ronson at the helm in the producer's chair, glam
rock.
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