By A Web Design
MORRISSEY
MORRISSEY
Viva Hate
His Masters Voice / EMI
With their four studio albums hitting the charts in the top two positions in the mid ‘80s it would be hard to argue that The Smiths called it a day prematurely. Irreconcilable differences between Morrissey and Marr put an end to the headline creating four-piece and it is Morrissey who has had the last laugh with his output since. Hot on the heels of The Smiths bust up came Morrissey’s first solo album Viva Hate, which has now been re-issued and remastered for the second time.
There is no doubt that the new version sounds crisp and clean and doesn’t suffer from some of the trappings of other releases from the ‘80s, but the biggest talking point comes with the track listing. Morrissey has insisted on dropping the tune The Ordinary Boys from the release and adding the outtake Treat Me Like A Human Being. Very little is gained or lost in this substitution.
Suedehead and Everyday Is Like Sunday still bring back memories of winter past and Late Night, Maudlin Street presses the right buttons, but efforts like Margaret On The Guillotine and Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together don’t have any of the punch they once held.
There is little doubt that Viva Hate has aged better than John Farnham, but a reissue like this without added material of note seems pointless.
_CHRIS HAVERCROFT
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