You Are the Quarry by Morrissey

You Are the Quarry, Morrissey's seventh solo album, came out on Attack on 17 May 2004, his first record in seven years, since Maladjusted, and the long silence only made the return louder. He had spent the gap in Los Angeles, and he came back with Jerry Finn producing and a big, punchy, radio-ready crunch that never smothers that baritone.

"Irish Blood, English Heart" comes out swinging, all bluster and chiming guitars, and "First of the Gang to Die" struts with a jaunty swagger. It was a comeback in every sense: all four singles went top 10 in Britain, the album reached number 2 at home, and in America it climbed to number 11 on the Billboard 200, the highest he had ever charted there.

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