Album · Morrissey
Your Arsenal by Morrissey
Your Arsenal is an album by Morrissey, released in 1992. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 51 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Tomorrow”, on 34 lists with a best position of #6.
Your Arsenal, Morrissey's third solo album, came out on His Master's Voice on 27 July 1992, and it's the moment the former Smiths frontman decided to plug in and turn up. Mick Ronson produced it, and he gives the songs a glammy, rockabilly-flecked punch, with Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer now filling the co-writer's chair left empty when Johnny Marr went his own way.
Morrissey was reinventing himself here as a tougher, more robust figure, playing with patriotic imagery and working-class masculinity, but the baritone croon and the dark, self-mocking wit are all still intact. "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" is a jaunty, sneering jab at envy, "You're the One for Me Fatty" is a bouncy, affectionate oddity, and "Glamorous Glue" struts with a heavy, stomping swagger. Then there's "Tomorrow", a rush of yearning guitars under one of his most desperate, pleading vocals.
Critics loved it, and it climbed to number 4 on the UK Albums Chart, extending the run of top-ten solo albums he'd started with Viva Hate.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Your Arsenal on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomorrow | 34 | #6 | – | 1992–2023 | |
| 2 | We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful | 8 | #22 | – | 1992–2003 | |
| 3 | You're the One for Me Fatty | 6 | #25 | – | 1992–2003 | |
| 4 | Glamorous Glue | 3 | #50 | – | 1992 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.