3 November 2009

Swords, a brilliant compilation of b-sides of singles from Morrissey's recent albums, is released today in the US. Swords is available now on standard CD, standard download, and limited edition deluxe download. Two additional formats will be available later this month: limited edition deluxe CD and double vinyl LP.

The deluxe formats include Live In Warsaw: eight songs recorded live in July 2009. Physical copies of Live In Warsaw will only be available while stocks last, and the download format will only be available via iTunes for the first month of the release.

The deluxe download on iTunes additionally includes two bonus tracks: "The Slum Mums" and "Human Being."

Swords track listing:

"Good Looking Man About Town"
"Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice"
"If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me"
"Ganglord"
"My Dearest Love"
"The Never-Played Symphonies"
"Sweetie-Pie"
"Christian Dior"
"Shame Is The Name"
"Munich Air Disaster 1958"
"I Knew I Was Next"
"It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small"
"Teenage Dad On His Estate"
"Children In Pieces"
"Friday Mourning"
"My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye"
"Drive-In Saturday"
"Because Of My Poor Education"
"The Slum Mums" (bonus track included with deluxe download on iTunes)
"Human Being" (bonus track included with deluxe download on iTunes)

Live In Warsaw track listing:

"Black Cloud"
"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
"I Just Want To See The Boy Happy"
"Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself"
"One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell"
"You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby"
"Life Is A Pigsty"
"I'm OK By Myself"

You can order Swords now from:

Amazon (US)
US standard CD

Barnes & Noble (US)
US standard CD

iTunes (US)
US standard download, US deluxe download

You can pre-order Swords now from:

Amazon (US)
US deluxe CD, US double vinyl LP

Barnes & Noble (US)
US deluxe CD, US double vinyl LP

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26 October 2009

Swords, a brilliant compilation of b-sides of singles from Morrissey's recent albums, is released today in the UK. Swords is available on CD, double vinyl LP, and download. A limited initial run includes an 8-track Live In Warsaw CD from July 2009. Physical copies of the bonus disc will only be available while stocks last, and the download format will only be available via iTunes for the first month of the release.

Swords track listing:

"Good Looking Man About Town"
"Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice"
"If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me"
"Ganglord"
"My Dearest Love"
"The Never-Played Symphonies"
"Sweetie-Pie"
"Christian Dior"
"Shame Is The Name"
"Munich Air Disaster 1958"
"I Knew I Was Next"
"It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small"
"Teenage Dad On His Estate"
"Children In Pieces"
"Friday Mourning"
"My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye"
"Drive-In Saturday"
"Because Of My Poor Education"

Live In Warsaw track listing:

"Black Cloud"
"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
"I Just Want To See The Boy Happy"
"Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself"
"One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell"
"You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby"
"Life Is A Pigsty"
"I'm OK By Myself"

You can order Swords now from:

Amazon (UK)
UK CD, UK double vinyl LP

HMV (UK)
UK CD, UK double vinyl LP

iTunes (UK)
UK download

You can pre-order Swords now from:

Amazon (US)
US CD, US double vinyl LP

Barnes & Noble (US)
US CD, US double vinyl LP

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15 October 2009

Swords, a compilation of b-sides of singles from Morrissey's recent albums, can be pre-ordered on the download format now in the UK.

You can pre-order the Swords download now from iTunes UK.

4 October 2009

Swords, an 18-track compilation of b-sides of singles from Morrissey's recent albums, can be pre-ordered now in the US.

You can pre-order Swords now from:

Amazon (US)
US CD, US double vinyl LP

Barnes & Noble (US)
US CD, US double vinyl LP

23 September 2009

Swords, an 18-track compilation of b-sides of singles from Morrissey's recent albums, is released on October 26. Swords will be available on CD, double vinyl LP, and download. A limited initial run will include an 8-track Live In Warsaw CD from July 2009. Physical copies of the bonus disc will only be available while stocks last, and the download format will only be available via iTunes for the first month of the release.

Swords track listing:

"Good Looking Man About Town"
"Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice"
"If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me"
"Ganglord"
"My Dearest Love"
"The Never-Played Symphonies"
"Sweetie-Pie"
"Christian Dior"
"Shame Is The Name"
"Munich Air Disaster 1958"
"I Knew I Was Next"
"It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small"
"Teenage Dad On His Estate"
"Children In Pieces"
"Friday Mourning"
"My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye"
"Drive-In Saturday"
"Because Of My Poor Education"

Live In Warsaw track listing:

"Black Cloud"
"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
"I Just Want To See The Boy Happy"
"Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself"
"One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell"
"You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby"
"Life Is A Pigsty"
"I'm OK By Myself"

You can pre-order Swords now from:

Amazon.co.uk
UK CD, UK double vinyl LP

hmv.com
UK CD, UK double vinyl LP

12 September 2009

OCT

Friday 23 BIRMINGHAM / symphony hall
Saturday 24 SWINDON / oasis
Monday 26 BOURNEMOUTH / opera house
Tuesday 27 LONDON / royal albert hall
Thursday 29 LEEDS / academy
Friday 30 SHEFFIELD / city hall

NOV

Monday 2 SALISBURY / city hall
Tuesday 3 BRENTWOOD / leisure center
Thursday 5 LONDON / alexandra palace
Saturday 7 LIVERPOOL / echo arena

Monday 9 NIJMEGEN, Holland / vereeniging
Tuesday 10 LILLE, France / aeronef
Thursday 12 PARIS, France / le zenith
Saturday 14 BRUSSELS, Belgium / forest club
Monday 16 BERLIN, Germany / tempodrom
Tuesday 17 HAMBURG, Germany / CCH
Thursday 19 DUSSELDORF, Germany / philipshalle
Friday 20 MUNICH, Germany / tonhalle
Monday 23 DUBLIN, Ireland / national stadium

This completes the list of European dates for 2009.

Swords, an 18-track compilation of b-sides, is released simultaneously in the US and Europe on October 26. A limited initial run will include an 8-track Live in Warsaw CD from July 2009.

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5 September 2009

Swords, an 18-track compilation of b-sides of singles from Morrissey's recent albums, will be released in the UK on October 26th and will be available on CD and double vinyl LP.

The track listing is as follows:

"Good Looking Man About Town"
"Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice"
"If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me"
"Ganglord"
"My Dearest Love"
"The Never-Played Symphonies"
"Sweetie-Pie"
"Christian Dior"
"Shame Is The Name"
"Munich Air Disaster 1958"
"I Knew I Was Next"
"It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small"
"Teenage Dad On His Estate"
"Children In Pieces"
"Friday Mourning"
"My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye"
"Drive-In Saturday"
"Because Of My Poor Education"

Initial copies of the CD will include a bonus disc of eight songs recorded live in Warsaw during Morrissey's 2009 tour.

Morrissey will play Los Angeles in December, the date and venue information to be announced shortly.

8 August 2009

Morrissey would like it to be known that he has not been consulted by EMI/HMV/Parlophone with regards to two forthcoming boxed sets of Morrissey singles. Morrissey does not approve such releases and would ask people not to bother buying them. Morrissey receives no royalty payments from EMI for any back catalogue, and has not received a royalty from EMI since 1992. Morrissey also does not approve of, and was not consulted on, the Rhino box of Smiths CDs, or the Warner releases of Smiths LPs on 180 gramme vinyl. Morrissey last received a royalty payment from Warners ten years ago, and, once again, he would ask people not to bother buying the reissued LPs or CDs.

16 June 2009

Universal's remastered version of Morrissey's 1997 album Maladjusted is now available for download in the US. You can order the download from Amazon (US) and iTunes (US).

9 June 2009

Universal's remastered version of Morrissey's 1997 album Maladjusted is released today in the US. The album features six B-sides from the Maladjusted singles, an extended booklet with liner notes written by Morrissey, and new sleeve artwork with rare images.

Maladjusted track listing:

"Maladjusted"
"Ambitious Outsiders"
"Trouble Loves Me"
"Lost"*
"He Cried"
"Alma Matters"
"Heir Apparent"*
"Ammunition"
"The Edges Are No Longer Parallel"*
"This Is Not Your Country"*
"Wide To Receive"
"I Can Have Both"*
"Now I Am A Was"*
"Satan Rejected My Soul"
"Sorrow Will Come In The End"

* B-sides

You can order Maladjusted now from amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

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