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Who would you like to see produce the next album?
God I love your posts.
What next album? There isn't going to be one. His last album sold a fraction of Quarry despite lots of quite positive reviews. He may have sell out tours, but so do Go West and Tony Hadley on those touring 80s things. And most of his UK shows were in tiny venues. Which is good for us as fans, but likely isn't too impressive to record companies.
He sells out bigger venues outside Europe because he plays there less often. And Johnny Foreigner will listen to any old shite.
He f***ed up some of his high-profile festival performances in recent years by insisting on sticking with the "rock" sound. People want to hear the classics as they remember them, not re-imagined by some cack-handed rock guitarist. I'm sure Boz could play most Smiths and classic Moz songs the way they sound on the records, why he isn't lead guitarist is beyond me. He has also made some very poor single choices. SISMS should have been the lead single from Refusal. That was obvious to everyone but Morrissey at the time. And the plethora of re-releases and compilations has created some ill will. And most of the new stuff is shit. And he has to go to court later this year to prove he isn't racist. That's not normal, and no record company in their right mind will sign him with that looming on the horizon.
Not looking too good for old Mozzer. Oh, and the autobiography will never come out, mark my words.
What if he wins the NME case? Do you think a label will sign him on the back of the publicity it creates? Particularly if the album release is timed to coincide with the autobiography... I don't think it's too unlikely.
Maybe it's a bit out there, but I'd like to see Gustavo Santaolalla, who produced "My Dearest Love".
This guy is a two-time Academy Award winner, so clearly he know how to produce top quality work.
Ok, even if not for the whole album, maybe he could just produce "Scandinavia". I bet he could make that one sound cinematic and amazing! I get chills thinking about how really great that song could sound properly produced.
What next album? There isn't going to be one. His last album sold a fraction of Quarry despite lots of quite positive reviews. He may have sell out tours, but so do Go West and Tony Hadley on those touring 80s things. And most of his UK shows were in tiny venues. Which is good for us as fans, but likely isn't too impressive to record companies.
He sells out bigger venues outside Europe because he plays there less often. And Johnny Foreigner will listen to any old shite.
He f***ed up some of his high-profile festival performances in recent years by insisting on sticking with the "rock" sound. People want to hear the classics as they remember them, not re-imagined by some cack-handed rock guitarist. I'm sure Boz could play most Smiths and classic Moz songs the way they sound on the records, why he isn't lead guitarist is beyond me. He has also made some very poor single choices. SISMS should have been the lead single from Refusal. That was obvious to everyone but Morrissey at the time. And the plethora of re-releases and compilations has created some ill will. And most of the new stuff is shit. And he has to go to court later this year to prove he isn't racist. That's not normal, and no record company in their right mind will sign him with that looming on the horizon.
Not looking too good for old Mozzer. Oh, and the autobiography will never come out, mark my words.
Doubt Bernard Butler would do anything with Morrissey as he's friends with Marr.
I know it is near blasphemy, but Rick Rubin has done a phenomenal job with Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond - albums which some consider to be among their masterworks. They were unique, idiosynchratic musicians (ummm...like Morrissey?) and master lyricists...and Rubin built the albums around THEIR qualities, rather than his own. I know it's a YouTube track, but listen to the production on this:
Morrissey needs to go into the studio - alone - and do something he's never done before. An acoustic record. Sort of clean the slate and start the next part of his career. It worked for Johnny Thunders with Hurt Me.