"looking forward to" is a bit strong, but oh well, I mean, even if "the new album" is terrible, I'll still listen to it a few times
for gosh sakes, its Morrissey were talkin about after all!
and besides, amazing things can happen in a studio with the right producer, engineer and what not, right?
It's a nice idea that the right producer and engineer can turn so-so songs into masterpieces but it just doesn't work like that.
Vauxhall and I is considered to be Morrissey's best ever album, Maladjusted is considered one of his worst (if not the worst). Yet, the producer, Steve Lillywhite, was the same for both albums.
If anything, quite a few Morrissey songs actually get worse when they're recorded compared with the live versions e.g. We Hate it When and Jack the Ripper (although JTR was considerably rearranged live - it wasn't just the 'liveness' that made it better). I'd also argue that That's How People Grow Up sounded better when first heard live. The accordion was higher in the mix, and the clunky lyrics were buried a bit deeper.