This is what I posted a week or so ago re. 'changes to the album':
http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/131527-Leak-World-Peace-Is-None-Of-Your-Business-here?p=1986851812#post1986851812
And this is why I made these changes...
Neal Cassady, the first casualty, just doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the album, found myself skipping it far too many times, so I removed it.
I'm Not a Man is one of my favourite tracks in the album, along with Mountjoy and Art-hounds, however the intro drags and is rather pointless, the same can be said of the outro, so I decided to remove them both. This turns a very good song into an excellent one, as I've said, one of the best on WPINOYB.
The Spanish guitars at the end of Staircase add nothing to the track, they seem to be there for the sake of it, so they had to go.
Generally speaking, the Latin/European sound was over-used in this album in my opinion, this is why Earth had to go too, it was either that one or Bullfighter to remain, and Bullfighter wins hands down. A very catchy pop song.
Smiler does nothing for me, the lyrics are intricate and Morrissey's singing is top notch, however I find the music rather dull, as a song it doesn't work for me at all. A fine poem perhaps, but not a great song...so out came the axe.
Finally, the intro to Art-hounds is redundant and does not compliment the rest of the song, it appears to be bolted on to the main track, almost as an afterthought, it doesn't improve it one bit, so off it went.
I was rather disappointed with the deluxe version of the album after the first week of listening, and having made these changes, I am much happier with it now.
This now sounds like a Morrissey album to me.
I expect many to disagree, but remember this is just a matter of opinion, there is no 'right' or 'wrong'.