Morrissey - Kill Uncle CDs • Vinyl Records • LPs • Music Albums

work. What Kill Uncle lacks is the musical coherence, let alone the stick-in-your-head charisma, that would lend the album the consistency of the singer's previous work. From the pleasant pop of "Our Frank" to the lazy crawl of "Asian Rut" or the pound of "Found Found Found," it plays more like a fragmented collection of polished studio outtakes than a finished album. After a choppy compilation of British singles and B sides from Morrissey last year (Bona Drag), that detached feel is particularly disappointing.

Ironically, disappointment is an integral component of Morrissey's work – it should, however, derive from the mood of each song's lyrics instead of from listeners' reactions. (RS 611)

RACHEL FELDER

Moz left behind the inspired, pointedly personal world of Viva Hate for the camp found on his earlier "Hairdresser On Fire." Though far from essential, itÂ’s not a bad album and their are some choice cuts here -- the DIY celebration "Sing Your Life," the aching "Driving Your Girlfriend Home," and "There's A Place In Hell...," could be the closer to Viva Hate.