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While it isn't a gutsy rock & roll record like Your Arsenal, Vauxhall and I is equally impressive. Filled with carefully constructed guitar pop gems, the album contains some of Morrissey's best material since the Smiths. Out of all of his solo albums, Vauxhall and I sounds the most like his former band, yet the textured, ringing guitar on this record is an extension of his past, not a replication of it. In fact, with songs like "Now My Heart Is Full" and "Hold on to Your Friends," Morrissey sounds more comfortable and peaceful than he ever has. And "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get," "Speedway," and "Spring-Heeled Jim" prove that he hasn't lost his vicious wit.
Tracklist
1 Now My Heart Is Full
2 Spring Heeled Jim
3 Billy Budd
4 Hold On To Your Friends
5 The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get
6 Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
7 I Am Hated For Loving
8 Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
9 Used To Be A Sweet Boy
10 The Lazy Sunbathers
11 Speedway