...And yet, for such a gifted poet, it’s the music rather than the words that does a lot of Morrissey’s heavy lifting here. Opener You’re Right, It’s Time, with its declaration that “I wanna speak up and not be trapped by censorship” slides on a Smiths-ish groove and wistful guitar. There’s a sleazy, dangerous, electro-touched rhythm to the title track, which is actually the best thing on offer. What he’s done with Roxy Music’s Amazona is a curio, but at least interesting. Zoom Zoom the Little Boy, meanwhile, takes some of the album’s more interesting music – slinking indie-pop with a side of 1960s psych – and tops it with lazy nursery rhyme-type couplets...
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