Swords

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MORRISSEY Compilation Album
Name	'Swords'
Release	26 October 2009
Total Length	66:50
Recorded	2003-2009
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Whyte Morrissey/Boorer Morrissey/Tobias Morrissey/Farrell Bowie
Producer	Jerry Finn Tony Visconti Gustavo Santaolalla
Art work	Photography: Travis Shinn
Publisher	Decca Records (US) Polydor Records (UK)
Format(s)	Vinyl, CD
Chart position	UK #55
Compilation Album chronology
HMV/Parlophone Singles '88–'95 ← 'Swords' → Very Best Of Morrissey

Track list

CD

1. Good Looking Man About Town – 2:52 (Morrissey/Whyte)
2. Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice – 2:51 (Morrissey/Whyte)
3. If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me – 3:38 (Morrissey/Tobias)
4. Ganglord – 5:14 (Morrissey/Whyte)
5. My Dearest Love – 3:54 (Morrissey/Whyte)
6. The Never-Played Symphonies – 3:01 (Morrissey/Whyte)
7. Sweetie-Pie – 4:19 (Morrissey/Farrell)
8. Christian Dior – 3:56 (Morrissey/Boorer)
9. Shame Is The Name – 3:49 (Morrissey/Whyte)
10. Munich Air Disaster 1958 – 2:28 (Morrissey/Whyte)
11. I Knew I Was Next – 3:45 (Morrissey/Tobias)
12. It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small – 3:29 (Morrissey/Whyte)
13. Teenage Dad On His Estate – 4:04 (Morrissey/Whyte)
14. Children In Pieces – 4:01 (Morrissey/Tobias)
15. Friday Mourning – 4:05 (Morrissey/Whyte)
16. My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye – 2:50 (Morrissey/Whyte)
17. Drive-In Saturday [Live - 11 May 2007, Omaha, NE] – 5:01 (Bowie)
18. Because Of My Poor Education – 3:23 (Morrissey/Whyte)

"Live In Warsaw" bonus CD

1. Black Cloud – 3:08 (Morrissey/Boorer)
2. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris – 2:36 (Morrissey/Boorer)
3. I Just Want To See The Boy Happy – 2:50 (Morrissey/Tobias)
4. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself – 3:37 (Morrissey/Whyte)
5. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell – 3:04 (Morrissey/Boorer)
6. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby – 3:13 (Morrissey/Marr)
7. Life Is A Pigsty – 8:56 (Morrissey/Whyte)
8. I'm OK By Myself – 6:03 (Morrissey/Tobias)

Personnel

The Band

• Morrissey - Vocals
  
• Alain Whyte - Guitars, backing vocals
  
• Boz Boorer - Guitars
  
• Jesse Tobias - Guitars
  
• Gary Day - Bass guitar
  
• Solomon Walker - Bass guitar
  
• Dean Butterworth - Drums
  
• Matt Chamberlain - Drums
  
• Matt Walker - Drums
  
• Roger Manning - Keyboards
  
• Michael Farrell - Keyboards
  

Sleeve Artwork

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  Cover art. (2009)

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  'Live In Warsaw' bonus disc. (2009)

Mentioned In

• Swords: Album release information; Los Angeles concert information - Release Information (September 5, 2009)
• Morrissey tour dates in Europe; Swords: Album release information - Release Information (September 12, 2009)
• Swords: Album release information, Live In Warsaw limited edition bonus disc details, album pre-ordering information - Release Information (September 23, 2009)
• Swords: Album pre-ordering information - Release Information (October 4, 2009)
• Swords: Album download pre-ordering information - Release Information (October 15, 2009)
• Swords: Album released today in the UK - Release Information (October 26, 2009)
• Swords: Album released today in the US - Release Information (November 3, 2009)
• Swords: Limited edition deluxe CD and double vinyl LP formats now available in the US - Release Information (November 17, 2009)
• Statement from Morrissey to True-to-you - true-to-you.net (December 16, 2009)

Discogs Information

Credits

• Artwork - Glen Nakasako
• Bass - Solomon Walker
• Drums - Matt Walker
• Guitar - Jesse Tobias
• Guitar, Clarinet - Boz Boorer
• Keyboards - Kristopher Pooley
• Management - Andy Gould
• Management - Irving Azoff
• Management - Lil Gary
• Mastered By - Bill Inglot
• Mastered By - Dan Hersch
• Musician - Alain Whyte
• Musician - Boz Boorer
• Musician - Dean Butterworth
• Musician - Gary Day
• Musician - Jesse Tobias
• Musician - Kristopher Pooley
• Musician - Matt Chamberlain
• Musician - Matt Walker

Notes

Tracks 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-7, 1-8 and 1-11 produced in Rome 2006. Tracks 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16 and 1-18 produced in Los Angeles 2004 and 2008. Track 1-17 recorded live at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha, Nebraska in 2007. Tracks 2-1 to 2-8 recorded live at Stodola, Warsaw, Poland on July 7, 2009.

℗&© 2009 Decca Music Group Limited. Made in the EU.

Morrissey published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Boorer published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Bowie published by Tintoretto Music / RZO Music Ltd / EMI Music Publishing Ltd / Chrysalis Music Ltd Farrell published by Cat Minority Music Tobias published by 8 Stitches 9 Lives Music Whyte published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd; tracks 1-9, 1-18 by Barrow Gang.

Released in gatefold Digi-Sleeve with booklet (full lyrics for disc 1 plus Q&A with Hot Press magazine) and inlay for disc 2.

Images

• Swords - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/195460
• Swords (Compilation) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1986367-Morrissey-Swords

Wikipedia Information

Swords is a compilation album by Morrissey, released in the UK on 26 October 2009 and in the US on 3 November on Polydor. The album features 18 single B-sides collected from the preceding three Morrissey albums – You Are the Quarry (2004), Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006), and Years of Refusal (2009). Morrissey issued a total of 24 studio B-sides during 2004–2009, as well as numerous live B-side tracks, making Swords an incomplete collection of his non-album work of the era. However, in his review of the album, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic notes that "Not all the flipsides are here, but all the noteworthy ones are." Initial copies of the CD include a bonus disc of eight songs recorded live in Warsaw during Morrissey's 2009 tour. The compilation was supported by the Swords Tour, featuring dates in the UK, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Ireland, and the United States. In a statement, Morrissey revealed that he had intended Swords to be a budget album, and was disappointed to see it be retailed for such a high price.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords_(album)