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9.5
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The Line Of Best Fit
It’s a remarkable record, and any fuss made here should have nothing to do with Morrissey’s persona, nothing to do with anything in fact, aside from what a tremendous achievement World Peace Is None Of Your Business really is
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9.0
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NME
An LP full of gorgeous musical flourishes
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8.3
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8.3 |
Earbuddy
Morrissey is an artist who still has a lot to say, and plenty worth listening to
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8.3
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8.3 |
Paste Magazine
Its slight idiosyncrasies within the Morrissey catalog end up being very rewarding on repeated listens
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Music
He sticks firmly to the grand indie-pop/glam rock’n’roll template he mastered decades ago but now sounds more stately and controlled
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Quietus
World Peace... breathes, take its time, and, I'm not joking here, has fun
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8.0
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8.0 |
State
At 55 years young, Morrissey’s voice has hardly been better and on the whole, this is easily his best collection of songs since 2004’s You Are The Quarry
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8.0
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8.0 |
God Is In The TV
He’s engaging with his music more than just using it as a metaphorical tickling stick made of nettles to attack chosen and imagined adversaries
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
For every step back, Morrissey's paso doble takes two steps forwards. His years of refusal seem to be turning into years of renewa
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8.0
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The Independent
It’s a far cry from the usual meat’n’spuds rock that has characterised most Morrissey albums; and a welcome change, suggesting perhaps that this most British of pop bards is renegotiating his own boundaries
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
World Peace Is None of Your Business may be as good as it gets at this stage in his career, which is good enough
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
May be less immediate than what came before, but it also might be the most consistent and multifaceted record of Morrissey’s “comeback” era
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8.0
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8.0 |
The List
A palpable punch in the jaw for doubters
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Intriguing curmudgeon expands his arsenal with shape-shifting 10th album. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
It’s so good you want to stand and cheer. Print edition only
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8.0
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Uncut
With renewed ambition, gallows swagger and final-curtain sobriety
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7.0
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7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s not a return to form, because there wasn’t really a departure from it in the first place. It is nothing more, and nothing less than a decent Morrissey album, and for some that is all the recommendation needed
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7.0
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7.0 |
musicOMH
The album will no doubt divide opinion but who does that on the contemporary music scene better than the Mancunian maverick?
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
Coming after a decade of albums where Morrissey's consistency was almost a fault, the untidiness of World Peace feels rather thrilling, holding the attention even when the record doesn't necessarily work
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7.0
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7.0 |
Digital Spy
Despite the odd mean-spirited swipe or irrelevant moan, it's still good to have Morrissey back in our lives
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spin
Morrissey maintains his expressiveness and power while improving his intonation
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7.0
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7.0 |
Under The Radar
Musically, it's more or less of a piece with Morrissey's output from You Are the Quarry onwards
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
A much stronger album than fans were expecting at this point
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6.0
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6.0 |
Clash
An album that will satisfy the faithful, and may even win new converts
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6.0
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The Digital Fix
This tenth solo album finds him in solid form, supported by songs that have a lightness of touch compared to the vigorous thrust of 2009's Years Of Refusal
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
A solid piece of work that is both entertaining and mildly comical, in an almost vaudevillian way: much like the man himself. It is also his best album in years
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6.0
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6.0 |
DIY
Feels infinitely more concise, and musically more defined
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6.0
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Sputnik Music (staff)
Given the great work apparent on the album’s first half, it’s a pity to see the album slide to a close so disappointingly
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5.9
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5.9 |
Pitchfork
Along with the occasional trudging bits, Morrissey's smug preachiness is the album's other off-putting point
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5.8
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5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
The album on the whole has enough of Morrissey’s strengths to be a mostly serviceable Morrissey album
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5.0
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PopMatters
You Are Quarry had actual songs whereas World Peace is filled with silly political screeds and laundry lists of all the things he hates or finds infuriating
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5.0
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Exclaim
For the first time on record, he seems more obsessed with others than himself. Sadly, it doesn't suit him well
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4.2
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4.2 |
A.V. Club
Morrissey’s cynicism hasn’t changed in the past 28 years. But it isn’t anywhere near as perceptive or clever as it used to be. Nor anywhere near as fun
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4.2
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4.2 |
Pretty Much Amazing
A few songs inhabit a truth that feels like it comes from Morrissey and not the headlines, all of which prove to be standouts
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4.0
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The FT
This sour, plodding album does no one any favours
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0.0
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FasterLouder
One of those rare terrible albums whose awfulness is so epic that makes all the artists’ previous work worse purely by association
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