Morrissey

Morrissey

Musician · UK · b. 1959

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Morrissey was born in Old Trafford, Lancashire, to Irish Catholic parents who emigrated from Dublin.

He has described himself as a lapsed Catholic and has been open about his struggles with clinical depression.

Biography

Early Life

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born on May 22, 1959, in Old Trafford, Lancashire, to Irish Catholic parents who had emigrated from Dublin. Growing up in a council house in Manchester, he was deeply influenced by the Moors murders, which left a lasting impression on him and inspired his later work, particularly the Smiths' song "Suffer Little Children." Morrissey attended St Wilfred's Primary School and later St Mary's Secondary Modern School, where he struggled socially but excelled in athletics. His experiences during this time shaped his artistic voice, often reflecting themes of emotional isolation and societal critique.

Career

Morrissey first gained prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the iconic rock band The Smiths, active from 1982 to 1987. Following the band's dissolution, he launched a successful solo career, beginning with his debut album "Viva Hate" in 1988, which topped the UK album charts. His music, characterized by a baritone voice and distinctive lyrics, often explores themes of anti-establishment sentiment, emotional longing, and dark humor. Over the years, he has released numerous albums, including "Your Arsenal," "Vauxhall and I," and "You Are the Quarry," solidifying his status as a significant figure in alternative rock.

Personal Life

Morrissey has maintained a private personal life, residing in Los Angeles and owning homes in Italy, Switzerland, and the UK. He has described himself as a lapsed Catholic and has been open about his struggles with clinical depression. Despite his fame, he dislikes the nickname "Moz" and prefers to be simply called Morrissey. In 2017, Los Angeles honored him with "Morrissey Day," celebrating his contributions to music and culture. His mother passed away in 2020, and he continues to influence the music scene with his unique perspective and artistry.

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Discography

Albums
Make-Up Is a LieMake-Up Is a Lie2026
  1. 1.You're Right, It's Time3:46
  2. 2.Make-Up Is a Lie3:08
  3. 3.Notre-Dame4:04
  4. 4.Amazona4:07
  5. 5.Headache4:21
  6. 6.Boulevard5:38
  7. 7.Zoom Zoom the Little Boy3:09
  8. 8.The Night Pop Dropped4:21
  9. 9.Kerching Kerching2:48
  10. 10.Lester Bangs3:39
  11. 11.Many Icebergs Ago5:27
  12. 12.The Monsters of Pig Alley4:56
I Am Not a Dog on a ChainI Am Not a Dog on a Chain2020
  1. 1.Jim Jim Falls3:44
  2. 2.Love Is on Its Way Out3:15
  3. 3.Bobby, Don’t You Think They Know?5:46
  4. 4.I Am Not a Dog on a Chain3:53
  5. 5.What Kind of People Live in These Houses?3:41
  6. 6.Knockabout World3:25
  7. 7.Darling, I Hug a Pillow4:47
  8. 8.Once I Saw the River Clean4:20
  9. 9.The Truth About Ruth3:45
  10. 10.The Secret of Music7:52
  11. 11.My Hurling Days Are Done5:01
California SonCalifornia Son2019
  1. 1.Morning Starship3:29
  2. 2.Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow4:06
  3. 3.Only a Pawn in Their Game3:46
  4. 4.Suffer the Little Children3:31
  5. 5.Days of Decision2:55
  6. 6.It’s Over2:52
  7. 7.Wedding Bell Blues2:56
  8. 8.Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets2:09
  9. 9.Lady Willpower3:07
  10. 10.When You Close Your Eyes3:29
  11. 11.Lenny’s Tune3:30
  12. 12.Some Say I Got Devil4:08
This Is MorrisseyThis Is Morrissey2018
  1. 1.The Last of the Famous International Playboys3:37
  2. 2.Ouija Board, Ouija Board3:47
  3. 3.Speedway4:28
  4. 4.Have-A-Go-Merchant2:42
  5. 5.Satellite of Love (live)3:47
  6. 6.Suedehead (Mael mix)3:36
  7. 7.Lucky Lisp2:49
  8. 8.Whatever Happens, I Love You3:04
  9. 9.You’re the One for Me, Fatty (live)3:06
  10. 10.Jack the Ripper3:25
  11. 11.The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye5:33
  12. 12.Everyday Is Like Sunday3:32
Low in High SchoolLow in High School2017
  1. 1.My Love, I’d Do Anything for You4:43
  2. 2.I Wish You Lonely2:59
  3. 3.Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up on the Stage4:19
  4. 4.Home Is a Question Mark4:00
  5. 5.Spent the Day in Bed3:31
  6. 6.I Bury the Living7:25
  7. 7.In Your Lap4:36
  8. 8.The Girl From Tel‐Aviv Who Wouldn’t Kneel4:57
  9. 9.All the Young People Must Fall in Love3:37
  10. 10.When You Open Your Legs3:17
  11. 11.Who Will Protect Us From the Police?4:05
  12. 12.Israel5:56
World Peace Is None of Your BusinessWorld Peace Is None of Your Business2014
  1. 1.World Peace Is None of Your Business4:33
  2. 2.Neal Cassady Drops Dead4:05
  3. 3.I’m Not a Man7:49
  4. 4.Istanbul4:42
  5. 5.Earth Is the Loneliest Planet3:37
  6. 6.Staircase at the University5:27
  7. 7.The Bullfighter Dies2:04
  8. 8.Kiss Me a Lot4:04
  9. 9.Smiler With Knife5:17
  10. 10.Kick the Bride Down the Aisle5:18
  11. 11.Mountjoy5:02
  12. 12.Oboe Concerto4:07
Very Best of MorrisseyVery Best of Morrissey2011
  1. 1.The Last of the Famous International Playboys3:34
  2. 2.You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side3:35
  3. 3.The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get3:43
  4. 4.Glamorous Glue4:05
  5. 5.Girl Least Likely To4:48
  6. 6.Suedehead3:52
  7. 7.Tomorrow (US remix radio edit)3:55
  8. 8.Boxers3:24
  9. 9.My Love Life (US mix)4:49
  10. 10.Break Up the Family3:47
  11. 11.I've Changed My Plea to Guilty3:39
  12. 12.Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference2:50
  13. 13.Ouija Board, Ouija Board3:46
  14. 14.Interesting Drug3:20
  15. 15.November Spawned a Monster5:23
  16. 16.Everyday Is Like Sunday3:33
  17. 17.Interlude (solo version)3:39
  18. 18.Moonriver (extended version)9:39
The HMV/Parlophone Singles ’88–’95The HMV/Parlophone Singles ’88–’952009
  1. 1.Suedehead3:55
  2. 2.I Know Very Well How I Got My Name2:01
  3. 3.Hairdresser on Fire3:50
  4. 4.Oh Well, I'll Never Learn2:01
  5. 5.Everyday Is Like Sunday3:35
  6. 6.Sister I'm a Poet2:26
  7. 7.Disappointed3:05
  8. 8.Will Never Marry3:39
  9. 9.The Last of the Famous International Playboys3:39
  10. 10.Lucky Lisp2:52
  11. 11.Michael's Bones3:10
  12. 12.Interesting Drug3:29
  13. 13.Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference2:52
  14. 14.Sweet and Tender Hooligan (live)4:00
  15. 15.Ouija Board, Ouija Board4:27
  16. 16.Yes, I Am Blind3:46
  17. 17.East West2:36
  18. 18.November Spawned a Monster5:27
  19. 19.He Knows I'd Love to See Him3:09
  20. 20.Girl Least Likely To4:53
  21. 21.Piccadilly Palare3:28
  22. 22.Get Off the Stage3:06
  23. 23.At Amber2:45
  24. 24.Our Frank3:26
  25. 25.Journalists Who Lie4:09
  26. 26.Tony the Pony4:12
  27. 27.Sing Your Life3:30
  28. 28.That's Entertainment3:58
  29. 29.The Loop4:19
  30. 30.Pregnant for the Last Time2:43
  31. 31.Skin Storm3:00
  32. 32.Cosmic Dancer (live)4:12
  33. 33.Disappointed (live)3:27
  34. 34.My Love Life4:28
  35. 35.I've Changed My Plea to Guilty3:43
  36. 36.There's a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends2:24
  37. 37.We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful2:30
  38. 38.Suedehead (live)3:54
  39. 39.I've Changed My Plea to Guilty (live)3:14
  40. 40.Pregnant for the Last Time (live)2:32
  41. 41.Alsatian Cousin (live)2:21
  42. 42.You're the One for Me, Fatty2:59
  43. 43.Pashernate Love2:22
  44. 44.There Speaks a True Friend2:21
  45. 45.Certain People I Know3:15
  46. 46.You've Had Her3:02
  47. 47.Jack the Ripper3:29
  48. 48.The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get3:44
  49. 49.Used to Be a Sweet Boy2:49
  50. 50.I'd Love To4:51
  51. 51.Hold On to Your Friends4:05
  52. 52.Moonriver3:18
  53. 53.Moonriver (extended version)9:40
  54. 54.Interlude3:49
  55. 55.Interlude (extended)5:51
  56. 56.Interlude (instrumental)7:38
  57. 57.Boxers3:31
  58. 58.Have-A-Go Merchant2:45
  59. 59.Whatever Happens, I Love You3:08
  60. 60.Sunny2:45
  61. 61.Black-Eyed Susan4:08
  62. 62.A Swallow on My Neck2:52
Years of RefusalYears of Refusal2009
  1. 1.Something Is Squeezing My Skull2:38
  2. 2.Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed3:53
  3. 3.Black Cloud2:48
  4. 4.I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris2:31
  5. 5.All You Need Is Me3:13
  6. 6.When Last I Spoke to Carol3:24
  7. 7.That’s How People Grow Up2:59
  8. 8.One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell2:57
  9. 9.It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore5:10
  10. 10.You Were Good in Your Time5:01
  11. 11.Sorry Doesn’t Help4:03
  12. 12.I’m OK by Myself4:48
SwordsSwords2009
  1. 1.Good Looking Man About Town2:52
  2. 2.Don’t Make Fun of Daddy’s Voice2:51
  3. 3.If You Don’t Like Me, Don’t Look at Me3:38
  4. 4.Ganglord5:14
  5. 5.My Dearest Love3:54
  6. 6.The Never‐Played Symphonies3:01
  7. 7.Sweetie‐Pie4:20
  8. 8.Christian Dior3:57
  9. 9.Shame Is the Name3:49
  10. 10.Munich Air Disaster 19582:29
  11. 11.I Knew I Was Next3:45
  12. 12.It’s Hard to Walk Tall When You’re Small3:29
  13. 13.Teenage Dad on His Estate4:05
  14. 14.Children in Pieces4:02
  15. 15.Friday Mourning4:06
  16. 16.My Life Is a Succession of People Saying Goodbye2:51
  17. 17.Drive‐In Saturday5:01
  18. 18.Because of My Poor Education3:24
  19. 19.Black Cloud3:08
  20. 20.I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris2:36
  21. 21.I Just Want to See the Boy Happy2:50
  22. 22.Why Don’t You Find Out for Yourself3:37
  23. 23.One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell3:04
  24. 24.You Just Haven’t Earned it Yet, Baby3:13
  25. 25.Life Is a Pigsty8:56
  26. 26.I’m OK by Myself6:03
Greatest HitsGreatest Hits2008
  1. 1.First of the Gang to Die3:38
  2. 2.In the Future When All's Well3:52
  3. 3.I Just Want to See the Boy Happy2:57
  4. 4.Irish Blood, English Heart2:36
  5. 5.You Have Killed Me3:06
  6. 6.That's How People Grow Up2:59
  7. 7.Everyday Is Like Sunday3:32
  8. 8.Redondo Beach3:56
  9. 9.Suedehead3:50
  10. 10.The Youngest Was the Most Loved2:59
  11. 11.The Last of the Famous International Playboys3:36
  12. 12.The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get3:42
  13. 13.All You Need Is Me3:12
  14. 14.Let Me Kiss You3:31
  15. 15.I Have Forgiven Jesus3:43
Ringleader of the TormentorsRingleader of the Tormentors2006
  1. 1.I Will See You in Far-Off Places4:14
  2. 2.Dear God Please Help Me5:52
  3. 3.You Have Killed Me3:08
  4. 4.The Youngest Was the Most Loved3:00
  5. 5.In the Future When All's Well3:54
  6. 6.The Father Who Must Be Killed3:54
  7. 7.Life Is a Pigsty7:23
  8. 8.I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now4:14
  9. 9.On the Streets I Ran3:51
  10. 10.To Me You Are a Work of Art4:02
  11. 11.I Just Want to See the Boy Happy2:59
  12. 12.At Last I Am Born3:33
You Are the QuarryYou Are the Quarry2004

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¡The Best Of!¡The Best Of!2001

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My Early Burglary YearsMy Early Burglary Years1998

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MaladjustedMaladjusted1997

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Suedehead: The Best of MorrisseySuedehead: The Best of Morrissey1997

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Southpaw GrammarSouthpaw Grammar1995

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World of MorrisseyWorld of Morrissey1995

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Vauxhall and IVauxhall and I1994

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Your ArsenalYour Arsenal1992

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Live In DallasLive In Dallas1992

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Kill UncleKill Uncle1991

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Bona DragBona Drag1990

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Viva HateViva Hate1988

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Label

Record label
Decca
Record label
Island Records
Record label
His Master's Voice

Achievements

Award
MOJO Awards

Influenced by

Groups

  • The Nosebleeds1978–1978
  • The Smithslead vocals, original · 1982–1987

Similar artists

Archive

Passport
Country

GB

Born

1959-05-22

Instruments

piano, voice

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: Morissey, Morrisey, Morrissey, Moz, Mozza, Mozzer, Steven Patrick Morrissey, Whores in Retirement, モリッシー

Disambiguation

English singer‐songwriter

ISNI

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Description

British singer and songwriter

Extract from Wikipedia

Steven Patrick Morrissey, mononymously known as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with anti-establishment stances and recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecation, and dark humour.

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