It begins with a World War I music hall tune about soldiers longing to return home to Great Britain and ends with Marc Antony consoling Cleopatra about her dress size before the fall of the Roman empire.  In between are ten nearly perfect pop songs that simultaneously harken back to The Smiths Mod roots and anticipates the rise of Britpop a decade later.    We dig deep into Morrissey’s “cleaver depression,” Johnny Marr’s chiming guitars and the slamming rhythm section of Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce and mostly gush.  Mostly.

   Recommend Listening:   Morrissey Your Arsenal  https://open.spotify.com/album/5gg79cLcpB2vhjWr53Te2X   Electronic Electronic   https://open.spotify.com/album/6g8Zu43gbKXEHqYs0ZKTcT   Modest Mouse  We Were Dead Before the Boat Even Sank https://open.spotify.com/album/2lXBCL76UL5PCPbfAqKBkz   Blur The Best Of https://open.spotify.com/album/1fGFAIzXyLi3fVGQwZ1VNT   Morrissey Judy is A Punk (Ramones cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beAKwIOMpcI   Book 33 1/3:  Meat is Murder by Joe Pernice  https://www.amazon.com/Smiths-Murder-Thirty-Three-Third/dp/082641494X/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1487525008&sr=8-8&keywords=meat+is+murder