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INTERNATIONAL CHARTS: Morrissey around the world.
The highest new entry in Britain last week, when it debuted at number three, quintessential Englishman Morrissey's Years Of Refusal has not gone down quite so well overseas but it has nevertheless made some excellent debuts around the world.
Its highest debut - at number five - comes in Sweden, where Morrissey's slightly lugubrious ways obviously strike a chord; his two most recent studio albums, You Are The Quarry and Ringleader Of The Tormentors both reached number one in Sweden.
In America, Years Of Refusal debuts at number 11, matching the peak of You Are The Quarry to become the joint highest charting album of his career, which has seen him score 20 Top 200 entries - 12 solo and eight with The Smiths. It is a sign of the times and the decline in US album sales that Years Of Refusal sold 31,341 copies to earn its number 11, whereas You Are The Quarry sold 56,399 copies to make the same position.
Years Of Refusal also made excellent debuts in Norway (number six), Ireland (number 12) and Spain (number 16). Less committed to Morrissey's cause were Switzerland (number 32), Canada (number 36), The Netherlands (number 52) and Australia. The Aussies have more in common with Britain and therefore Morrissey than most ...
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- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) May 18, 2007 700+ words
...instead for a peppy new-wave number. The reaction might be called the Morrissey effect. Loved or hated...singer (born Steven Patrick Morrissey) served as the frontman...boyfriend.' " Instead, Morrissey offers lyrical images of...
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- Newspaper article from: Record (Stockton, CA) April 27, 2007 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Modesto Bee (Modesto, CA) April 20, 2007 700+ words
...broken hearts everywhere, there was Morrissey. The English solo singer and former...lovably mopey, so miserably handsome, Morrissey's signature brand of sensitivity has...Fall Out Boy and Death Cab For Cutie. Morrissey will open his 47-date U.S. tour...
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- Magazine article from: Business Journal-Portland SINOVIC, STEVE November 19, 1999 700+ words
...traditional or fundamentalist. Morrissey sees one of her jobs as helping...or the dechurched," said Morrissey, whose lessons are culled from a number of spiritual traditions and...It really is," said Morrissey, who politely brushes off...
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 14, 2006 700+ words
...critics heralded "You are the Quarry" as Morrissey's best work since his debut. Although...even better. For those who feared that Morrissey's 2004 return from self-imposed obscurity...the most reassuring release in years. Morrissey shows that even at age 46 it is never...
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- News wire article from: Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) June 8, 2007 700+ words
...Former Richmond prosecutor Joe Morrissey's battles within the legal system...and Wednesday to determine whether Morrissey's Varina house should be sold to pay off a long-standing debt. Morrissey, Richmond's commonwealth's attorney...
- U. Minnesota: CD REVIEW: Morrissey makes a little music, a little love.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 6, 2006 700+ words
...University Wire) Byline: Emily Garber Morrissey must be in love. And he must hate it...going through. He responds in a way only Morrissey would: With existential disarray and...hinting at not-quites and almosts, Morrissey uses his new album "Ringleader of the...