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Hidden Gems

Martin Carritt | Kippax, leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom | 09/19/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"As with most Morrissey B-sides, the songs are often stronger and more interesting than songs that made his recent patchy albums. Quite how LOST was excluded from Maladjusted in favour of He Cried for example is a mystery only the Moz himself can answer. The rest of the songs are almost equal to this, though if i were to make one minor criticism, the music on This Is Not Your country is a tad laboured and does not match the bite of the lyric.Definately worth a listen as a whole package. Where is the new stuff !!!!!"

B-side glory

sdaswani | Stanford, CA | 10/06/1998

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Morrissey strengthens our belief in his continuing musical supremacy with this Maladusted B-side comp. "Lost" is supremely touching and intense; "Now I Am A Was" irreverent and witty. The only slight bore is "This is Not Your Country", but at least the Mozzer addresses issues most of today's artists aren't even aware of. A great companion for your portable music player."

Brief blush of brilliance...

jon sieruga | Redlands, CA USA | 04/23/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"B-sides compilation from Japan gives us an idea of what Morrissey had "left over" from the 'Maladjusted' sessions: and what leftovers they are! I'd still like to know whose idea it was to leave "Lost" off the record, it's so strong and trembling an ode to a fragile human condition(without losing Moz's masculine indifference)that it could give non-fans new hope. "Now I Am a Was" and "Edges Are No Longer Parallel" are equally stunning, but the centerpiece of this collection turns out to be "This is Not Your Country", a long, winding, steadily-paced but endlessly intriguing bit of political whiplash. Morrissey really is the king crooner!"