Morrissey- Viva Hate (Side One)

Morrissey
Viva Hate (Side One)
1988


Alsatian Cousin 0:00
Little Man, What Now? 3:12
Everyday Is Like Sunday 5:01
Bengali In Platforms 8:30
Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together 12:25
Late Night, Maudlin Street 14:05

Viva Hate is the debut solo studio album by the English singer Morrissey. It was released on 14 March 1988 by His Master's Voice, six months after the final studio album by the Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come (1987).
Vini Reilly, the leader of the English post-punk band the Durutti Column, played guitar on the album. Producer Stephen Street, who had contributed to multiple Smiths releases, served as the bassist and wrote the music.
Viva Hate was generally well received by music critics. Rolling Stone, which had expected the now solo artist to "wallow", called the album "a tight, fairly disciplined affair". In its retrospective review, Pitchfork called the album "one of Morrissey's most interesting records, and certainly his riskiest", and that its "strange mix of pomp and minimal languor makes Viva Hate the only Morrissey LP you'd consider listening to just for its music".
Viva Hate was listed by Q as one of the top 50 albums of 1988. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die















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