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Our Frank Review
07/13/2005 4:00 AM, AMG
The first release as part of his brief musical partnership with Fairground Attraction guitarist Mark Nevin, Our Frank finds Morrissey at something of a crossroads. While the Langer/Winstanley production is impeccable and the thick surge of the music attractive enough -- especially the haunting violin provided by Nawazish Ali Khan -- the title track isn't all it could be. The decision to swathe Morrissey's voice in a huge layer of reverb doesn't really help either, but the increasingly frenetic end of the song saves it a bit. "Journalists Who Lie," a hardly subtle slam over the "praise, then crucify" problem allegedly rampant in the British media, has a quirky percussion pattern to go with its light rockabilly rave-up, but that's about it. Most successful of the lot is "Tony the Pony," a lighter, acoustic romp that appears to be about a friend who doesn't quite know how to control himself. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide
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