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First of the Gang to Die [7" VINYL]
 
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First of the Gang to Die [7" VINYL] [Single]

Morrissey Vinyl
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Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known primarily as Morrissey, is an English singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the UK but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Widely… Read more in Amazon's Morrissey Store

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Product details

  • Vinyl (12 July 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Single
  • Label: Attack
  • ASIN: B0002CDYLS
  • Other Editions: DVD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 220,444 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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MORRISSEY First Of The Gang To Die (2004 UK limited edition 7 vinyl single also including My Life Is A Succession of People Saying Goodbye picture sleeve ATKSI003)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
morrissey is a star! 12 July 2004
Format:DVD
this song is brill!

i saw him play this song a couple of years ago on tour and it was fantastic then but now, when i saw him play the move festival in manchester recently it was even better!

the crowd love it. we all love it. buy it.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Jane Aland VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
First of the Gang to Die is easily the best Morrissey single in years - catchy, great lyrics, great chorus and easily the best song on You Are the Quarry, the only mystery is why this wasn't the first single from the album...

Teenage Dad On His Estate initially seems like a rather throwaway B-Side, but the track is a grower, and Morrissey's phrasing at the end when sings about the 'boy with the methadone' give the track a boost.

Mexico was one of 4 new songs first performed live in 2002 (the other 3 all appear on You Are The Quarry), and the live version is fantastic, which made it's non appearance on the album a bit of a mystery - until you hear the version recorded here. The production on this number is simply awful, as the main guitar lines have been stripped out leaving a fragile ballad that sounds as though it came off of Kill Uncle. As with Jack the Ripper, the definitive version is the live version - this is still a pleasant track with some great lyrics, but a real disappointment to anyone already familiar with the song.

NB PLEASE NOTE that this is a DVD - NOT a CD with bonus DVD content, as is the norm. The downside is this (obviously) wont play through your CD player, so unless you want to listen to the audio tracks sat in front of the TV you'll need to burn a copy of the B-Sides onto a CD-R. The upside is you get a photo gallery (nice, but not very large) and a live video of the A-Side recorded at the 2004 Manchester gig - this is excellent quality and we can only hope that it's a teaser for a full length DVD release of this concert.

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Warning!! 13 July 2004
By A Customer
Format:DVD
This is a DVD single, and will NOT play on regular stereos!!
Buy CD2 instead; it has a beautiful extra track "My Life Is A Succession...". The extra tracks here are really only for the die-hard fan, they're not much cop.
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