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| "Our Frank" | ||||
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| Single by Morrissey | ||||
| from the album Kill Uncle | ||||
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| Released | 11 February 1991 | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | His Master`s Voice (UK) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Morrissey, Mark Nevin | |||
| Producer(s) | Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley | |||
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Our Frank
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Discográfica: His Master`s Voice (UK) · · Productor: Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley
1991 single by Morrissey
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
"Our Frank" is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in February 1991. It was the first single taken from the Kill Uncle album. It was also the first of his collaborations with Mark Nevin to be released.
Leer másReview
1991 single by Morrissey
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
"Our Frank" is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in February 1991. It was the first single taken from the Kill Uncle album. It was also the first of his collaborations with Mark Nevin to be released.
Leer másThe single reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart. This was the lowest any Morrissey single had charted since his first release "Suedehead" in 1988.[2] The accompanying video shows Morrissey surrounded by skinheads in a park: the video was not included on the 1992 The Malady Lingers On video compilation.
Despite its title, the song lyrics are not about a person named Frank, but rather they describe "frank and open, deep conversations" that get Morrissey nowhere and leave him disheartened. Throughout the song he complains about his frustration, asking his conversation partner to stop and uncharacteristically demanding cigarettes and alcohol to get through the dross. The final verse, however, sees Morrissey singing "Won`t somebody stop me from thinking? From thinking all the time, about everything. So deeply, so bleakly..." indicating that the conversations he so dreads are in fact with himself. This introspective twist gives the song a hit of Morrissey`s wry wit, but at the same time it displays the dark uniqueness that pervades the album. The lyrics of "Our Frank", along with the brooding music and strange production (Morrissey`s voice is overdubbed and echoed) offer some insight into why the album was poorly received and also why some of the songs have become particularly popular with fans.[3]
Critical reception
NME gave "Our Frank" a positive review, calling the single the singer`s "freshest vinyl confection since `Suedehead`". (That the review was genuinely positive is highly questionable, since it ended with the line "the B-Side is called Journalists Who Lie".[4] However, Ned Raggett of AllMusic was less enthused, writing "the title track isn`t all it could be."[1]
Track listings
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1991 single by Morrissey
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
"Our Frank" is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in February 1991. It was the first single taken from the Kill Uncle album. It was also the first of his collaborations with Mark Nevin to be released.
The single reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart. This was the lowest any Morrissey single had charted since his first release "Suedehead" in 1988.[2] The accompanying video shows Morrissey surrounded by skinheads in a park: the video was not included on the 1992 The Malady Lingers On video compilation.
Despite its title, the song lyrics are not about a person named Frank, but rather they describe "frank and open, deep conversations" that get Morrissey nowhere and leave him disheartened. Throughout the song he complains about his frustration, asking his conversation partner to stop and uncharacteristically demanding cigarettes and alcohol to get through the dross. The final verse, however, sees Morrissey singing "Won`t somebody stop me from thinking? From thinking all the time, about everything. So deeply, so bleakly..." indicating that the conversations he so dreads are in fact with himself. This introspective twist gives the song a hit of Morrissey`s wry wit, but at the same time it displays the dark uniqueness that pervades the album. The lyrics of "Our Frank", along with the brooding music and strange production (Morrissey`s voice is overdubbed and echoed) offer some insight into why the album was poorly received and also why some of the songs have become particularly popular with fans.[3]
Critical reception
NME gave "Our Frank" a positive review, calling the single the singer`s "freshest vinyl confection since `Suedehead`". (That the review was genuinely positive is highly questionable, since it ended with the line "the B-Side is called Journalists Who Lie".[4] However, Ned Raggett of AllMusic was less enthused, writing "the title track isn`t all it could be."[1]
Track listings
olli"Our Frank"/li
li"Journalists Who Lie"/li/ol
div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"h3 id=`12"_vinyl`>12" vinyl[
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