I Am Not a Dog on a Chain

Rock · 2020 · 11 tracks

I Am Not a Dog on a Chain

Synthesizers and soul-inflected backing vocals meet a defiant, aging baritone. A late-career pivot into experimental textures and sharp-tongued mortality.

It’s Morrissey with synthesizers and a soul singer, sounding more defiant and weirdly experimental than he has in decades.

A defiant and experimental late-career statement that balances cynical wit with lush, synthetic soundscapes.

I Am Not a Dog on a Chain · vs · Morrissey

Keys/Synth+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds keys/synth far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks

01

Jim Jim Falls

3:44

02

Love Is on Its Way Out

3:15

03

Bobby, Don’t You Think They Know?

5:46

04

I Am Not a Dog on a Chain

3:53

05

What Kind of People Live in These Houses?

3:41

06

Knockabout World

3:25

07

Darling, I Hug a Pillow

4:47

08

Once I Saw the River Clean

4:20

09

The Truth About Ruth

3:45

10

The Secret of Music

7:52

11

My Hurling Days Are Done

5:01

Moments Worth Waiting For

The unexpected arrival of Thelma Houston's powerhouse soul vocals on 'Bobby, Don’t You Think They Know?' creating a jarring but effective genre clash.

The nearly eight-minute experimental sprawl of 'The Secret of Music' where the traditional song structure dissolves into a dense thicket of instrumentation.

The stark, confrontational opening of 'Jim Jim Falls' where the electronic beat drives a lyric about the finality of a decision.

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