World Peace Is None of Your Business

Rock · 2014 · 12 tracks · 56m

World Peace Is None of Your Business

Dense, theatrical rock with a cynical edge. Morrissey delivers sharp political critiques and existential laments over lush, Mediterranean-influenced arrangements.

It's like a beautifully orchestrated protest march where the leader is wearing a very expensive suit.

A grand, theatrical display of intellectual isolation and sophisticated cynicism.

World Peace Is None of Your Business · vs · Morrissey

Social Commentary+1.2σ

The writing leans notably further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 56m

01

World Peace Is None of Your Business

4:33

02

Neal Cassady Drops Dead

4:05

03

I’m Not a Man

7:49

04

Istanbul

4:42

05

Earth Is the Loneliest Planet

3:37

06

Staircase at the University

5:27

07

The Bullfighter Dies

2:04

08

Kiss Me a Lot

4:04

09

Smiler With Knife

5:17

10

Kick the Bride Down the Aisle

5:18

11

Mountjoy

5:02

12

Oboe Concerto

4:07

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden shift into a Spanish guitar gallop during the title track's bridge.

The way the arrangement swells into a funeral march during the final minutes of I'm Not a Man.

The haunting, isolated oboe melody that closes the album on a note of graceful resignation.

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