Morrissey / “Vauxhall and I”: 20th Anniversary Definitive Master

Morrissey‘s 1994 solo album Vauxhall And I will be reissued in June, just four months after Parlophone Label Group re-released its 1992 predecessor Your Arsenal.

Vauxhall And I will be a two-disc set, although the previously unreleased concert which is included (Theatre Royal, London 1995) is a bonus CD rather the DVD that came with Your Arsenal. This ’20th Anniversary Definitive Master’ thankfully appears to leave the album proper well alone, with nothing removed, no new mixes and no dodgy four-track demos inserted into places they don’t belong!

Despite this, Morrissey still can’t resist ‘tweaks’ to the front cover, changing the typefaces, removing the quotation marks around ‘Vauxhall And I’ and adding a horrible red square Parlophone logo, bottom right. The latter is like a splat of blood drawing unwanted attention to itself and rather spoiling the beauty of the matinee-idol front cover image with its soft pink hues.

Vauxhall And I was Morrissey’s fourth solo album and is widely regarded as one of his very best, although this writer still thinks Viva Hate has the edge. The record was produced by Steve Lillywhite and features the hit single The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get. It also saw significant commercial success for the singer with the album reaching the top 20 in the US and number one in the UK.

The reissue will be available as a one-LP heavyweight vinyl record as well as the two-CD deluxe edition.

Vauxhall And I is reissued on 2 June 2014.

2CD Deluxe Edition (2014 remaster)

• • UK Pre-order: Vauxhall And I (20th Anniversary Definitive Master)
• • USA Pre-order: Vauxhall and I (20th Anniversary Edition Definitive Master)
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Vauxhall and I (20th Anniversary)
• • FRANCE Pre-order: ‘Vauxhall and I’ 20th Anniv

Vinyl Edition (2014 remaster)

• • UK Pre-order: Vauxhall And I (20th Anniversary Definitive Master)
• • USA Pre-order: Vauxhall & I (20th Anniversary Definitive Master)
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Vauxhall and I [Vinyl LP]
• • FRANCE Pre-order: ‘Vauxhall and I’ 20th Anniv

Track listing

Disc: 1

• 1. Now My Heart Is Full (2014 – Remaster)
• 2. Spring-Heeled Jim (2014 – Remaster)
• 3. Billy Budd (2014 – Remaster)
• 4. Hold On To Your Friends (2014 – Remaster)
• 5. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (2014 – Remaster)
• 6. Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself (2014 – Remaster)
• 7. I Am Hated For Loving (2014 – Remaster)
• 8. Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning (2014 – Remaster)
• 9. Used To Be A Sweet Boy (2014 – Remaster)
• 10. The Lazy Sunbathers (2014 – Remaster)
• 11. Speedway (2014 – Remaster)

Disc: 2

• 1. Billy Budd (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 2. Have-A-Go Merchant (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 3. Spring-Heeled Jim (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 4. London (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 5. You’re The One For Me Fatty (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 6. Boxers (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 7. Jack The Ripper (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 8. We’ll Let You Know (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 9. Whatever Happens I Love You (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 10. Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 11. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 12. National Front Disco (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 13. Moon River (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
• 14. Now My Heart Is Full (Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane)