{"id":1745944,"date":"2026-01-09T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1745944"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:28:06","slug":"morrissey-returns-with-new-album-make-up-is-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1745944","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey Returns With New Album Make-Up Is a Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Morrissey Announces Make-Up Is a Lie<\/em>, Shares New Song<\/h1>\n
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Morrissey\u2019s meandering comeback has finally arrived. A single, with the very Morrissey title of \u201cMake-Up Is a Lie,\u201d\u00a0arrived this morning, and you can hear it below. The song, co-written with keyboardist Camila Grey, leads an album of the same name that marks Morrissey\u2019s return to the Warner label Sire and his reunion with producer Joe Chiccarelli. That\u2019s out March 6. Check out the tracklist, which includes a cover of Roxy Music\u2019s \u201cAmazona,\u201d below, along with the album art.<\/p>\n

The status of new Morrissey music has been up in the air for years. He has recently been teasing a pair of albums, neither of which is called Make-Up Is a Lie<\/em>. One, Bonfire of Teenagers,<\/em> features Chad Smith, Flea, and Iggy Pop; according to Morrissey, every major label that hears it considers it a masterpiece but is too scared to release it, because of Morrissey\u2019s politics. The other record is titled You\u2019re Right, It\u2019s Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Morrissey launched his last album, I Am Not a Dog on a Chain<\/em>, in 2020, with a campaign that closely followed his endorsement of far-right political party For Britain Movement on Fallon<\/em>. He has spent recent months cancelling shows on a precarious tour that is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

Read about Morrissey\u2019s 1994 album Vauxhall and I<\/em> at No. 28 in \u201cThe 50 Best Britpop Albums.\u201d<\/p>\n

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01 You\u2019re Right, It\u2019s Time
02 Make-Up Is a Lie
03 Notre-Dame
04 Amazona
05 Headache
06 Boulevard
07 Zoom Zoom the Little Boy
08 The Night Pop Dropped
09 Kerching Kerching
10 Lester Bangs
11 Many Icebergs Ago
12 The Monsters of Pig Alley<\/p>\n

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