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Bookmark or Share- Vini Reilly on Viva Hate | Morrissey-soloA snippet from a brief interview in today's City Life magazine: [His] 'peculiar' style attracted Morrissey, who asked Reilly to co-write his first solo album, Viva Hate. But, like many who've worked with the singer, it left him with a bad taste in his mouth. "Viva Hate is now on sale in the...
- Viva Hate - Morrissey-solo WikiInformation. Viva Hate is Morrissey's debut solo album. Originally entitled Education in Reverse (some LPs in Australia and New Zealand were released with the original title), the album was released on 14 March 1988 by HMV Records a mere six months after The Smiths' final album, Strangeways, Here We Come.
- The Vini Reilly 'I wrote Viva Hate' thing - Morrissey-soloVini's public squabble never quite made sense to me because Street went on to produce two Durutti Column albums after Viva Hate -- "Vini Reilly" (1989) and "Sex and Death" (1994). It was a few years ago when Reilly retracted his songwriting claims to Viva Hate.
- what does "viva hate" means? - Morrissey-soloThe term Viva Hate beyond its literal translation to me is a statement that hate is the way of the world. I don't think it is supposed to mean racism or targetted hate as much as a general concept of contempt for the world as a whole. Of course, Fatima Mansions have an album called Viva Dead Ponies... so maybe Moz just liked the phrase.
- "Viva Hate": Royally Absent in The Recent "Uncut: 500 Greatest Albums ...The news that Viva Hate was not included in this list of greats gives me mixed feelings. I like this album, and yet it could not dazzle the world – the wounds from the breakup of The Smiths were too fresh, and many were not ready for a new round in Morrissey’s work.
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