You Are The Quarry
by Morrissey
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Morrissey bestography
You Are The Quarry is ranked 2nd best out of 28 albums by Morrissey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Morrissey is Viva Hate which is ranked number 1198 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,458.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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You Are The Quarry track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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You Are The Quarry rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2004 | 20/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  hoyquarlow | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 55/100 | 45 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 76/100 | 24 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 14 Music Albums of 2004 | 10/14 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 36 Music Albums of 2004 | 23/36 | 2 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 28 Music Albums of 2004 | 7/28 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 234 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,148 | |||
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You Are The Quarry ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 15:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,603 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2026 19:45 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/05/2026 06:18 | Sumbody | 1,916 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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You Are The Quarry forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5360): By hoyquarlowView latest topic →
pedro1976 05/17/2026 17:12 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 05/16/2024 15:15 in What album are you listening to right now?View all forum mentions
You Are The Quarry comments
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eclab 12/03/2014 10:41 | #128593 | TOP COMMENT
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This has got to be most teenager-like album ever released by a 45 year-old man. It's still good, but I thought he would have grown up a bit by now.
The strongest crop of songs he's made since the Smiths ended, the singles Irish Blood, English Heart and First of the Gang to Die are two of my favourite indie rock songs of all time and there are also some great deep cuts on here too (Edited)
My first solo Moz album I've listened to. It's never going to be the Smiths but it's still good. Irish Blood English Heart and First of the Gang to Die are superb tracks. And I love the typically gloomy Moz lyrics and subject matter. One of the opening lyrics "she told me she loved me, and that means she must be insane" is the most Moz thing ever (Edited)
Eastwood 12/15/2016 07:55 | #180198 | TOP COMMENT
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Good album. Best 10 songs average is 86,7/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best songs are "The First Of The Gang To Die" and "You Know I Couldn't Last" both very good. Most other songs quite good, some ok only.
Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
hoyquarlow 08/30/2016 01:47 | #173761 | TOP COMMENT
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The best thing Morrissey did since the Smiths... Every late Morrissey albums sounds a bit all the same, and Quarry is no exception, but here the songs are better, simply brilliant mostly and really catchy. A must listen for Smiths fans.
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