Music Review

Vauxhall and I (1994)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Morrissey; Genre: Rock

Vauxhall Gardens was a 19th-century pleasure ground in London famous for art shows, concerts, fireworks, and illicit love affairs. Like the park, Vauxhall and I provides much frivolity and aural allure: Tight, barely disguised Smiths-like melodies support the whimsical tauntings of songs like ''The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get.'' A fantasy date with Britain's most ironic and monkish pop star. A-

Originally posted Mar 25, 1994 Published in issue #215 Mar 25, 1994 Order article reprints

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