MUSIC

selection – such cultish figures as Jobriath, Phil Ochs, the underrated Melanie and the divine Laura Nyro feature alongside Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison and Carly Simon. Moreover, he seems energised by it all. The interpretations are for the most part sensitive, distinctively his own, and in a couple of cases – Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Suffer The Little Children (an intentional Smiths echo); Lenny’s Tune by Tim Hardin – approach the definitive. It seems to have done Morrissey a rare power of good to deal, for a change, with things he actually likes.