The Onion gives Johnny Marr's new album razz, and a backdoor Electronic jab

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LEAST ESSENTIAL SOLO ALBUM (SMITHS DIVISION)

Johnny Marr + The Healers Boomslang When The Smiths broke up in 1987, everyone knew that Morrissey would be exposed as a no-talent, and that the full genius of guitarist/songwriter Johnny Marr would be revealed at last. Impressive session work for The Pretenders, Talking Heads, The The, and others fanned the flames. Then the should-have-been-brilliant-but-wasn't Bernard Sumner collaboration happened. Then everyone forgot about Johnny Marr. Then, earlier this year, Marr and his band The Healers released an album that sounded like the lost work of some uninspired early-'90s Stone Roses wannabe. Then everyone forgot about Johnny Marr again.

May I also say that their "Buy It" links on these "least essential" albums is brilliant, tho probably unintentional, satire.

Don't know if I mentioned this, but I caught Mr. Marr on Dave Letterman a few months back. Oh, how the mighty have fallen....

Honestly, I think Electronic produced some pretty brilliant tracks. The Healers are pretty dull, but when he collaborated with Barney and, for the few tracks, Neil Tennant, they did do some tracks, although were not hits, that should've been. Morissey definetly is not a no-talent and neither is Marr. The reviewer, on the other hand...

johny marr is the smiths maybe we may see some decent music now

what's a backdoor electronic jab?

they also gave Dave Gahan - Paper Monsters least essential solo album in the Depeche Mode division...

Originally posted by Jeff Tomlinson they also gave Dave Gahan - Paper Monsters least essential solo album in the Depeche Mode division...

So I heard. Idiots!