Morrissey

!Oye Esteban! collects 18 music videos from the King of Manchester Mope, Morrissey. The former singing star of the Smiths is featured prominently in a majority of the videos. He visits the hometown of his idol, James Dean, for "Suedehead." "November Spawned a Monster" sees him frolicking pensively in a desert, wearing a see-through shirt and an adhesive bandage over a nipple. His ode to the Kray brothers "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" finds the modern bard lip-syncing in an all-green room. He drives a convertible across California with his band in "My Love Life," which features gorgeous black-and-white cinematography. "Sing Your Life" repositions Morrissey as a suave doo-wopper. He smirks passionately and stalks a steadicam-mounted camera as he promenades through an old city's back alleys in "Tomorrow." Videos that don't feature Morrissey find an odd array of characters promoting animal rights, looking depressed, or performing any of a number of actions that our hero condones. The Warner Reprise DVD edition is fitted with pristine PCM sound, and all of the shine with vibrant, high-resolution color. A subtitle/lyrics mode makes for a quick-and-easy karaoke session. The camera obviously and absolutely loves Morrissey, and Moz fans will fall head over heals in love with this fine retrospective of videos. It's a package that drips with a style and grace that would make Morrissey proud. ~ Tim DiGravina, All Music Guide