AMG Review of Everyday Is Like Sunday

Ned Raggett
All Music Guide

The unquestioned highlight of Viva Hate, "Everyday Is Like Sunday" has remained one of Morrissey's most memorable numbers in and out of the Smiths, covered by a variety of bands from 10,000 Maniacs to the Armageddon Dildos. Street's orchestrations fit the melancholic surge of the music to a T, while Morrissey's portrait of a "coastal town they forgot to bomb" is evocative and given a bravura vocal. There's no way the B-sides can achieve the same level as the main track, but each has their points. "Sister I'm a Poet" is the most explicitly Smiths-like track, a quick band romp with a cryptic lyric. More of note is "Disappointed," which meshes a touch of "How Soon Is Now?"-style tremolo guitar with an aggressive, shuddering drum punch. The wickedly funny lyric at once celebrates his rock icon status and pokes more than a few holes in it. "Will Never Marry" is mostly a Street showcase of gently descending guitar and gripping strings, but Morrissey's lyric to an unknown letter writer is also worthy of note.