“Morrissey's personal life saw some losses before the recording of Vauxhall and I; this 20th anniversary reissue doesn’t reveal the album to be a work of spiritual reassessment in the face of loss, nor some rote meditation on mortality, but in hindsight, it’s clearer than ever that Morrissey infused Vauxhall and I with a bone-deep acceptance that aging and dying might be more than just dramatic devices.”
