ALBUM REVIEW: Johnny Marr - Playland

What is immediately apparent on Johnny Marr’s new record is that there are elements of all the stages of his career dictating proceedings.

Considering it took over 25 years to hear a solo record from the ‘king of jangle’, the fact that this is the second that has dropped in the last 18 months would suggest he has, at last, come to terms with who he is.

The results, then, are very pleasing for fans of his work in the Smiths, Electronic and The The.