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== Reception == {{album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/vauxhall-i-mw0000107451 |title=''Vauxhall and I'' – Morrissey |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=5 December 2014 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2717 |title=Morrissey: ''Vauxhall and I'' |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |date=15 September 2004 |access-date=18 November 2015 |last=Power |first=Tony |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630193757/http://blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2717 |archive-date=30 June 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev3score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1994/03/25/vauxhall-and-i |title=''Vauxhall and I'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=25 March 1994 |access-date=18 November 2015 |last=Romero |first=Michele}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-27-ca-38864-story.html |title=Morrissey, 'Vauxhall and I'; Sire/Reprise |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=27 March 1994 |access-date=5 December 2014 |last=Ali |first=Lorraine |author-link=Lorraine Ali}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=His Astra's Voice |magazine=[[NME]] |date=12 March 1994 |last=Bailie |first=Stuart}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev6score = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19411-morrissey-vauxhall-and-i/ |title=Morrissey: ''Vauxhall and I'' |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=5 December 2014 |last=Heller |first=Jason}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Morrissey: ''Vauxhall and I'' |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=91 |date=April 1994 |last=Collins |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Collins (broadcaster)}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=44338&cf=84 |title=Morrissey: ''Vauxhall and I'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=7 April 1994 |access-date=15 June 2020 |last=Volk |first=Steven |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010629235336/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=44338&cf=84 |archive-date=29 June 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Morrissey |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/561 561–62]}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' | rev10score = 5/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Vauxhall Viva! |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |issue=46 |date=April 1994 |last=Harrison |first=Andrew}}</ref> }} ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' listed ''Vauxhall and I'' as one of the top ten albums of 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104040314/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1994 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 January 2006 |title=Rocklist.net ...''Q'' magazine Recordings of the Year |website=Rocklist.net |access-date=5 December 2014}}</ref> In February 2006, the same magazine voted it at number 89 on its list of the best albums ever.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=213&cbid=0&f=&fv=&orderby=Rank&sortdir=asc&page=9|title = 100 Greatest Albums Ever}}</ref> In a three out of four star review, [[Lorraine Ali]] of the [[Los Angeles Times]] wrote that "Morrissey’s poetic, frank lyrics and cultured, despairing croons seem less inhibited than in his previous solo works."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-27-ca-38864-story.html |title=Morrissey, 'Vauxhall and I'; Sire/Reprise |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=27 March 1994 |access-date=6 April 2024 |last=Ali |first=Lorraine |author-link=Lorraine Ali}}</ref> In a retrospective review from 2014, Jason Heller of [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] wrote that "besides being one of Morrissey’s most vital solo albums, Vauxhall and I is also his first truly mature one, and flaws and all, it’s as essential—and as perversely alive—as ever."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19411-morrissey-vauxhall-and-i/ |title=Morrissey: ''Vauxhall and I'' |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=6 April 2024 |last=Heller |first=Jason}}</ref> In a list published in 2014, the [[NME]] named ''Vauxhall and I'' as Morrissey's best solo album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/morrissey-what-is-his-best-solo-album-weve-ranked-them-20200/ |title=Morrissey – What Is His Best Solo Album? We’ve Ranked Them |work=[[NME]] |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=6 April 2024}}</ref>
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