Kill Uncle

The title comes from the 1966 black comedy film Let's Kill Uncle. Morrissey had parted from Stephen Street but was not yet working with the guitarists Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer. Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley produced it, and most of the music was written by Mark E. Nevin of Fairground Attraction. The singles were "Our Frank", which reached number 26 in Britain and number two on the American Modern Rock chart, and "Sing Your Life", which reached 33 and 10.

"Asian Rut" tells of the murder of an Asian boy by three English boys, and the closing "There's a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends" is a simple piano piece. A 2013 reissue added "East West" and "Pashernate Love".

Critics divided. NME gave it eight out of ten and placed it 25th among the best albums of 1991, and Select gave it four out of five. Q's Mat Snow found "woodworm in the creative rafters". AllMusic's Erlewine later called it Morrissey's least distinguished record, while Pitchfork's Mark Hogan thought it best appreciated as a campy celebration of the decorative and artificial.