Many have argued that Morrissey is far too self-obsessed, but to be fair, that is one way he's built a legion of loyal followers. We like Moz because we want to know more about him, and as he clearly understands, no one knows him better than himself.
So when he goes to his website and shares his opinion on his best ten albums and ten best singles, you would expect the list to be a bit different. That's fair and how it should be, though an artist ranking their own work is inherently odd. They have produced gems for the masses, and saying they like some songs more than others detracts from those fans who are fans of other tunes.
Likely no one would come up with the same top 10 Morrissey list as the singer himself. For instance, the album he is most "proud" of has never been released: Bonfire of Teenagers. The record has seemingly been finished since 2021, but his former record company didn't want to release the work. Morrissey was able to win the rights back to the record, but it remains unreleased.
Morrissey's personal ranking of his songs and albums is almost what you would expect
Perhaps his ranking of that specific LP at the top of his list is a hint that the album will be released soon. To be fair, though, he might be having a bit of recency bias. His most recent release, 2026's Make-up is a Lie, which was exceedingly underwhelming and lacking nuance, was ranked at No. 2.
After the top two, things become a bit more of a normal list. The highly underrated Years of Refusal comes in at No. 5, at least. Oddly, the Smiths' live album, Rank, is No. 9, implying that Morrissey values almost all of his solo work more than almost all of the albums with the Smiths. Many would disagree with that opinion.
As for the singles, Morrissey ranked 12, and the final on that list was a collaboration he did with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, "Wedding Bell Blues." Moz doesn't seem like the kind of person who would name-drop another famous person for the sake of drawing attention to himself, but the Armstrong tune isn't anywhere close to one of Morrissey's best and is a cover, not an original.
Still, Morrissey obviously has a right to rank his own albums and songs; he created them, after all. Thankfully, the best song he might have ever written comes in at No. 1: "Irish Blood, English Heart" is everything Morrissey is.
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