The last time Johnny Marr featured prominently on a live album, it was on The Smiths' 1988 record Rank. Twenty-seven years later, the guitarist has lost none of his prowess.
His first live album, compiled from gigs in London and Manchester, takes in both of his solo albums The Messenger and Playland and dips into the Smiths catalogue for good measure.
The Headmaster Ritual and a lush, tremulous How Soon is Now are particularly fantastic, sleekly slotting into a set-list alongside the breezy punch of Easy Money and the pleasurable extended jam on Electronic's Getting Away with It.
It doesn’t quite evoke the same joy as getting to watch him do his thing, but it’s as polished, tight and stylish as you might expect from a consummate professional like Marr.
