Morrissey’s solo work after The Smiths’ breakup was solid but lacked a certain musical confidence — Johnny Marr’s absence is clear. But that changed with Moz’s fourth solo record, 1992’s Your Arsenal, the best album he ever recorded apart from his old band.

Producer Mick Ronson, who worked wonders with David Bowie, brought a muscularity to Morrissey’s sound, blending grunge, glam and rockabilly into a collection more aggressive than anything the sad-sack singer had ever released.

Morrissey’s trademark catty wit is on full display on tracks such as ‘We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful’ and ‘You’re the One For Me, Fatty’ and he courted controversy with the lyrics of other tracks, including today’s SOTD. Is this song celebrating the far-right National Front, and the “England for the English!” refrain adopted by anti-immigrant factions? Or is it depicting a family’s reaction to their son joining those ranks?

Another track, ‘We’ll Let You Know,’ is told from the perspective of a football hooligan. It’s all quite British.

I was at the University of Miami’s film school in 1992 and used this album’s saddest song, ‘Seasick, Yet Still Docked’ to score one depressing project. Sample lyric: “I am a poor, freezingly cold soul so far from where I intended to go / Scavenging through life’s very constant lulls so far from where I’m determined to go.”

Ah, to be 20 again.