Johnny Marr

Artist:  Johnny Marr
Birth Name:  John Martin Maher
Born:  October 31, 1963.  Ardwick, Manchester, England
Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Britpop, College Rock
Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Piano, Harmonica, Mandolin, Autoharp

Johnny Marr is an English Musician, Singer, and Songwriter.  He was co-songwriter with Morrissey and guitarist of The Smiths from 1982-1987.  He has also been a member of Electronic, an Alternative Dance Supergroup formed with New Order Singer and Guitarist Bernard Summer, The The, an English musical and multimedia group led by Singer/Songwriter Matt Johnson, Modest Mouse, an American Indie Rock Band formed in1993, and Th, e Cribs, an English three-piece Indie Rock.  In 2013, the NME honoured Johnny Marr with its "Godlike Genius" Award,  The Smith:  One Of The World's Greatest ever bands.  He was voted the fourth best guitarist of the last 30 years in a poll conducted by the BBC in 2010.  Mojo Magazine has described Johnny Marr as Arguably Britain's Last Great Guitar Stylist.

Title:  Playland  (2014)
Genre:  Indie Rock
Label:  New Voodoo
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Back In The Box  (3:05)
 2.  Easy Money  (4:05)
 3.  Dynamo  (3:59)
 4.  Candidate  (4:50)
 5.  25 Hours  (3:35)
 6.  The Trap  (3:24)
 7.  Playland  (4:41)
 8.  Speak Out Reach Out  (4:04)
 9.  Boys Get Straight  (3:02)
10. This Tension  (4:01)
11. Little King  (3:14)

Personnel:

Johnny Marr:  Vocals, Guitar
Doviak:  Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Iwan Gronow:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Jack Mitchell:  Drums

Playland is the second studio album by Johnny Marr, was released on October 6, 2014 by New Voodoo Records, and released Single "Easy Money".