I carefully removed the Pat Phoenix cover, placed the shiny platter onto the turntable, and then walked to my chair. By the time I'd reached it, 129 seconds later, the record had finished. "Shakespeare's Sister" finds our lads in boisterous mood wth young Marr jangling on the guitar as if his life depended on it. 'Shakespeare's Sister' was a Virginia Woolf essay on what would have happened if the great Bard had been a Bardess, blah blah, different way of looking at women, etc, etc. Her essay lasted longer than 129 seconds, though. (Paul Bursche, No 1, March 23, 1985)
Ooooh, shut up! Stop moaning. Don't they go on? Morrissey does not sing, he groans. He should have been drowned at birth. Rubbish. (Marshall O'Leary, Smash Hits, March 14, 1985)
IF MEAT is murder, "Shakespeare's Sister" is death by strangulation. A bruising, unfocused rush that mistakes energy for Eater live in Stockport cemetery. One wonders if such an ill conceived move would have been considered by a record company less enamoured of their one major act. A dumb record and a poor way to end such a fine singles run. (Jim Reid, Record Mirror, March 23, 1985)
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