Emva kokukhululwa ngempumelelo kwe-autobiography yakhe, imvumi yaseBritani uMorrissey usanda kwazisa iinkcukacha ezithe kratya zecwecwe lakhe elilandelayo, eliya kuba lilandela elithi 'Iminyaka Yokwala', elakhutshwa ngo-2009. Ngaphantsi kwegama elithi 'Uxolo lwehlabathi aluloshishini lakho' (Uxolo lwehlabathi aluyonto yakho) eli cwecwe litsha liza kukhutshwa ngoJulayi ozayo kwaye liza kukhutshwa yiHarvest Records ngeCapitol Music Group.
Owayesakuba yinkokeli yakwaSmith wayebhengeze ngoJanuwari ukuba wayesandula ukusayina isivumelwano esineerekhodi ezimbini neleyibhile yeCapitol. Ngelo xesha waqinisekisa ukuba kwiiveki ezimbalwa uza kuqalisa ukurekhoda icwecwe elitsha. Ukuveliswa kwento eya kuba yi-albhamu eyedwa yeshumi yomsebenzi wakhe yaqala ukurekhodwa ngoFebruwari ophelileyo eFransi, kwaye ukuveliswa kwayo kuye kwalawula. UJoe Chiccarelli, owaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe kunye namaqela afana ne-Strokes, The Killers, kunye ne-Russian Red.
Umvelisi owaziwayo urekhode iingoma kunye nebhendi yangoku ye Morrissey, equka uJesse Tobias (isiginci), uBoz Boorer (isiginci) uGustavo Manzur (iibhodi zebhodi), uSolomon Walker (i-bass) kunye noMatthew Walker (iidrama). Uluhlu lwengoma ethi 'Uxolo lweHlabathi alukho kwiShishini Lakho' lutyhilwe kwiveki ephelileyo kwaye luya kuba neengoma ezilishumi elinambini zizonke, ezibandakanya: 'Neal Cassady Drops Dead',' Earth is the Loneliest Planet ',' Smiler With Knife 'kunye' Kick. uMtshakazi Phantsi Indlela '.