Ringleader of the Tormentors

Ringleader of the Tormentors er titlen på Morrisseys ottende soloalbum. Albummet debuterede på 1. pladsen af den engelske hitliste, og 27. pladsen i USA. Pladen, som blev udgivet på pladeselskabet Attack Records, blev udsendt d. 3 april 2006, og en dag senere i Nordamerika. Pladen blev promoveret og ledsaget af singlerne You Have Killed Me, In The Future When All Is Well, The Youngest Was The Most Loved og Just Want To See The Boy Happy. På albummets omslag er en allusion til det ikoniske Deutsche Grammophon pladeomslags logo og design, med Morrissey poserende som en violinist efter det klasiske fotos af after Heifetz eller Yehudi Menuhin. 
Egentlig, var det Jeff Saltzman, der skulle have produceret pladen, men i stedet overtog Tony Visconti – bl.a. producer af T. Rex og David Bowie – projektet. Selve indspillingen fandt sted i slutningen af august 2005 i Rom, Italien, mens mixningen begyndte to måneder senere. 
Derudover, får Morrissey pladen ledsagelse af musikerne Jesse Tobias, Alain Whyte, Boz Boorer, Gary Day, Mikey Farrell og Matt Chamberlain. Chamberlain afløste Dean Butterworth, som besluttede sig for at spille trommer for bandet Good Charlotte. 
Både under og efter indspillingerne var reaktionerne på resultaterne positive og rosende. Producer, Tony Visconti skrev d. 1/ november 2005 på sin hjemmeside: "We have been working on the music and each day it just sounds better and better. I find every musician in the band a joy to work with. Morrissey's vocals are passionate and confident. Right now I'm at the mixing stage and most of the musicians have gone home. I am two thirds of the way through one of the best albums I've ever worked on, with not only Morrissey at his best, but the plot has twists and turns which somehow involve film composer Ennio Morricone and an Italian children's choir. That should whet your appetite, you Moz fans, you!" 
Kort før dens udgivelse bliver pladens første komposition, I Will See You In Far-Off Places, lækket på nettet. Dette sker d. 3 februar, blot to måneder før dens udgivelse. Hele pladen bliver dog lækket på Morrissey-fansiden, morrissey-solo.com d. 5 marts 2006. 

Da pladen udkommer d. 3 april 2006 bliver den modtaget positivt rundt omkring. Bl.a. skrev Gaffa, "Og Morrisseys nye udspil indskriver sig uden besvær blandt hans bedste."

Spor 
 "I Will See You in Far-off Places" (Morrissey and Alain Whyte) – 4:13
 "Dear God Please Help Me" (Morrissey and Alain Whyte) – 5:51
 "You Have Killed Me" (Morrissey and Jesse Tobias) – 3:08
 "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" (Morrissey and Jesse Tobias) – 2:59
 "In the Future When All's Well" (Morrissey and Jesse Tobias) – 3:54
 "The Father Who Must Be Killed" (Morrissey and Alain Whyte) – 3:53
 "Life Is a Pigsty" (Morrissey and Alain Whyte) – 7:22
 "I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now" (Morrissey and Alain Whyte) – 4:14
 "On the Streets I Ran" (Morrissey and Jesse Tobias) – 3:51
 "To Me You Are a Work of Art" (Morrissey and Alain Whyte) – 4:02
 "I Just Want to See the Boy Happy" (Morrissey and Jesse Tobias) – 2:59
 "At Last I Am Born" (Morrissey and Michael Farrell) – 3:33

Musikere

The Band 
 Morrissey – Vokal
 Alain Whyte – Guitar og kor
 Boz Boorer – Guitar
 Jesse Tobias – Guitar
 Gary Day – Bas
 Matt Chamberlain – Tromme 
 Michael Farrell – Klaver, orgel, keyboard, trompet, trombone og percussion

String Arrangement 
 Ennio Morricone – "Dear God Please Help Me"

Children's Choir on "The Youngest Was the Most Loved", "The Father Who Must Be Killed" og "At Last I Am Born"
 Laura Adriani
 Gaia e Andrea Baroni
 Niccolo Centioni
 Julia D'Andrea
 Alice e Ester Diodovich
 Marco Lorecchio
 Charlotte Patrignani

Album fra 2006
Morrissey-album