I love Kill Uncle. It's always gonna be a favorite. Is it his most exciting album? No. Has it aged well? I don't know. It didn't sound like anything he had done yet, or like anything that anyone else was doing. But Morrissey has never sounded like he was even remotely attached to anything else happening concurrently. Anyway it's hard to date that album; and it;s hard to be objective. It was such an exciting time in his career and in general, with alternative music, there was SO much great stuff happening back then. Those really were the halcyon days.
I wish it included The Loop as it's opener, because lyrically it really suited what was going on with him. Then Our Frank. Wouldn't change much else except I'd probably ditch Camera Eye....it's such a weird song and while I think the lyrics are great and his voice is sublime, it just kind of stays stuck in oddball status, very much like The Secret Of Music many years later. I think I'd absolutely have added Tony The Pony, one of the best songs he's ever done. And probably Journalists Who Lie, because it has such a weird energy to it.
Southpaw Grammar...hard to believe this record was made by the same guy. It's such a hurricane of sound and experimentation and sure, there's an element of bombast to some of the musically adventurous sections, but so what? He was stretching his legs. The band was a codified entity at that point and they were seeing what they could do. It sounds great.
I'd have added Nobody Loves Us and You Should Have Been Nice To Me. And probably Honey, You Know Where To Find Me. No question about it. Definitely agree with other posters here who disagree with the OP's suggestion that Boxers should have been on it. Yeah, same basic era, but it sounds NOTHING like the Southpaw Grammar material. Belongs much more to the Vauxhall sound/era.
Suggested Kill Uncle revision:
A) The Loop / Our Frank / Asian Rut / Mute Witness / Found Found Found / I'm The End Of The Family Line
B) Sing Your Life / King Leer / Journalists Who Lie / There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends / Tony The Pony
Suggested Southpaw Grammar revision:
A) The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils / Nobody Loves Us / Reader Meet Author / Do Your Best And Don't Worry / You Should Have Been Nice To Me
B) The Operation / The Boy Racer / Best Friend On The Payroll / Dagenham Dave / Honey, You Know Where To Find Me / Southpaw