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Maladjusted
Studio album by
Morrissey
Released11 August 1997 (1997-08-11)
RecordedJanuary 1997
StudioHook End Manor, Oxfordshire, England
Genre
Length42:54
LabelIsland
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Morrissey chronology
Southpaw Grammar
(1995) 		Maladjusted
(1997) 		You Are the Quarry
(2004)
2009 re-release cover
Singles from Maladjusted
  1. "Alma Matters"
    Released: 21 July 1997
  2. "Roy's Keen"
    Released: 6 October 1997
  3. "Satan Rejected My Soul"
    Released: 29 December 1997

Maladjusted (stylised as “Maladjusted” in all caps) is the sixth studio album by English singer Morrissey, released on 11 August 1997 by Island Records.

On release, the album received a lukewarm reception from fans and critics alike, and was Morrissey's last studio album for seven years, until 2004's You Are the Quarry.

Content

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Maladjusted was Morrissey's attempt to integrate the torch songs that he experimented with on Vauxhall and I with the indie rock of his earlier career. In addition to "Alma Matters", the tracks "Trouble Loves Me", "Ammunition" and "Wide to Receive" stand out as reminiscent of the Vauxhall and I era.

The album caused a small amount of controversy over what was to be the penultimate track. Entitled "Sorrow Will Come in the End", it featured Morrissey intoning, rather than singing, over a backing of manic strings and the beat of a judge's gavel. The song is clearly about the Mike Joyce royalties dispute, and lyrically takes the form of, essentially, an extended threatening message to him and his representatives. "Don't close your eyes/Don't ever close your eyes/A man who slits throats/Has time on his hands/And I'm gonna get you". Island Records, Morrissey's label at the time, dropped the track from UK versions of the album for fear of libel action. Joyce, for his part, said of the song, "I just found it funny. If Lemmy had written it, I might be concerned."[1]

On the inside sleeve of the LP is printed "John Bindon 1943–1993", a reference to the English actor and bodyguard who had close links with the London underworld.

Release

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Morrissey released "Alma Matters" on 21 July 1997 to support the album. The song premiered on the KROQ-FM Jed the Fish show on 4 July 1997.

Maladjusted was released on 11 August 1997 by record label Island. The follow-up singles "Roy's Keen" and "Satan Rejected My Soul" peaked at numbers 42 and 39, respectively.

Island Records released a remastered and redesigned version of Maladjusted on 4 May 2009.[2] It included a new album cover and track listing, several rare B-sides and the first UK release of "Sorrow Will Come in the End". However, two songs ("Roy's Keen" and "Papa Jack") were left off the new track list. In the initial press release, "Ambitious Outsiders" was incorrectly listed as "Ambitious Lovers". It was released on the Polydor label.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
Entertainment WeeklyC[5]
The Guardian[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
NME6/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Select3/5[11]
Spin6/10[12]

Maladjusted received a mixed-to-unfavourable response from critics.

Matt Hendrickson of Rolling Stone wrote, "despite his predictability, Maladjusted is Morrissey's strongest musical effort since his 1988 solo debut, Viva Hate."[10]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Morrissey; all music is composed by Alain Whyte, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Maladjusted"Boorer4:42
2."Alma Matters" 4:48
3."Ambitious Outsiders" 3:56
4."Trouble Loves Me" 4:40
5."Papa Jack" 4:33
6."Ammunition"Boorer3:38
7."Wide to Receive"Cobrin3:53
8."Roy's Keen" 3:36
9."He Cried" 3:21
10."Sorrow Will Come in the End" (not included on UK release, but on the cassette) 2:51
11."Satan Rejected My Soul"Boorer2:56
2009 reissue
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Maladjusted"Boorer4:42
2."Ambitious Outsiders" 3:55
3."Trouble Loves Me" 4:39
4."Lost" (B-side from the "Roy's Keen" single)Cobrin3:54
5."He Cried" 3:20
6."Alma Matters" 4:47
7."Heir Apparent" (B-side from the "Alma Matters" single) 3:56
8."Ammunition"Boorer3:38
9."The Edges Are No Longer Parallel" (B-side from the "Roy's Keen" single) 5:04
10."This Is Not Your Country" (B-side from the "Satan Rejected My Soul" single) 7:24
11."Wide to Receive"Cobrin3:53
12."I Can Have Both" (B-side from the "Alma Matters" single)Boorer4:05
13."Now I Am a Was" (B-side from the "Satan Rejected My Soul" single)Cobrin2:35
14."Satan Rejected My Soul"Boorer2:55
15."Sorrow Will Come in the End" 2:54

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the Maladjusted liner notes.[13]

Charts

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1997 chart performance for Maladjusted
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 62
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[15] 70
French Albums (SNEP)[16] 27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 76
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 8
US Billboard 200[20] 61
2009 chart performance for Maladjusted
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21] 97

References

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  1. ^ "The Smiths and Morrissey". Q. 2004.
  2. ^ "Morrissey-solo | Maladjusted Reissue Details from Press Release". Morrissey-solo. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Maladjusted – Morrissey". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. ^ Knopper, Steve (29 August 1997). "Morrissey: Maladjusted (Mercury)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. ^ O'Connor, Rob (17 August 1997). "Maladjusted". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (8 August 1997). "Stephen heedless". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Scribner, Sara (17 August 1997). "Morrissey, 'Maladjusted,' Mercury". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  8. ^ Moody, Paul (9 August 1997). "Morrissey – Maladjusted". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Morrissey: Maladjusted". Q (130). July 1997.
  10. ^ a b Hendrickson, Matt (14 August 1997). "Maladjusted". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  11. ^ Harrison, Ian (September 1997). "Morrissey: Maladjusted". Select (87).
  12. ^ Walters, Barry (September 1997). "Morrissey: Maladjusted". Spin. 13 (6): 160. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  13. ^ Maladjusted (CD booklet). Morrissey. Island Records. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 194.
  15. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3307". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Lescharts.com – Morrissey – Maladjusted". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Morrissey – Maladjusted" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Morrissey – Maladjusted". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Morrissey Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Morrissey". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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