{{short description|1997 studio album by Morrissey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2008}} {{Infobox album | name = Maladjusted | type = studio | artist = [[Morrissey]] | cover = Morrissey Maladjusted.jpg | alt = | released = 11 August 1997 | recorded = January 1997 | studio = [[Hookend Recording Studios|Hook End Manor]] ([[Oxfordshire]], England) | genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[indie pop]]|[[pop rock]]}} | length = {{duration|m=42|s=54}} | label = [[Island Records|Island]] | producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]] | prev_title = [[Southpaw Grammar]] | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = [[Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey]] | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = 2009 re-release cover | type = studio | cover = Morrissey_Maladjusted_2009_reissue.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} {{Singles | name = Maladjusted | type = studio | single1 = [[Alma Matters]] | single1date = 21 July 1997 | single2 = [[Roy's Keen]] | single2date = 6 October 1997 | single3 = [[Satan Rejected My Soul]] | single3date = 29 December 1997 }} }} '''''Maladjusted''''' is the sixth [[Album#Studio|studio album]] by the 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== ''Maladjusted'' was Morrissey's attempt to integrate the [[torch song]]s 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 (musician)|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."<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Smiths and Morrissey |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |year=2004}}</ref>
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 [[Organized crime|underworld]].
==Release== 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 Records|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morrissey-solo.com/article.pl?sid=09/03/04/1829203 |title=Morrissey-solo <nowiki>|</nowiki> ''Maladjusted'' Reissue Details from Press Release |date=4 March 2009 |website=Morrissey-solo |access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> 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== {{music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/maladjusted-mw0000025166 |title=''Maladjusted'' – Morrissey |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=11 February 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' | rev2score = {{rating|2|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/08/29/morrisseymaladjusted-mercury-star-stardont-worry-morrisseys-still/ |title=Morrissey: ''Maladjusted'' (Mercury) |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=29 August 1997 |access-date=21 June 2016 |last=Knopper |first=Steve}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev3score = C<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1997/08/15/maladjusted |title=''Maladjusted'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=17 August 1997 |access-date=20 June 2016 |last=O'Connor |first=Rob}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Stephen heedless |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 August 1997 |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | rev5score = {{rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-17-ca-23152-story.html |title=Morrissey, 'Maladjusted,' Mercury |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=17 August 1997 |access-date=21 June 2016 |last=Scribner |first=Sara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813104141/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/aug/17/entertainment/ca-23152 |archive-date=13 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev6score = 6/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000951reviews.html |title=Morrissey – ''Maladjusted'' |journal=[[NME]]|date=9 August 1997 |access-date=20 June 2016 |last=Moody |first=Paul |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817194205/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000951reviews.html |archive-date=17 August 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev7score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Morrissey: ''Maladjusted'' |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=130 |date=July 1997}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev8score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Hendrickson">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/maladjusted-19970814 |title=''Maladjusted'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=14 August 1997 |access-date=11 February 2015 |last=Hendrickson |first=Matt}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' | rev9score = 3/5<ref>{{cite journal |title=Morrissey: ''Maladjusted'' |journal=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |issue=87 |date=September 1997 |last=Harrison |first=Ian}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev10score = 6/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJab-7V-6ykC&pg=PA160 |title=Morrissey: ''Maladjusted'' |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=13 |issue=6 |date=September 1997 |access-date=5 December 2014 |last=Walters |first=Barry |page=160}}</ref> }} ''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]]''."<ref name="Hendrickson"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_lyrics = [[Morrissey]] | all_music = [[Alain Whyte]], except where noted | title1 = Maladjusted | music1 = Boorer | length1 = 4:42 | title2 = [[Alma Matters]] | length2 = 4:48 | title3 = Ambitious Outsiders | length3 = 3:56 | title4 = Trouble Loves Me | length4 = 4:40 | title5 = Papa Jack | length5 = 4:33 | title6 = Ammunition | music6 = Boorer | length6 = 3:38 | title7 = Wide to Receive | music7 = Cobrin | length7 = 3:53 | title8 = [[Roy's Keen]] | length8 = 3:36 | title9 = He Cried | length9 = 3:21 | title10 = Sorrow Will Come in the End | note10 = not included on UK release, but on the [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] | length10 = 2:51 | title11 = [[Satan Rejected My Soul]] | music11 = Boorer | length11 = 2:56 }} {{Track listing | headline = 2009 reissue | title1 = Maladjusted | music1 = Boorer | length1 = 4:42 | title2 = Ambitious Outsiders | length2 = 3:55 | title3 = Trouble Loves Me | length3 = 4:39 | title4 = Lost | music4 = Cobrin | note4 = B-side from the "Roy's Keen" single | length4 = 3:54 | title5 = He Cried | length5 = 3:20 | title6 = Alma Matters | length6 = 4:47 | title7 = Heir Apparent | note7 = B-side from the "Alma Matters" single | length7 = 3:56 | title8 = Ammunition | music8 = Boorer | length8 = 3:38 | title9 = The Edges Are No Longer Parallel | note9 = B-side from the "Roy's Keen" single | length9 = 5:04 | title10 = This Is Not Your Country | note10 = B-side from the "Satan Rejected My Soul" single | length10 = 7:24 | title11 = Wide to Receive | music11 = Cobrin | length11 = 3:53 | title12 = I Can Have Both | music12 = Boorer | note12 = B-side from the "Alma Matters" single | length12 = 4:05 | title13 = Now I Am a Was | music13 = Cobrin | note13 = B-side from the "Satan Rejected My Soul" single | length13 = 2:35 | title14 = [[Satan Rejected My Soul]] | music14 = Boorer | length14 = 2:55 | title15 = Sorrow Will Come in the End | length15 = 2:54 }}
==Personnel== Credits are adapted from the ''Maladjusted'' liner notes.<ref name=linernotes>{{cite AV media notes|title=Maladjusted|others=[[Morrissey]]|year=1997|publisher=[[Island Records]]|type=CD booklet}}</ref> *[[Morrissey]] – vocals *[[Alain Whyte]] – guitar; piano; backing vocals *[[Boz Boorer]] – [[clarinet]], guitar *Jonny Bridgwood – bass guitar *Spencer Cobrin – drums *[[Steve Lillywhite]] – [[Record producer|producer]]
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 1997 chart performance for ''Maladjusted'' !scope="col"|Chart (1997) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=194}}</ref> | 62 |- {{album chart|Canada|70|chartid=3307|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2022}} |- {{album chart|France|27|artist=Morrissey|album=Maladjusted|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2022}} |- {{album chart|Germany|76|id=6796|artist=Morrissey|album=Maladjusted|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2022}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|10|artist=Morrissey|album=Maladjusted|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2022}} |- {{album chart|UK2|8|date=19970817|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2022}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|61|artist=Morrissey|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2022}} |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2009 chart performance for ''Maladjusted'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2009) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Ireland2|97|artist=Morrissey|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2022}} |}
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