Morrissey - Maladjusted [6/9]

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Brief Description

Item#: 12046531
    Disc 1:
    • Maladjusted
    • Ambitious Lovers
    • Trouble Loves Me
    • Lost
    • He Cried
    • Alma Matters
    • Heir Apparent
    • Ammunition
    • Edges Are No Longer Parallel, The
    • This is Not Your Country
    • Wide To Receive
    • I Can Ha...
UPC: 600753174678
 
 
Artist:
Morrissey
See Also:
Beatles (The) Dylan, Bob Reed, Lou
Description:
Personnel: Morrissey (vocals); Alain Whyte (guitar, piano, background vocals); Martin Boorer (guitar, clarinet); Jonny Bridgwood (bass); Spencer James Cobrin (drums).
Personnel: Boz Boorer (guitars, clarinet); Alain Whyte (guitars, piano, background vocals); Jonny Bridgwood (bass instrument); Spencer James Cobrin (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Tibor Pecsi.
Having spent nearly fifteen years at war with all that is dull and insensitive, Morrissey has become a unique figure in pop music-- looming, eccentric, and, to his religiously loyal fans, infallible. On MALADJUSTED, he chooses to focus his venom on the usual brutes and perverts, as well as presenting vignettes of lives you probably wouldn`t find in other people`s pop songs ("We`ve never see a keener/window cleaner"). There`s a particularly vitriolic take on his unsuccessful litigation with Smiths rhythm section Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce in "Sorrow Will Come In The End," which is simply spoken over a tense, dramatic string section-- and you thought he sounded miffed when he sang! As for the requisite self-loathing, in "Trouble Loves Me," he implores, "Please fulfill me/Otherwise kill me."
Production is handled imaginatively but unobtrusively by Steve Lillywhite (U2, The Pogues, Psychedelic Furs) with a tasteful smattering of effects and samples. Arrangements, ranging from simple, modern rock to lush string orchestrations, always leave plenty of room for the ever-fascinating, clever, intense craftsmanship of pop`s most entertaining depressive.
Track Listing:
  • DISC 1
    1. Maladjusted
    2. Ambitious Outsiders
    3. Trouble Loves Me
    4. Lost
    5. He Cried
    6. Alma Matters
    7. Heir Apparent
    8. Ammunition
    9. Edges Are No Longer Parallel, The
    10. This is Not Your Country
    11. Wide To Receive
    12. I Can Have Both
    13. Now I Am a Was
    14. Satan Rejected My Soul
    15. Sorrow Will Come In the End
  • Album Information

    Release Date:
    06/09/2009
    Type:
    Performer
    Genre:
    Rock & Pop
    Subgenre:
    Alternative
    Label:
    Polydor (USA)
    Producer:
    Steve Lillywhite
    Catalog Number:
    B0012947-02
    Original Release Year:
    1997
    # of Discs:
    1
    Studio/Live:
    Studio
    Mono/Stereo:
    Stereo

    Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.

     

    Customer Reviews

    Overall Rating: 4

    Rating

    Maladjusted revisited

    karriemoz from Epsom,Nh, Jul 1, 2009

    This was worth it just for the B-sides you could only previously get on Moz's japanese only release from April 1998 "Rare Tracks". However...I am most disappointed that "Roy's Keen" and "Papa jack" were eliminated altogether as they did appear on the original Aug 1997 release of Maladjusted. and the artwork/layout/photos far surpass the original concept! :)

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