| Maladjusted | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Morrissey |
| Cover: | Morrissey Maladjusted.jpg |
| Recorded: | January 1997 |
| Studio: | Hook End Manor, Oxfordshire, England |
| Label: | Island |
| Producer: | Steve Lillywhite |
| Prev Title: | Southpaw Grammar |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | You Are the Quarry |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
Maladjusted 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.
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.
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]
Matt Hendrickson of Rolling Stone wrote, "despite his predictability, Maladjusted is Morrissey's strongest musical effort since his 1988 solo debut, Viva Hate."
Credits are adapted from the Maladjusted liner notes.[12]
| Peak position | |
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] | 62 |
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