the bonus songs can easily be found on the rare tracks album.

Moz should have agreed to include "Kit" on this reissue. Kit was recorded for the Maladjusted sessions, but ditched at Moz's request. The album would have sold a ton of copies since it is easily, without question... the most wanted unreleased song he has in his arsenal.

Most fans already has these tracks, so it's not as much of a "must buy" as Southpaw (which wisely offers unreleased tracks).

If this is the list, then the PR company have been slapdash, unless there's a new song called "Ambitious Lovers" that none of us have ever heard of before. And the absence of Kit is sad, but it never got finished properly, did it?

They really did get rid of it, huh? Wow!

Where is papajack and roy's keen???????????

I always thought the b-sides from the Maladjusted singles were some of Morrissey's best songs from the '90's, particularly Lost, The Edges Are No Longer Parallel, Now I am a Was, and This Is Not Your Country. Heir Apparent was also pretty good. Maladjusted would have been a much stronger record with those songs and without Trouble Loves Me, He Cried, and Wide to Receive.

Sorrow... is one of my favourite Moz pieces. I particularly like the musical arrangement. I managed to pick up a US copy of the album when I was in the states in 2002 and was blown away when I heard the track. It was really silly to exclude it from the UK release.

Roy's Keen described as "superb" and then not included?

Southpaw is still some kind of cousin- this is a Frankenstein.

Are they being released on vinyl??

So Maladjusted is currently Moz's least selling album which means that compared to his other albums, there's not many copies of Mal around. Will these become sought after once this re-issue comes out which doesn't include Roy's Keen and Papa Jack? Only the "few" existing copies of the original issue will contain these tracks which newbies will want. I'm off to Second Spin to pick up every used copy they have now and hoard them for few a years then make millions on eBay {sinister laugh}

awwwwwwwwwwww...... awesome. although i already have all these tracks, i'm very excited to hear the album as a whole with the b sides included.... maybe it will cause me to time travel back to 97. ooooh yeah!!! i love the fact that moz is cleaning up the sound on these tracks which are some of my favorite due to the sadness involved with me at the time.

There really wasn't much wrong with Maladjusted to begin with so I really can't understand this radical tinkering with the track list and order. OK, include the single B-sides. Great. But why integrate them into the LP itself? This only destroys the original landscape of the album which, for better or worse, should have been left intact. Tag them on at the end.

I don't know why Morrissey is so keen to instigate such a radical overhaul. Let time judge the original LP. Maladjusted is a fine work, just as it is. I can't understand why Morrissey doesn't stand by it. And time has been very kind to Maladjusted.

No Roy's Keen? No Papa Jack? Huh? It's interesting how Maladjusted compares to Southpaw, their differences and similarities. Maladjusted still has its powerful moments, still has an edge in places (esp. on the title track which sets the tone of the LP). But it's also a much lighter album as well, and Roy's Keen is vital for keeping that breezier touch. And as for Papa Jack... This is one of Maladjusted's key tracks. It's especially poignant listening to this song now, in light of Morrissey's comeback in the '00s which saw many of those "kids" he refers to in the lyrics return to him. And Alma Matters should follow the title track - it's such a great opening one-two punch!

Ending with Sorrow Will Come In The End? How about dropping it all together. Putting it at the end of the LP draws far more attention to it than it deserves (it was better served by being followed by Satan Rejected My Soul, a bit of light relief), and sours the album's quiet heroism and strength with rank bitterness.

I'll buy it of course (hopefully the sound will have been cleaned up a bit, better to draw out all the detail and nice touches in the production and playing), but overall I don't think this reissue as it stands is really the best tribute to Morrissey's most underrated long player.

Terence Stomp

Like some have already mentioned where is "Kit" and also "I know who I love"?

Least favorite Morrissey record, minus two key tracks. Actually listened to "Papa Jack" two days ago for the first time in years, and was digging the Bowiesque outro. If they release it on vinyl, I'll at least pick it up for "Lost".

-Easymeat

But she still sent the link to Davidt to put on the main page. Amazing.

Kewpie, you asked the original poster, lutewine who has hardly any posts on this website, the name of the PR firm this press release came from. He tiptoed around your inquiry and didn't provide one.

Seriously, even if this ends up being true, don't ya think there should be safeguards in place to prevent bogus news?

Don't ya think?? of course you don't. Davidt is on autopilot and probably doesn't even read the headlines anymore. I wish he just got rid of this site already.

Never Yours,
M

2 missing tracks (one a single), throw on the B-Sides, and no unreleased material. Others have already said it...Kit is a lost classic...anyone who's heard Boz play and sings it knows this. Why Morrissey didn't use it or release it now I'll never know.

And I don't recall Roy's Keen being "superb" and Malajusted being "well received" by critics and fans! Jeesh!

if this is the actual tracklisting for the reissue, it is far inferior to the original. the exclusion of "Roy's Keen" to the inclusion of tracks like "Heir Apparent" and "Sorrow Will Come In The End" (for the UKers) is a massive subtraction. ican sort of see cutting "Papa Jack", but imuch prefer to see it included as well if for no other reason than posterity.

listening now to the "new" sequencing, it does not do justice to the songs included- "Trouble Loves Me" has always come too soon and so do "Lost" and "The Edges Are No Longer Paralllel"- "Alma Matters" shouldve stayed put at track 2- it's a track 2 if there ever was one- and countless other mistakes iwont bother agonizing over.

for some time ive chosen to listen to my own mix of Maladjusted a-sides and b-sides and this is what icame up with:

Side A

1. Satan Rejeced My Soul (live)*
2. Alma Matters
3. Now I Am A Was
4. I Can Have Both
5. He Cried
6. Papa Jack
7. Roy's Keen
8. Ammunition

Side B

9. Maladjusted
10. Heir Apparent
11. Ambitious Outsiders
12. This Is Not Your Country
13. Sorrow Will Come In The End
14. Wide To Recieve
15. Trouble Loves Me
16. Lost
17. The Edges Are no Longer Parallel

thats so much better, isnt it?

* a long time ago ifound this killer live version of SRMS that sounds edited for studio release- its much more aggressive and boasts a much more enthusiatic vocal from Moz- its fookin brilliant and would be perfect for a reissue.

Soooo, when do they come out?! Anyone in San Diego seen em? Let me know, Please!

Moz must really want to bump up the sales of these two re-issue cds. They were both weak albums to begin with. I hope they never re-issue 'V&I' or 'YA". Those albums were damn near perfect and should not be messed with!

thetexasbloke

if it wasnt for the b-sides, this whole batch of work wouldve been a COMPLETE waste of time.
to the dollar bin you go.

Ambitious lovers? You've got to be joking me. This is a Moz site and they get the name wrong.

- I hope this tracklisting is a hoax, if only because you can't remove Papa Jack and Roy's Keane, that's just silly.

- Maladjusted is underrated.

- Will this be a re-mastered version?

- Papa Jack is a really good song, I think I am the only one who hears it...why does everyone hate that song again???

- The Maladjusted B-Sides are all fabulous, particularly This is Not Your Country, Lost, Edges, and Heir Apparant!!!

idont mind re-issuing the albums complete with their b-sides- juste worked up a version of VH that is sorta fun (iknow their was a Centenary edition with bonus b-side dics, but it sucked):

1. Suedehead
2. Everyday Is Like Sunday
3. Bengali In Platforms
4. Oh Well, I'll Never Learn
5. Sister, I'm A Poet
6. Break Up The Family
7. I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
8. Hairdresser On Fire
9. I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
10. Alsatian Cousin
11. Little Man, What Now?
12. The Ordinary Boys
13. Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
14. Late Night, Maudlin Street
15. Will Never Marry
16. Dial-A-Cliché
17. Margaret On The Guillotine
18. Disappointed

id workout tracklistings for the other albums too, but not rightnow.

This new package sounds brilliant, it's a wonderful choice of tracks - the Maladjusted-era b-sides are the songs I recommend to friends to show them what it's all about!

These albums deserve to be heard, so I'm in favor of their re-release, along with the inclusion of the b-side ditties.

The big news item here sort of buried in this PR garble is the inclusion of "Sorrow Will Come in the End". From what I recall, the track was left off the UK version of the cd and I assume it was because the never-ending court case and the possible added legal claims for Joyce to use against Moz.

So, why is it being included now? Can it be summized that:

a) the court battle is officially over and no futher suits are pending.

b) Moz doesn't care and is placing it there just out of good old-fashion spite or;

c) Mozmic thinks too much and sees conspiricy in everything.

re-evaluate the songs double pack with a photograph extra track and a tacky badge--sadly this was your life. (who wrote this?)

Ambituous Lovers? Is this a new track? How exciting. If it refers to probably the worst ever song that Morrissey has released (along with that Throw Up song) then I'd have preferred Koy's Ream

However Trouble Loves Me followed by Lost segues well.

Personally written liner notes? Hmmm I thought "it was all in the songs, all IN THE SONGS." I guess we'll get to readsome sub-Wildean references to courts, QCs, that bloke with two sticks and ongoing battles with depression.

Excerpt: "Looking back with the impetuousness of old age it amuses me that The Smiths did reform. In court. On opposing sides.
Johnny we're sorry. Won't you come on home, we're worried is a song by the Fine Young Cannibals."

Moz may as well go the whole hog and release the original Bona Drag tracks, complete with naked photos of him in a wheelchair or something

I never thought papa jack was a bad song either.

and yes! the exclusion roy's keen and papa jack is just stupid.

i got into maladjusted before i found out anyone disliked it. it wasn't till i got on moz-solo about 5 years ago that i found out that it's a bad album.

maladjusted was one of the first moz solo albums i got, right after vauxhall i believe. no no no! someone let me borrow vauxhall then i bought maladjusted because it was the only morrissey album the store had, i loved it.

the album brings back a lot of great memories, it helped me get into morrissey.

i still like it.

 

Since the March 3 stated release for "Southpaw Grammar" has passed us by, I did a quick search and found UK dates on both the "Southpaw Grammar" and "Maladjusted" re-releases here:

http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/morrissey/news/12879

Grammar: April 27
Maladjusted: May 4

...that "Ambitious Outsiders" has been mis-spelled in the track listing? Either this is a very poor rush job at the label, or someone's pulling our collective leg.

I think for the first time in my life I'm going to pass on a Morrissey 'album' (although if it's released on vinyl, I'll be forced to obtain it). Note —— I didn't say buy it.

We all know that besides "Kit" (which is 100% finished) there are quite a few other songs available. Hopefully he'll see the light and chuck in a second disc of unreleased stuff.

After Listening to the album for the first time I couldn't believe how awful "He Cried" was. It was only the second time that I had ever laughed at Morrissey for all the wrong reasons, and it broke my heart.

The first time was when I heard "Sorrow Will Come In The End."

It all seemed to coincide with Morrissey using fewer lyrical ideas from other sources. He appeared to be having a go at writing more, and more of his own lyrical phrases. Unfortunately, that might be why they have seemed so uninspired.

Supposedly, some of the songs on "Maladjusted" were written around the vocal melodies, which were laid down first. It didn't work.

Above all, it was strange to hear such harsh production on a Lillywhite album. It could have been the result of having engineer Danton Supple in charge of mixing the album. Supple was even billed as the producer on some of the b-sides, which came with the same brittle sound.

Hey, maybe Morrissey truly wanted a sharper modern rock sound, and decided to once again sabotage a producer's efforts. Who knows? It certainly was a poorly mixed album. "Satan Rejected My Soul" could have been a stand out track without all of the muddiness.

Above all, "Maladjusted" signaled the decline of Morrissey's lyrical consistency.

Say what you will about "Kill Uncle," but at least it provided a proper atmosphere for Morrissey's vocals, and still contained much more poetry than any of his recent efforts.

George Lucas syndrome.

Do we really need an album from 1997 to be remastered? It was just over a decade ago, well into digital recording/cds/etc.

Since I own the singles and the album, this rerelease is nothing to look forward to too much (i also think it's his weakest album, it certainly wasn't critically acclaimed). At least the other rerelease (Southpaw) will have previously unreleased stuff on. But i like the fact that the b-sides are integrated in the whole album with moz's supervision. Even the sequence of the original album has been slightly changed. Since the listing doesn't include Roy's Keen nor Papa Jack, i've come up with the following sequence:
01 Maladjusted
02 Ambitious Outsiders
03 Trouble Loves Me
04 Lost
05 Papa Jack
06 He Cried
07 Alma Matters
08 Heir Apparent
09 Ammunition
10 The Edges are No Longer Parallel
11 This is Not Your Country
12 Wide to Receive
13 Roy's Keen
14 I Can Have Both
15 Now I Am A Was
16 Satan Rejected My Soul
17 Sorrow Will Come To You In The End

I thought this would work best, curious to see if this will be the final sequence.
I can't wait to listen to the album in this sequence to see if certain songs get a new lease of life or even a whole new appreciation.

what in the hell happened here?