> I agree with your observations regarding the cover art for
> Maladjusted...but I still liked maladjusted, Alma Matters, ammunition, He
> cried, roy's keen, satan rejected my soul, sorrow will come in the end. 7
> good songs is pretty good for an album if you ask me.....his best without
> question though is Your Arsenal....not ONE stinker in the
> bunch....Probably my favorite album of all time.
Yeah... few people here aren't aware that I'm on the Vauxhall side of things, but I fully acknowledge and take no exceptions with anyone who would prefer Arsenal. It's absolutely worthy of a "fave Moz album" status, tho I embraced the album later than most.
I've always felt that "Seasick..." really belonged on Vauxhall, and I USED to feel that Vauxhall would have been a perfect album if he had ditched "Billy Budd" at the #3 slot and replaced it with "Seasick" I've since warmed up to Budd and no longer feel that way, but Seasick is still a very Vaux-y track.
"We'll Let You Know" has long been my favourite cut off Arsenal, but it fits MUCH better on Arsenal than it would on Vauxhall. "WLYK" is worth the price of admission by itself.
Going back to Maladjusted... Roy's Keen is also a decent sounding cut, I'll give you. But just as I praised "Satan Rejected" for one of Morrissey's alltime best couplets, I have to slam Roy for one of the worst: "dunking the chamois, just think of the goodwill, the ladder's a planet, Roy is a star, and I am a satellite." What the....??
I still like it tho, but Maladjusted's lyrics really give me pause and make me contemplate giving the Smiths' solo album another chance at redemption. It's almost ironic in a way -- back in 1984, Moz had the lyrics but not the music or voice. Now in 2004 he's got the music and voice, but the lyrics have gone to hell in a handbasket (ok, only in specific instances, but c'mon -- AINTW is absolutely **ABYSMAL** lyrically. we're not just talking "weak", we're talking "actively cringe-worthy")
Cheers,
J.T.