Maladjusted

by

Morrissey

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'Maladjusted' is a step below some of Morrissey's other albums (namely: 'Viva Hate', 'Vauxhaul and I', and 'You are the Quarry') nevertheless, it does not deserve the negative reviews it gets - and is an interesting portrait of an artist who has come to the edge of frustration - and uses this frustration to create art. 'Alma Matters' is a classic Morrissey tune as is 'Ammunition' and 'Wide to Receive' - there are also a few tunes that are lower than classic Morrissey - 'Maladjusted' and 'Roy's Keen' - but are still good! This is a highly playable album - and I find it strangeley comforting when I'm in a bad mood - you should check it out - underrated!

OK, first, I'm not one of these cheapos who hate re-issues because they're too broke to buy the re-release. I'm also definitely NOT a lame person who thinks it makes them more of a Morrissey/Smiths fan because they wrote "RE-ISSUE, REPACKAGE, REPACKAGE!" as though we haven't all heard the Strangeways album a million times.

I am a HUGE fan of re-issues if it is REMASTERED and if it contains BONUS tracks. Both of which have been done very well here. NOW, with that said, Morrissey forced them to drop 2 tracks that he was now embarrassed of... So instead of getting the value of more tracks being brilliantly remastered, I have a strangely sequenced re-release without these 2 songs - and two songs that will never see remastering.

I know all of us as hardcore, devout fans will defend him to the death, but I do not believe for a second that he never intended for them to be on the record...

So I load it into iTunes and find that there's enough space left on the disc to have included those songs... sigh... I love the contents of this one, but wish I could have had remastered versions of all songs from the Maladjusted Sessions. And the smartypants who tries to reply, "Then Don't Buy it", that isn't an option; I buy everything he puts out.