Maladjusted

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All lyrics are written by Morrissey; all music is composed by Alain Whyte, except where noted.

Maladjusted
Morrissey Maladjusted.jpg
Studio album by
Released11 August 1997 (1997-08-11)
RecordedJanuary 1997
Studio Hook End Manor, Oxfordshire, England
Genre
Length42:54
Label Island
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Morrissey chronology
Southpaw Grammar
(1995)
Maladjusted
(1997)
You Are the Quarry
(2004)
2009 re-release cover
Morrissey Maladjusted 2009 reissue.jpg
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Maladjusted"Boorer4:42
2."Alma Matters" 4:48
3."Ambitious Outsiders" 3:56
4."Trouble Loves Me" 4:40
5."Papa Jack" 4:33
6."Ammunition"Boorer3:38
7."Wide to Receive"Cobrin3:53
8."Roy's Keen" 3:36
9."He Cried" 3:21
10."Sorrow Will Come in the End" (not included on UK release, but on the cassette) 2:51
11."Satan Rejected My Soul"Boorer2:56
2009 reissue
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Maladjusted"Boorer4:42
2."Ambitious Outsiders" 3:55
3."Trouble Loves Me" 4:39
4."Lost" (B-side from the "Roy's Keen" single)Cobrin3:54
5."He Cried" 3:20
6."Alma Matters" 4:47
7."Heir Apparent" (B-side from the "Alma Matters" single) 3:56
8."Ammunition"Boorer3:38
9."The Edges Are No Longer Parallel" (B-side from the "Roy's Keen" single) 5:04
10."This Is Not Your Country" (B-side from the "Satan Rejected My Soul" single) 7:24
11."Wide to Receive"Cobrin3:53
12."I Can Have Both" (B-side from the "Alma Matters" single)Boorer4:05
13."Now I Am a Was" (B-side from the "Satan Rejected My Soul" single)Cobrin2:35
14."Satan Rejected My Soul"Boorer2:55
15."Sorrow Will Come in the End" 2:54

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Maladjusted liner notes. [13]

Charts

1997 chart performance for Maladjusted
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 62
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [15] 70
French Albums (SNEP) [16] 27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 76
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 10
UK Albums (OCC) [19] 8
US Billboard 200 [20] 61
2009 chart performance for Maladjusted
Chart (2009)Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA) [21] 97

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