Re: Yes, "Wide to Recieve" is one of my favorite Morrissey songs
i'm not as into "wide to receive" as i am other tracks on the album. this is the song spencer cobrin co-wrote, yes? i agree with you about "satan rejected my soul." i think that song and "roy's keen" both sound like they should have been on southpaw, whereas tracks like "maladjusted," "alma matters," and "trouble loves me" reveal more of a musical progression. i even think that "trouble loves me" could almost fit in with some of the quarry takes.
> I find "Maladjusted" a very easy album to listen to over and
> over again. I know it's not as good as his all-time best works, but I find
> little to criticize about it. I can't hold up "He Cried" as all
> that special of a song, but when you listen to it in the context of the
> album it pleases me. The whole album works together quite well to my ears
> even though not enough indivudual tracks stand out as classics. I wish
> they recorded a different take on "Satan Rejected My Soul"
> because it seems like it should be a Morrissey classic but they just
> failed to "hit it" in the studio. I also find some of the lyrics
> to the title track ("with a head full of dread, flop on your
> bed"...that part) and "Sorrow" annoying, but they don't
> ruin the songs.
> "Ammunition" is a song I listen to a lot.
> And the "Maladjusted" b-sides I find a lot stronger than the
> "You Are The Quarry" b-sides.
