Song · Morrissey
“Alma Matters” by Morrissey
From the album Maladjusted (1997)
“Alma Matters” by Morrissey appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1997. It was first released in 1997 on the album Maladjusted. Its best result is #104 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #423 alternative song of 1997.
Morrissey opened the Maladjusted campaign with "Alma Matters" in July 1997, a week ahead of the album, on a single whose title puns on alma mater. Alain Whyte wrote the music and Morrissey the words, Steve Lillywhite produced, Spencer Cobrin drums and Jonny Bridgwood plays bass, with Danton Supple engineering. Island put it out as the follow-up to "Sunny".
It climbed to number 16 in the UK, and not since 1994's "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" had he made the top 20. It also found him reaching back to the film A Taste of Honey for the first time since the early Smiths days. Not everyone was sold: AllMusic's Jack Rabid called it ho-hum and a poor pick to represent the album, preferring the B-sides "Heir Apparent" and "I Can Have Both".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 104 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 | 105 |
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