- Alma Matters
Infobox Single
Name = Alma Matters
Artist =Morrissey
from Album =Maladjusted
Released =July 21 ,1997 (UK)
August 5 ,1997 (USA)
Format = 7", 12", CD, cassette
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:48
Label = Island (UK)
Writer = Morrissey, Alain Whyte
Producer =Steve Lillywhite
Last single = "Sunny"
(1995)
This single = "Alma Matters"
(1997)
Next single = "Roy's Keen "
(1997)"Alma Matters" is a song by
Morrissey , released as a single in July 1997. It was the first single to be taken from the "Maladjusted " album and was released one week before its parent album.The single reached number 16 in the
UK Singles Chart , becoming Morrissey's first top twenty hit since "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get " in 1994. The song was also notable for seeing Morrissey reference the film "A Taste of Honey" for the first time since his early days inThe Smiths in the line "it's my life to ruin my own way".Track listings
7" vinyl & cassette (UK)
# "Alma Matters"
# "Heir Apparent"12" vinyl & CD
# "Alma Matters"
# "Heir Apparent"
# "I Can Have Both"Musicians
* Morrissey: Voice
* Martin "Boz" Boorer: Guitars
* Alain Whyte: Guitars
* Jonny Bridgwood: Bass
* Spencer James Cobrin: DrumsSee also
*
Morrissey discography External links
* " [http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/disc/moz-d35am.htm Alma Matters] " at [http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/ Passions Just Like Mine]
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