how old are you, 17? I have a wife, kid, daycare, house payment, and work at a job where the next payday isnt guaranteed. At one time I had all the singles through Southpaw, but by Maladjusted, my passion had waned and sold them all. Ringleader kind of renewed my interest, and I've rebought some things but I dont feel the need to get Alma Matters just to say "look at me I'm a real fan!" I typically buy the albums and copy the b sides from a friend later on. I'll pay for a couple concert tickets, buy some merch, whatever, but to say since I dont need all 3 versions of Paris, I'm not a true fan, that's ridiculous.
try living in the real world instead of your shell.
PS - his slump in the late 90s was EXACTLY because the quality of the music wasnt there. In 3 short years after the highs of Vauxhall, you get 2 worthless comps (World & Burglary), Southpaw, which had some intriguing moments and half filler, and then the completely blah Maladjusted, it was definitely the quality that caused his slump.
If you read my original post, i stated that financial reasons were an acceptable reason for none-purchase. Also Burglary was not an offical UK-release it was an import, i'm not including them.
Southpaw remains Morrisseys best ever solo album.