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{{SmithsDiscobox
{{Discobox
| Name = The Smiths
| Name = The Smiths
| Total Length = 45:36
| Total Length = 45:36
| Recorded = Autumn 1983
| Recorded = Autumn 1983
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
| Producer = [[John Porter]]<br>[[The Smiths]]
| Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]]<br>[[Producer::The Smiths]]
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art = Paul Morrissey
| Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Joe Dallesandro]] in "[[Mention::Flesh]]" (1968) by Paul Morrissey<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]]
| Vinyl Etching =  
| Vinyl Etching =No matrix message
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK) <br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK) <br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Format =  Vinyl, CD
| Format =  Vinyl, CD
| Release = 20 February 1984
| Release = 20 February 1984<br>3 April 2012 (remaster)
| Chart = UK #2<br>US #150
| Chart = UK #2<br>US #150
| Type = Studio Album
| Type = Studio Album
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| Previous =  
| Previous =  
| PreviousLink =  
| PreviousLink =  
| Next = Meat Is Murder
| Next = Meat Is Murder
| NextLink = Meat Is Murder
| NextLink = Meat Is Murder
| singlen = single n (only for albums)
| single1 = What Difference Does It Make? | image1 = Whatdiff.jpg
| imagen = image for single n (only for albums)
}}
}}


==Information==
==Information==
===Recording===
===Recording===
Includes [[Paul Carrack]] on piano & organ.
===Release===
===Release===
==Track list==
==Track list==
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[Rough Trade ROUGHCD61]
[Rough Trade ROUGHCD61]
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01 = Reel Around The Fountain
| 01link = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01link = Reel Around The Fountain
| 01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 01-duration = 5:58 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 02 = Rusholme Ruffians
| 02 = You've Got Everything Now
| 02link = Rusholme Ruffians
| 02link = You've Got Everything Now
| 02-duration = 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02-duration = 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = I Want The One I Can't Have
| 03 = Miserable Lie
| 03link = I Want The One I Can't Have
| 03link = Miserable Lie
| 03-duration = 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = What She Said
| 04 = Pretty Girls Make Graves
| 04link = What She Said
| 04link = Pretty Girls Make Graves
| 04-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04-duration = 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05 = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
| 05 = The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
| 05link = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (single)
| 05link = The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
| 05-duration = 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05-duration = 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06 = Nowhere Fast
| 06 = Still Ill
| 06link = Nowhere Fast
| 06link = Still Ill
| 06-duration = 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06-duration = 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07 = Well I Wonder
| 07 = Hand In Glove
| 07link = Well I Wonder
| 07link = Hand In Glove (single)
| 07-duration = 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07-duration = 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08 = Barbarism Begins At Home
| 08 = What Difference Does It Make?
| 08link = Barbarism Begins At Home
| 08link = What Difference Does It Make? (single)
| 08-duration = 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08-duration = 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09 = Meat Is Murder
| 09 = I Don't Owe You Anything
| 09link = Meat Is Murder (song)
| 09link = I Don't Owe You Anything
| 09-duration = 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09-duration = 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 10 = Suffer Little Children
| 10link = Suffer Little Children
| 10-duration = 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


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# [[What Difference Does It Make? (single)|What Difference Does It Make?]] – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[What Difference Does It Make? (single)|What Difference Does It Make?]] – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[I Don't Owe You Anything]] – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[I Don't Owe You Anything]] – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Suffer Little Children] – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Suffer Little Children]] – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)


===US CD Edition===
===US CD Edition===
[Sire 9 25065-2]
[Sire 9 25065-2]
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01 = Reel Around The Fountain
| 01link = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01link = Reel Around The Fountain
| 01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01-duration = 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 = Rusholme Ruffians
| 02 = You've Got Everything Now
| 02link = Rusholme Ruffians
| 02link = You've Got Everything Now
| 02-duration = 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02-duration = 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = I Want The One I Can't Have
| 03 = Miserable Lie
| 03link = I Want The One I Can't Have
| 03link = Miserable Lie
| 03-duration = 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = What She Said
| 04 = Pretty Girls Make Graves
| 04link = What She Said
| 04link = Pretty Girls Make Graves
| 04-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04-duration = 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05 = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
| 05 = The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
| 05link = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (single)
| 05link = The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
| 05-duration = 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05-duration = 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06 = How Soon Is Now?
| 06 = This Charming Man
| 06link = How Soon Is Now? (single)
| 06link = This Charming Man (single)
| 06-duration = 6:47 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07 = Nowhere Fast
| 07 = Still Ill
| 07link = Nowhere Fast
| 07link = Still Ill
| 07-duration = 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07-duration = 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08 = Well I Wonder
| 08 = Hand In Glove
| 08link = Well I Wonder
| 08link = Hand In Glove (single)
| 08-duration = 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08-duration = 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09 = Barbarism Begins At Home
| 09 = What Difference Does It Make?
| 09link = Barbarism Begins At Home
| 09link = What Difference Does It Make? (single)
| 09-duration = 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09-duration = 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 10 = Meat Is Murder
| 10 = I Don't Owe You Anything
| 10link = Meat Is Murder (song)
| 10link = I Don't Owe You Anything
| 10-duration = 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 10-duration = 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr
| 11 = Suffer Little Children
| 11link = Suffer Little Children
| 11-duration = 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}
==Personnel==


* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals
===US Vinyl===
* [[Johnny Marr]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], harmonica
[Sire 9 25065-1]
* [[Andy Rourke]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]
===== Side A =====
* [[Mike Joyce]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]
# [[Reel Around The Fountain]] – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
* [[Annalisa Jablonska]] - Additional vocals
# [[You've Got Everything Now]] – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
* [[Producers|Producer]] - [[John Porter]]
# [[Miserable Lie]] – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
* Producer - [[The Smiths]]
# [[Pretty Girls Make Graves]] – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
* Engineer - Phil Bush
# [[The Hand That Rocks The Cradle]] – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
* Engineer - Neill King
 
===== Side B =====
# [[This Charming Man (single)|This Charming Man]] – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Still Ill]] – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Hand In Glove (single)|Hand In Glove]] – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[What Difference Does It Make? (single)|What Difference Does It Make?]] – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[I Don't Owe You Anything]] – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Suffer Little Children]] – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)
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|Date=1984-02-20
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Latest revision as of 10:51, 20 February 2024

Cover art
THE SMITHS Studio Album
Name The Smiths
Release 20 February 1984
3 April 2012 (remaster)
Total Length 45:36
Recorded Autumn 1983
Writer/composer Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer John Porter
The Smiths
Art work Cover star: Joe Dallesandro in "Flesh" (1968) by Paul Morrissey
Layout: Caryn Gough
Vinyl Etching No matrix message
Publisher Rough Trade Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #2
US #150
Studio Album chronology
The Smiths
→
Meat Is Murder
Singles
Whatdiff.jpg

Information

Recording

Includes Paul Carrack on piano & organ.

Release

Track list

UK CD Edition

[Rough Trade ROUGHCD61]

  1. Reel Around The Fountain – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. You've Got Everything Now – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Miserable Lie – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
  6. Still Ill – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
  7. Hand In Glove – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
  8. What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
  9. I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
  10. Suffer Little Children – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)

UK Vinyl

[Rough Trade ROUGH61]

Side A
  1. Reel Around The Fountain – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. You've Got Everything Now – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Miserable Lie – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
Side B
  1. Still Ill – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Hand In Glove – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. Suffer Little Children – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)

US CD Edition

[Sire 9 25065-2]

  1. Reel Around The Fountain – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. You've Got Everything Now – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Miserable Lie – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
  6. This Charming Man – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
  7. Still Ill – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
  8. Hand In Glove – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
  9. What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
  10. I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr
  11. Suffer Little Children – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)

US Vinyl

[Sire 9 25065-1]

Side A
  1. Reel Around The Fountain – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. You've Got Everything Now – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Miserable Lie – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
Side B
  1. This Charming Man – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Still Ill – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Hand In Glove – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
  6. Suffer Little Children – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)

Discogs Information

Credits

  • Bass - Andy Rourke
  • Drums - Mike Joyce
  • Engineer - Neill King
  • Engineer - Phil Bush
  • Guitar, Harmonica - Johnny Marr
  • Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young
  • Model [Cover Star] - Joe Dallesandro
  • Music By - Johnny Marr
  • Photography By [Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce] - Joëlle Dépont
  • Photography By [J.m] - Andrew Catlin
  • Photography By [Morrissey] - Romi Mori
  • Piano, Organ - Paul Carrack
  • Producer - John Porter
  • Sleeve - Morrissey
  • Voice - Morrissey
  • Words By - Morrissey

Notes

The original version features the Rough Trade logo in cursive letters. The labels are grey with blood red text, and the credits below the song titles appear as "words: Morrissey - music: Marr".

Comes with a lyric inner sleeve.

Recorded at Pluto (Manchester), Eden (London), Matrix (London) and Strawberry (Manchester), winter 1983.

Cover Star Joe Dallesandro culled from Andy Warhol's Flesh (directed by Paul Morrissey, 1968, distributed by Virgin Films and Video) reproduced by permission.

Images

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Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

℗ 1984 Rough Trade Records Ltd. © 1984 Copyright Control Recorded at Pluto (Manchester), Eden (London), Matrix (London) and Strawberry (Manchester), winter 1983.

Images

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Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Recorded Winter 1983.

Cover Star: Joe Dallesandro culled from Andy Warhol's 'Flesh' (directed by Paul Morrissey, 1968, distributed by Virgin Films and Video) reproduced by permission.

The Smiths thank: Joe Moss, Geoff Travis, Scott Piering (promotion), Grant Showbiz (sound), Oliver May, Richard Boon (art), Jim Shelley, Joelle Depont, Troy Tate, Nick Robbins

"The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" quotation from "Sonny Boy" (Henderson, Brown, Jolson) courtesy Campbell-Connelly/Carlin Music/Redwood Music.

℗ 1986 © 1984

Made in England

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