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THE SMITHS Studio Album
Name	Meat Is Murder
Release	11 February 1985 3 April 2012 (remaster)
Total Length	39:46
Recorded	Autumn 1984
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer	The Smiths
Art work	Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn In The Year Of The Pig (1969) by Emile de Antonio Layout: Caryn Gough
Vinyl Etching	ILLNESS AS ART DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ
Publisher	Rough Trade Records (UK) Sire Records (US)
Format(s)	Vinyl, CD, Cassette, 180g Vinyl (reissue)
Chart position	UK #1 US #110 UK Vinyl Chart #12
Studio Album chronology
The Smiths ← Meat Is Murder → The Queen Is Dead
Singles

Track list

UK CD Edition

[HMV CDCSD3787]

The Headmaster Ritual – 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
Rusholme Ruffians – 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Want The One I Can't Have – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
What She Said – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore – 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
Nowhere Fast – 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
Well I Wonder – 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
Barbarism Begins At Home – 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
Meat Is Murder – 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)

Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade ROUGH81]
US - [Sire 9 25269-1]

Side A

The Headmaster Ritual – 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
Rusholme Ruffians – 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Want The One I Can't Have – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
What She Said – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore – 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)

Side B

Nowhere Fast – 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
Well I Wonder – 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
Barbarism Begins At Home – 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
Meat Is Murder – 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)

US CD Edition

[Sire 9 25269-2]

The Headmaster Ritual – 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
Rusholme Ruffians – 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Want The One I Can't Have – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
What She Said – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore – 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
How Soon Is Now? – 6:47 (Morrissey/Marr)
Nowhere Fast – 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
Well I Wonder – 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
Barbarism Begins At Home – 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
Meat Is Murder – 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)

Sleeve Artwork

Original cover art. (1985)
Alternate cover art. (1985)

"The Making Of" video

Video was originally broadcast on "The Old Grey Whistle Test", BBC 2 (12 February 1985)

Mentioned In

The Importance Of Being Morrissey - Channel 4 (June 8, 2003)

Discogs Information

Credits

Bass Guitar - Andy Rourke
Drums - Mike Joyce
Engineer - Stephen Street
Guitar, Piano, Music By - Johnny Marr
Layout - Caryn Gough
Mastered By - Tim Young
Producer - The Smiths
Voice, Words By, Sleeve - Morrissey

Notes

Recorded at Amazon Studios, Liverpool and Ridge Farm, Surrey. Mixed at Island Studios, London, Winter 1984.

Comes with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics.

The runouts are etched except "⋀" in all variants, and "4", "D", "1" "0" in variant 4.

Cover star culled from Emile de Antonio's 'In The Year Of The Pig' (1969) used by permission.

Images

Meat Is Murder - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/4186
Meat Is Murder (LP Album CBS) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/373240-The-Smiths-Meat-Is-Murder

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

No barcode. Some initial copies of this CD were manufactured in Japan.

Images

Meat Is Murder (Album) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/5649247-The-Smiths-Meat-Is-Murder

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Cream cassette, White labels, dark grey text.

Images

Meat Is Murder (Album Cream shell) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/13110635-The-Smiths-Meat-Is-Murder

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Vinyl Plus. Includes a code to download mp3 version of this album. www.vinyl-plus.com

Made in the UK - UK distribution by TEN.

Images

Meat Is Murder (LP Album Reissue 180 Gram) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/2068680-The-Smiths-Meat-Is-Murder

Related Forum Threads

The Smiths A-Z: "Meat Is Murder" - Morrissey-solo (Apr 28, 2022)

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-{{SmithsDiscobox
+{{Discobox
 | Name = Meat Is Murder
 | Total Length = 39:46
 | Recorded = Autumn 1984
-| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
+| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
-| Producer = The Smiths
+| Producer = [[Producer::The Smiths]]
 | Mastered =
-| Art = Emile de Antonio
+| Art = Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn<br>[[In The Year Of The Pig]] (1969) by Emile de Antonio<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]]
 | Vinyl Etching = ILLNESS AS ART<br>DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ
 | Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
-| Format =  Vinyl, CD
+| Format =  Vinyl, CD, Cassette, 180g Vinyl (reissue)
-| Release = 11 February 1985
+| Release = 11 February 1985<br>3 April 2012 (remaster)
-| Chart = UK #1<br>US #110
+| Chart = UK #1<br>US #110<br>UK Vinyl Chart #12
 | Type = Studio Album
+| ArtistType = The Smiths
 | Previous = The Smiths
 | PreviousLink = The Smiths (album)
 | Next = The Queen Is Dead
 | NextLink = The Queen Is Dead
-| singlen = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
+| single1 = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore | image1 = THAT_joke_isnt_funny_anymore.jpg
-| imagen = image for single n (only for albums)
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-==Information==
-===Recording===
-===Release===
 ==Track list==
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 {{tracklist
 | 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
-|	01link = The Headmaster Ritual
+|	01link = The Headmaster Ritual (single)
 |	01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
 | 02 = Rusholme Ruffians
@@ Line 53: / Line 50: @@
 |	07-duration = 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
 | 08 = Barbarism Begins At Home
-|	08link = Barbarism Begins At Home
+|	08link = Barbarism Begins At Home (single)
 |	08-duration = 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
 | 09 = Meat Is Murder
@@ Line 64: / Line 61: @@
 US - [Sire 9 25269-1] <br>
 ===== Side A =====
-# [[The Headmaster Ritual]] – 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
+# [[The Headmaster Ritual (single)|The Headmaster Ritual]] – 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
 # [[Rusholme Ruffians]] – 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
 # [[I Want The One I Can't Have]] – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
@@ Line 73: / Line 70: @@
 # [[Nowhere Fast]] – 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
 # [[Well I Wonder]] – 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
-# [[Barbarism Begins At Home]] – 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
+# [[Barbarism Begins At Home (single)|Barbarism Begins At Home]] – 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
 # [[Meat Is Murder (song)|Meat Is Murder]] – 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)
@@ Line 80: / Line 77: @@
 {{tracklist
 | 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
-|	01link = The Headmaster Ritual
+|	01link = The Headmaster Ritual (single)
 |	01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
 | 02 = Rusholme Ruffians
@@ Line 104: / Line 101: @@
 |	08-duration = 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
 | 09 = Barbarism Begins At Home
-|	09link = Barbarism Begins At Home
+|	09link = Barbarism Begins At Home (single)
 |	09-duration = 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
 | 10 = Meat Is Murder
@@ Line 110: / Line 107: @@
 |	10-duration = 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)
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-==Personnel==
-* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals
-* [[Johnny Marr]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], [[Keyboardists|piano]]
-* [[Andy Rourke]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]
-* [[Mike Joyce]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]
-* [[Producers|Producer]] - [[The Smiths]]
-* Producer - [[John Porter]] (US CD Edition)
-* Engineer - [[Stephen Street]]
 == Sleeve Artwork ==
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   File:Meatismurder_us.jpg | Original cover art. (1985)
   File:Meatismurder.jpg | Alternate cover art. (1985)
+</gallery>
+=="The Making Of" video==
+<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCbTTlrf9b4</youtube>
-</gallery>
+Video was originally broadcast on "[[Mention::The Old Grey Whistle Test]]", BBC 2 (12 February 1985)
+{{Page
+|RelatedForumThreads=149354
+|DiscogsReleaseId=373240
+|DiscogsAdditionalReleaseId=5649247, 13110635, 2068680
+}}
+{{PageDate
+|Date=1985-02-11
+}}