The Smiths (album)

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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/Marr
Producer	John Porter The Smiths
Art work	Joe Dallesandro "Flesh" (1968) by Paul Morrissey
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

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)

Personnel

• Morrissey - Vocals
• Johnny Marr - Guitars, harmonica
• Andy Rourke - Bass guitar
• Mike Joyce - Drums
• Paul Carrack - Piano, organ
• Annalisa Jablonska - Additional vocals
• Producer - John Porter
• Producer - The Smiths
• Engineer - Phil Bush
• Engineer - Neill King

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

• The Smiths - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/4264
• The Smiths (LP Album Cursive Logo) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/4639827-The-Smiths-The-Smiths

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

• The Smiths (Album) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/714271-The-Smiths-The-Smiths

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

Images

• The Smiths (Album Reissue Nimbus) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/9722412-The-Smiths-The-Smiths