Meat Is Murder
THE SMITHS Studio Album | |
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Name | Meat Is Murder |
Release | 11 February 1985 3 April 2012 (remaster) |
Total Length | 39:46 |
Recorded | Autumn 1984 |
Writer/composer | Morrissey/Marr |
Producer | The Smiths |
Art work | Unknown Soldier "In The Year Of The Pig" (1969) by Emile de Antonio |
Vinyl Etching | ILLNESS AS ART DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ |
Publisher | Rough Trade Records (UK) Sire Records (US) |
Format(s) | Vinyl, CD |
Chart position | UK #1 US #110 |
Studio Album chronology | |
The Smiths ← Meat Is Murder → The Queen Is Dead
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Singles | |
Information
Recording
Release
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)
Personnel
- Morrissey - Vocals
- Johnny Marr - Guitars, piano
- Andy Rourke - Bass guitar
- Mike Joyce - Drums
- Producer - The Smiths
- Producer - John Porter (US CD Edition)
- Engineer - Stephen Street