Meat Is Murder

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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
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
Studio Album chronology
The Smiths ← Meat Is Murder → The Queen Is Dead
Singles

Track list

UK CD Edition

[HMV CDCSD3787]

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

Vinyl

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

Side A

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

Side B

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

US CD Edition

[Sire 9 25269-2]

1. The Headmaster Ritual – 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
2. Rusholme Ruffians – 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
3. I Want The One I Can't Have – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
4. What She Said – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
5. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore – 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
6. How Soon Is Now? – 6:47 (Morrissey/Marr)
7. Nowhere Fast – 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
8. Well I Wonder – 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
9. Barbarism Begins At Home – 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
10. 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

Sleeve Artwork

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  Original cover art. (1985)

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  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

℗ 1985 Rough Trade Records Ltd. © 1985 Warner Bros Music Ltd. CD: Made in JAPAN Packaging: Made in the UK.

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

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