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 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]

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)

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

• A Suitable Case For Treatment - New Musical Express (December 22-29, 1984)
• 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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