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 / Johnny Marr
Producer	John Porter The Smiths
Art work	Cover star: Joe Dallesandro in "Flesh" (1968) by Paul Morrissey Layout: Caryn Gough
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

Information

Recording

Includes Paul Carrack on piano & organ.

Release

Track list

UK CD Edition

[Rough Trade ROUGHCD61]

Reel Around The Fountain – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
You've Got Everything Now – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
Miserable Lie – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
Still Ill – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
Hand In Glove – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
Suffer Little Children – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)

UK Vinyl

[Rough Trade ROUGH61]

Side A

Reel Around The Fountain – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
You've Got Everything Now – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
Miserable Lie – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)

Side B

Still Ill – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
Hand In Glove – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
Suffer Little Children – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)

US CD Edition

[Sire 9 25065-2]

Reel Around The Fountain – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
You've Got Everything Now – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
Miserable Lie – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
This Charming Man – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
Still Ill – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
Hand In Glove – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr
Suffer Little Children – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)

US Vinyl

[Sire 9 25065-1]

Side A

Reel Around The Fountain – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
You've Got Everything Now – 3:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
Miserable Lie – 4:29 (Morrissey/Marr)
Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – 4:38 (Morrissey/Marr)

Side B

This Charming Man – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
Still Ill – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
Hand In Glove – 3:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
Suffer Little Children – 5:28 (Morrissey/Marr)

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

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.

Made in England