Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 11 February 1985 by Rough Trade Records. The album became the band's only number one on the UK charts, and stayed on the charts for thirteen weeks. It also reached number 40 in Canada and number 110 in the United States.
Meat Is Murder The Smiths. 1. The Headmaster Ritual. 2. Rusholme Ruffians. 3. I Want the One I Can’t Have. 5. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore.
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The album I have chosen is 1985's Meat Is Murder. The Smiths' eponymous debut is their most astonishing record, The Queen Is Dead their best, but Meat Is Murder is my favourite: freewheeling, exciting, political, with Morrissey's words and Marr's music interlacing perfectly. It starts as if in the middle of something – you're already part of this. Meat Is Murder is local and British from the first line – "Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools" – and expresses fury at a kind of school life that has been forgotten.
Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by the British alternative rock band The Smiths. It was released in February 1985 and became the band's sole number one album in the UK charts during the band's lifetime, staying on the chart for 13 weeks. It reached number 110 in the US. In 2003, the album was ranked number 295 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Meat Is Murder is a 1985 album by English band The Smiths. After the relative production difficulties faced in the making of their debut album, lead singer Morrissey and lead guitarist Johnny Marr decided to produce the album themselves, with assistance from producer Stephen Street.
With their second proper album Meat Is Murder, the Smiths begin to branch out and diversify, while refining the jangling guitar pop of their debut. In other words, it catches the group at a crossroads, unsure quite how to proceed. While the production is more detailed than before, the Smiths are at their best when they stick to their strengths - "The Headmaster Ritual" and "I Want the One I Can't Have" are fine elaborations of the formula they laid out on the debut, while "Rusholme Ruffians" is an infectious stab at rockabilly.
| A1 | The Headmaster Ritual | 4:52 |
| A2 | Rusholme Ruffians | 4:19 |
| A3 | I Want The One I Can't Have | 3:13 |
| A4 | What She Said | 2:40 |
| A5 | That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore | 4:57 |
| B1 | How Soon Is Now? | 6:43 |
| B2 | Nowhere Fast | 2:35 |
| B3 | Well I Wonder | 4:00 |
| B4 | Barbarism Begins At Home | 7:00 |
| B5 | Meat Is Murder | 6:05 |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROUGH 81 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, CBS) | Rough Trade | ROUGH 81 | UK | 1985 |
| 25RTL-3001 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, Promo) | Rough Trade | 25RTL-3001 | Japan | 1985 |
| WPCR-14542 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, SHM) | WEA | WPCR-14542 | Japan | 2012 |
| 9 25269-2 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (CD, Album, RE, LON) | Sire | 9 25269-2 | US | Unknown |
| L 30107, ROUGH 81 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, RE) | Festival Records, Rough Trade | L 30107, ROUGH 81 | Australia | 1989 |
| 1 | The Headmaster Ritual | 4:52 |
| 2 | Rusholme Ruffians | 4:20 |
| 3 | I Want The One I Can't Have | 3:13 |
| 4 | What She Said | 2:40 |
| 5 | That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore | 4:57 |
| 6 | Nowhere Fast | 2:37 |
| 7 | Well I Wonder | 4:00 |
| 8 | Barbarism Begins At Home | 6:55 |
| 9 | Meat Is Murder | 6:08 |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROUGH 81 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, CBS) | Rough Trade | ROUGH 81 | UK | 1985 |
| 25RTL-3001 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, Promo) | Rough Trade | 25RTL-3001 | Japan | 1985 |
| 9 25269-2 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (CD, Album, RE, LON) | Sire | 9 25269-2 | US | Unknown |
| L 30107, ROUGH 81 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, RE) | Festival Records, Rough Trade | L 30107, ROUGH 81 | Australia | 1989 |
| 4-25269, 9 25269-4 | The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (Cass, Album, SR,) | Sire, Sire | 4-25269, 9 25269-4 | US | 1985 |
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