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Louder Than Bombs #15 in Yahoo list of the 25 Best "Best Of" Albums

posted by davidt on Saturday May 10 2008, @12:00PM

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The 25 Best "Best Of" Albums - by Rob O'Connor, List Of The Day, Yahoo! Music Blogs

15) Louder Than Bombs--The Smiths: Another band that made nice albums but even nicer singles. And much like the Cure didn't always bother to put their singles on their albums. It's a British way of doing business, whereas here in America (where I'm paying taxes) our bands have always used the single as the sucker punch to make us buy the whole album. For a British group, they make you buy the single or wait what seems like a very long time to buy the eventual "Greatest Hits" collection. Then once they break up, it seems as if they never run out of ways to reconfigure the same hits.

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Bunch of Yahoos! (Score:1)

As mentioned on the Forums here, these are the same people that refered to "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" as "cheesey":

http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t= 86907/ [morrissey-solo.com]

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mozmic_dancer -- Saturday May 10 2008, @12:45PM (#302503)
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Ah yes, Louder Than Bombs... (Score:1)

This was the second cassette I bought...ever, I think. I had just purchased Meat Is Murder a week earlier but this is the one I wore out the ribbon on. Such a great compilation. A four-year time span of recordings compiled so fluidly and cohesively that the entire album sounds as though it could have all been recorded on the same day. Great song after great song...I even like Golden Lights.

If Morrissey put out a solo version of this album, it would be mind-blowing. But, in the meantime, there's always...

www.myspace.com/morrisseysavedourlives

WhiteTrashJamesBond -- Saturday May 10 2008, @01:04PM (#302507)
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Re:Ah yes, Louder Than Bombs... by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday May 10 2008, @03:45PM
Re: Cassette tapes.... by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday May 13 2008, @07:13PM

good list (Score:0)

LOTB is always the album that i listen to the most.

Anonymous -- Saturday May 10 2008, @07:32PM (#302538)

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Re:good list by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday May 11 2008, @05:20PM

LTB saved my life at age 13. (Score:1)

This double-LP set saved my life, literally, at age 13. I am now 34, and I hold this album dear to my heart still. Thank-you, Morrissey.

Sincerely,
Ken Stavitzke

sycophantic_slag -- Monday May 12 2008, @08:22AM (#302614)
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I love this album (Score:0)

Ok, I'll say it loud and will say it proud. Not only is 'Louder Than Bombs' better than 'Hatful of Hollow', it is one of the best Smiths albums period! I'm not saying it's their best but it is up there. The first half of the album has some of their very best songs. The second half is full of sad songs, songs that make you think, "the songs that saved your life." I'm not sure who the mastermind was behind this U.S. issue was. Was it Morrissey? Marr? Sire records? Regardless, it is a great collection of songs that should be much higher on this list or any other.

thetexasbloke

Anonymous -- Monday May 12 2008, @06:42PM (#302663)

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Oscillate Wildly (Score:1)

in my bed listening to this over and over again.
It is such a great compilation. I always recommend it when anyone is curious about The Smiths!

Lucretia <Lucretia2000NO@SPAMhotmail.com> -- Wednesday May 14 2008, @11:35AM (#302761)
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