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
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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

"The Making Of" video

Video was originally broadcast on "The Old Grey Whistle Test", BBC 2 (12 February 1985)

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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.

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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.

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Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Cream cassette, White labels, dark grey text.

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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.

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