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The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come

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On September 28, 1987, “Rough Trade” label released “Strangeways, Here We Come” the fourth and final Smiths studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “The Wool Hall” in Beckington, Somerset, and was produced by Johnny Marr, Morrissey and Stephen Street.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey– vocals, piano, design
  • Johnny Marr– guitar, keyboards, harmonica, autoharp, synthesised strings and saxophone arrangements, additional vocals
  • Andy Rourke– bass guitar
  • Mike Joyce– drums, percussion
  • Stephen Street– additional drum machine programming, strings arrangements
  • Steve Williams – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

  1. A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours
  2. I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish
  3. Death of a Disco Dancer
  4. Girlfriend in a Coma
  5. Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
  6. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
  7. Unhappy Birthday
  8. Paint a Vulgar Picture
  9. Death at One’s Elbow
  10. I Won’t Share You

 

 

The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead

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On June 16, 1986, “Rough Trade” label released “The Queen Is Dead”, the third Smiths (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Morrissey and Johnny Marr. The album cover was designed by Morrissey and features Alain Delon photograph from the 1964 film “L’Insoumis”. “The Queen Is Dead” has received unanimous critical acclaim worldwide. “NME” magazine voted “The Queen Is Dead” the “Greatest Album of All Time’. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 216 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel

  • Morrissey– vocals, art concept
  • Johnny Marr– guitars, harmonium, synthesised strings instruments and flute arrangements
  • Andy Rourke– bass
  • Mike Joyce– drums
  • Stephen Street – engineer
  • John Porter – engineer
  • Caryn Gough – layout
  • Steve Wright – photography

Track listing

All tracks by Morrissey and Johnny Marr, except “Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty” (used as an intro to “The Queen Is Dead”), by A.J. Mills, Fred Godfrey and Bennett Scott.

  1. The Queen Is Dead
  2. Frankly, Mr.Shankly
  3. I Know It’s Over
  4. Never Had No One Ever
  5. Cemetery Gates
  6. Bigmouth Strikes Again
  7. The Boy With The Thorn in His Side
  8. Vicar in a Tutu
  9. There is a Light That Never Goes Out
  10. Some Girls are Bigger Than Others

Morrissey: Ringleader of the Tormentors

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On April 3, 2006, “Attack” label released “Ringleader of the Tormentors”, the eighth Morrissey studio album. It was recorded September–November 2005,  at “Forum Music Village” in Rome, and was produced by Tony Visconti.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey– vocals
  • Alain White– guitar, backing vocals
  • Boz Boorer– guitar
  • Jesse Tobias– guitar
  • Gary Day– bass guitar
  • Matt Chamberlain– drums
  • Michael Farrell– piano, organ, keyboards, trumpet, trombone, percussion
  • Ennio Morricone– string arrangements
  • Children’s choir:
  • Laura Adriani
  • Gaia e Andrea Baroni
  • Niccolo Centioni
  • Julia D’Andrea
  • Alice e Ester Diodovich
  • Marco Lorecchio
  • Charlotte Patrignani

Track listing:

  1. I Will See You in Far-Off Places – Morrissey and Alan White
  2. Dear God Please help Me – Morrissey and Alan White
  3. You Have Killed Me – Morrissey and Jesse Tobias
  4. The Youngest Was the Most Loved – Morrissey and Jesse Tobias
  5. In the Future When All’s Well – Morrissey and Jesse Tobias
  6. The Father Who Must Be Killed – Morrissey and Alan White
  7. Life Is a Pigsty – Morrissey and Alan White
  8. I’ll Never Be Anybody’s Hero Now – Morrissey and Alan White
  9. On the Streets I Ran – Morrissey and Jesse Tobias
  10. To Me You Are a Work of Art – Morrissey and Alan White
  11. I Just Want to See the Boy Happy – Morrissey and Jesse Tobias
  12. At Last I Am Born – Morrissey and Michael Farrell

Morrissey: Viva Hate

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On March 14, 1988, “HMV” label released “Viva Hate”, the debut Morrissey studio album. It was recorded October – December 1987, and was produced by Stephen Street.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey– vocals, sleeve art
  • Stephen Street– guitar, bass
  • Vini Reilly– guitars, keyboards
  • Andrew Paresi, Richard Koster, Fenella Barton – violin
  • John Metcalf – viola
  • Rachel Maguire, Mark Davies, Robert Woolhard – cello
  • Jo Slee – art coordinator
  • Caryn Gough – layout assistant
  • Anton Corbijn, Linder Sterling, Eamon Macabe – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Morrissey.

  1. Alsatian Cousin
  2. Little Man, What Now?
  3. Everyday Is Like Sunday
  4. Bengali in Platforms
  5. Angel, Angel Down We Go Together
  6. Late Night, Maudlin Street
  7. Suedehead
  8. Break Up the Family
  9. The Ordinary Boys
  10. I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me
  11. Dial-a-Cliché
  12. Margaret on the Guillotine

The Smiths: Same

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On February 20, 1984, “Rough Trade” label released the self-titled, debut Smiths (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1983 at “Pluto Studios” in Manchester, “Strawberry Studios” in Stockport, “Eden Studios” and “Matrix Studios” in London, and was produced by John Porter, Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and  Mike Joyce. Magazine ”Slant” ranked the album at number 51 on its list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”; in 1989, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “The Smiths” at number 22 on its list of the “100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s”, and in 2012, the album was ranked at number 472 on  magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was ranked at number 51 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “100 Best Debut Albums of All Time”. In 1997, ”The Smiths” was ranked at number 73 in The Guardian’s list “100 Best Albums Ever”.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey – vocals
  • Johnny Marr– guitars, harmonica
  • Andy Rourke– bass guitar
  • Mike Joyce– drums
  • Paul Carrack– keyboards
  • Annalisa Jablonska – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

  1. Reel Around the Fountain
  2. You’ve Got Everything Now
  3. Miserable Lie
  4. Pretty Girls Make Graves
  5. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
  6. This Charming Man
  7. Still Ill
  8. Hand in Glove
  9. What Difference Does It Make?
  10. I Don’t Owe You Anything
  11. Suffer Little Children

The Smiths: Meat Is Murder

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Meat is Murder

On February 11, 1985, “Rough Trade” label released “Meat Is Murder”, the second Smiths (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at the “Amazon Studios” in Liverpool and “Ridge Farm” in Surrey, and was produced by Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce. The album’s sleeve uses a 1967 photograph of Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn in the Vietnam War. In 2003, ”Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Meat Is Murder”  at number 296 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Morrissey– vocals
  • Johnny Marr– guitars, piano
  • Andy Rourke– bass guitar
  • Mike Joyce– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

  1. The Headmaster Ritual
  2. Rusholme Ruffians
  3. I Want the One I Can’t Have
  4. What She Said
  5. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
  6. Nowhere Fast
  7. Well I Wonder
  8. Barbarism Begins at Home
  9. Meat Is Murder