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 Morrisey, 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.
- The Headmaster Ritual
- Rusholme Ruffians
- I Want the One I Can’t Have
- What She Said
- That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
- Nowhere Fast
- Well I Wonder
- Barbarism Begins at Home
- Meat Is Murder
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