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SMITHS, THE - MEAT IS MURDER


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Meat Is Murder
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0825646658787
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Vinyl record
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Classic Indie LP Gets Repressed - Factory Sealed

Only a year after their debut, 1985's follow-up was a huge leap forward for The Smiths. Soundwise, definitely: tighter, louder, clearer, more rocking, and in opener "The Headmaster Ritual", and weepie "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" they had two more top draw classics to add to their canon. There were different types of song on display here, whether it's the Elvis-cribbing, super atmospheric, cyclical scene setter of "Rusholme Ruffians", the rock overloaded hurtle of "What She Said" or the churning, jarring horror of the title track, here was a completely unique band expanding their template.

With This LP they 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. Taking the epic, layered "How Soon Is Now?" as a starting point (the single, which is darker and more dance-oriented than the remainder of the album, was haphazardly inserted int

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a1
Headmaster Ritual
a2
Rushlome Ruffians
a3
I Want The One I Cant Have
a4
What She Said
a5
That Joke Isnt Funny Anymore
b1
Nowhere Fast
b2
Well I Wonder
b3
Barbarism Begins At home
b4
Meat Is Murder