Meat Is Murder

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Annotation

℗ 1984, 1985 Sire Records Company.
© 1985 Sire Records Company

Annotation last modified on 2024-10-08 12:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1The Headmaster Ritual
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
bass guitar:
Andy Rourke
drums (drum set):
Mike Joyce (UK drummer)
guitar and piano:
Johnny Marr
vocals:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
recorded at:
Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood and Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking
mixed at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1984)
recording of:
The Headmaster Ritual (in 1984)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
4.354:52
2Rusholme Ruffians
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
bass guitar:
Andy Rourke
drums (drum set):
Mike Joyce (UK drummer)
guitar and piano:
Johnny Marr
vocals:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
recorded at:
Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood and Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking
mixed at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1984)
recording of:
Rusholme Ruffians (in 1984)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
44:20
3I Want the One I Can’t Have
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
bass guitar:
Andy Rourke
drums (drum set):
Mike Joyce (UK drummer)
guitar and piano:
Johnny Marr
vocals:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
recorded at:
Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood and Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking
mixed at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1984)
recording of:
I Want the One I Can’t Have (in 1984)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
3.753:14
4What She Said
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
bass guitar:
Andy Rourke
drums (drum set):
Mike Joyce (UK drummer)
guitar and piano:
Johnny Marr
vocals:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
recorded at:
Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood and Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking
mixed at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1984)
recording of:
What She Said (in 1984)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
42:42
5That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
bass guitar:
Andy Rourke
drums (drum set):
Mike Joyce (UK drummer)
guitar and piano:
Johnny Marr
vocals:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
recorded at:
Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood and Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking
mixed at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1984)
recording of:
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (in 1984)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
3.954:59
6How Soon Is Now?
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sire Records Company (not for release label use!) (in 1984) and Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1984)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 3), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 7), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 421) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 486)
recording of:
How Soon Is Now? (in 1984-07)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
writer:
Johnny Marr and Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
publisher:
Morrissey Marr Songs Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4.756:46
7Nowhere Fast
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
bass guitar:
Andy Rourke
drums (drum set):
Mike Joyce (UK drummer)
guitar and piano:
Johnny Marr
vocals:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
recorded at:
Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood and Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking
mixed at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1984)
recording of:
Nowhere Fast (in 1984)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
42:37
8Well I Wonder
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
bass guitar:
Andy Rourke
drums (drum set):
Mike Joyce (UK drummer)
guitar and piano:
Johnny Marr
vocals:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
recorded at:
Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood and Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking
mixed at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1984)
recording of:
Well I Wonder (in 1984)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
3.654:00
9Barbarism Begins at Home
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
bass guitar:
Andy Rourke
drums (drum set):
Mike Joyce (UK drummer)
guitar and piano:
Johnny Marr
vocals:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
recorded at:
Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood and Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking
mixed at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (in 1984)
recording of:
Barbarism Begins at Home (in 1984)
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
46:58
10Meat Is Murder
engineer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
producer:
The Smiths (1980s English rock band)
recording of:
Meat Is Murder
lyricist:
Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:
Johnny Marr
36:06

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