THE SMITHS "LOUDER THAN BOMBS" 2LP BEST OF COMP. 1987 SIRE NM/NM- PROMO STAMP

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ARTIST: THE SMITHS

TITLE- “LOUDER THAN BOMBS” 2 LP COMPILATION.

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTOS & BELOW:

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1987

LABEL- SIRE/ROUGH TRADE RECORDS

CAT.#: 1-25569

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORDS ARE IN NM/MINT- CONDITION, NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES,BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. THE SONGS SOUND GREAT. PLAYS LIKE NEW! LOOKS & PLAYS GREAT.

JACKET CONDITION: THE GATEFOLD JACKET IS IN NM- CONDITION. NICE CLEAN EDGES, NO SEAM SPLITS, NO WRITING, BENDS, MARKS, WRITING ON IT. THERE'S A VERY VERY TINY CORNER DING IN THE UPPER LEFT (SEE PHOTO).

MORE INFO : THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. GOLD INK EMBOSSED PROMO STAMP. ALLIED PRESSING.

ARTIST/ALBUM INFO:The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. Consisting of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and drummer Mike Joyce, critics consider the band one of the most important to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Internal tensions led to their break up in 1987 and subsequent offers to reunite have been refused.In 2012, all four Smiths' studio albums (and a compilation) appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", while "William, It Was Really Nothing" and "How Soon Is Now?" were included in the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.

Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Marr, the Smiths' focus on a guitar, bass, and drum sound, and fusion of 1960s rock and post-punk, were a rejection of the synthesiser-based dance-pop of the time. Marr's Rickenbacker guitar work was reminiscent of the jangle pop sound of Roger McGuinn from the Byrds.[6] Morrissey's complex, literate lyrics combined themes of ordinary lives with mordant humour.

The Smiths were signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart and all of their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album Meat Is Murder (1985). They achieved mainstream success in Europe with The Queen Is Dead (1986) and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), both of which entered the top twenty of the European Albums Chart. Their live album Rank (1988) reached the top 10 in Europe.

Louder Than Bombs is a compilation album by English rock band The Smiths, released as a double album in March 1987 by their American record company, Sire Records. It peaked at number 62 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. Popular demand prompted their British record company, Rough Trade, to issue the album domestically as well. Upon its release in the UK in May 1987, it reached number 38 on the British charts. In 2003, the album was ranked number 365 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and ranked 369 on a 2012 revised list.The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1990.

Release

The album was released as the American counterpart to their recent British compilation The World Won't Listen and consisted of all singles and nearly all B-sides that had not at that point been available in the United States, either on single or album, with a few other tracks added. The title is borrowed from a line in Elizabeth Smart's extended prose poem By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.

The album was intended to be a substitute for both The World Won't Listen and their 1984 compilation Hatful of Hollow, as these had not been released in the United States. This is why the non-single track "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" from Hatful of Hollow was included. Single A-sides "This Charming Man" and "How Soon Is Now?" had already been released in the US as bonus cuts on the LPs The Smiths and Meat Is Murder, respectively.

As with The World Won't Listen, this compilation includes the scrapped single "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (passed over in favour of "Shoplifters of the World Unite"), albeit in a different, shorter mix. Additionally, the Louder Than Bombs version of "Stretch Out and Wait" is the original b-side version of "Shakespeare's Sister", which features slightly different lyrics. Also of note is the fact that "Ask" appears on both Louder Than Bombs and The World Won't Listen in a slightly different and longer mix than its single version.

Due to the album offering many B-sides (and the "Sheila Take a Bow" single) that had never been collected onto an album before, Louder Than Bombs became very popular on import with fans in the UK. To avoid high import prices being paid, The Smiths' domestic record company, Rough Trade, decided to release the compilation as well, provoking cries of outrage by fans who only three months previously had shelled out for the slimmer single album UK counterpart. The blow was somewhat softened by the fact that the double album retailed at single album price.

Packaging

The cover art for Louder Than Bombs, designed by Morrissey, features British playwright Shelagh Delaney of Salford, Greater Manchester. The photograph was originally published in the Saturday Evening Post after Delaney, at the age of 19, made her literary debut with the play A Taste of Honey. The play inspired many early lyrics written by Morrissey, and the song "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" (included here) is based on the plight of the play's heroine, Jo, an unwed mother.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Morrissey/Marr, except "Golden Lights", written by Twinkle, and "Oscillate Wildly", written by Johnny Marr.

Side one

No.

Title

Length

1.

"Is It Really So Strange?" (B-side of "Sheila Take a Bow"; John Peel session, 12/2/86)

3:04

2.

"Sheila Take a Bow" (Single A-side)

2:41

3.

"Shoplifters of the World Unite" (Single A-side)

2:57

4.

"Sweet and Tender Hooligan" (B-side of "Sheila Take a Bow"; John Peel session, 12/2/86)

3:13

5.

"Half a Person" (B-side of "Shoplifters of the World Unite")

3:36

6.

"London" (B-side of "Shoplifters of the World Unite")

2:07

Side two

No.

Title

Length

7.

"Panic" (Single A-side)

2:20

8.

"Girl Afraid" (B-side of "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now")

2:48

9.

"Shakespeare's Sister" (Single A-side)

2:09

10.

"William, It Was Really Nothing" (Single A-side)

2:11

11.

"You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (US mix of aborted single A-side)

3:21

12.

"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" (Single A-side)

3:34

Side three

No.

Title

Length

13.

"Ask" (Remix of single A-side)

3:18

14.

"Golden Lights" (B-side of "Ask")

2:39

15.

"Oscillate Wildly" (B-side of "How Soon is Now?")

3:27

16.

"These Things Take Time" (B-side of "What Difference Does It Make?")

2:23

17.

"Rubber Ring" (B-side of "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side")

3:48

18.

"Back to the Old House" (B-side of "What Difference Does It Make?")

3:05

Side four

No.

Title

Length

19.

"Hand in Glove" (Single A-side mix)

3:13

20.

"Stretch Out and Wait" (B-side of "Shakespeare's Sister")

2:38

21.

"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" (B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing")

1:52

22.

"This Night Has Opened My Eyes" (From Hatful of Hollow; John Peel session, 9/14/83)

3:40

23.

"Unloveable" (B-side of "Bigmouth Strikes Again")

3:55

24.

"Asleep" (B-side of "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side")

4:11

Personnel

• Morrissey – vocals

• Johnny Marr – guitars, piano, harmonica, slide guitar on "Panic",[10] mandolin on "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" and "Golden Lights",

• Andy Rourke – bass guitar, cello on "Shakespeare's Sister" and "Oscillate Wildly"

• Mike Joyce – drums, tambourine on "Hand in Glove] and "Stretch Out and Wait"

Notes

Tracks A1 & A4 were produced for The BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show.
Recorded in England from April 1983-November 1986.
Cover Star: Shelagh Delaney, reprinted from the Saturday Evening Post.
Released under licence from Rough Trade Records, England.

Label variant with 'SIRE™' (rather than 'SIRE®' or 'SIRE')
Includes brown paper record sleeves with the following printed on one corner of each: '©1987 SIRE RECORD COMPANY MADE IN U.S.A. 9 25569-1'
Gatefold sleeve

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