It is impossible to discuss this album without addressing the elephant in the room. "How Soon Is Now?" was added to the tracklist for the U.S. and subsequent releases (replacing "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" on the original UK Rough Trade pressing).
: After production issues with their debut, Morrissey and Johnny Marr produced this album themselves, assisted by engineer Stephen Street . the smiths meat is murder 1985 eacflac
: The title track is a polarizing pro-vegetarian anthem, using actual slaughterhouse sound effects—abattoir saws and mooing cows—to force listeners into a visceral confrontation with the industrial food system. It is impossible to discuss this album without
Released on February 11, 1985, is the second studio album by the English rock band The Smiths . It stands as the band's only studio effort to reach #1 on the UK Albums Chart, where it remained for 13 weeks. : After production issues with their debut, Morrissey
Meat Is Murder is The Smiths’ first true political statement disguised as a jangle-pop record. Following the self-titled debut, this album deepens Johnny Marr’s chiming, rockabilly-tinged guitar work and Morrissey’s bleak romanticism—now aimed squarely at social institutions: the British education system (“The Headmaster Ritual”), capital punishment (“Suffer Little Children” vibes recur), and, most famously, factory farming (the title track).
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: 1985 CD releases were mastered before the "loudness wars," offering high dynamic range compared to modern remasters. Key CD Pressings :