Smiths | Meat Is Murder | Vinyl

Meat Is Murder is the Smiths' 1985 second album, a more politically charged and musically diverse follow-up to their self-titled debut, touching on corporal punishment, class, and animal rights. The title track's stark condemnation of the meat industry remains one of the most explicit pro-vegetarian statements in popular music, reportedly convincing many listeners, including bandmates, to change their diets. Johnny Marr's expanding guitar textures across the record showed the band pushing beyond the jangle-pop of their debut into new musical territory.

Track List

Side A

1. The Headmaster Ritual
2. Rusholme Ruffians
3. I Want the One I Can't Have
4. What She Said
5. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

Side B

1. Nowhere Fast
2. Well I Wonder
3. Barbarism Begins at Home
4. Meat Is Murder

Release Details

• UPC: 0825646658787
• Label: Warner Strategic Marketing Uk
• Format: LP Vinyl
• Genre: Alternative
• Release Date: 4/16/12
• Release date reflects catalog release information and may not indicate the pressing/edition of the specific copy shipped.