{"product_id":"the-smiths-meat-is-murder-vinyl","title":"The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f37lC0CSXlQ?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemastered Vinyl LP, Printed Lyric Inner Sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the Rhino LP of Meat Is Murder from the Smiths catalog reissues, carrying the 2011 remaster and pressed in Europe at Optimal Media. It keeps the original artwork, whose cover image is taken from Emile de Antonio's 1969 film In the Year of the Pig, and a printed inner sleeve with the lyrics and credits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRough Trade first released the album on February 11, 1985. It was the Smiths' second studio album and the only one to reach No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, and it spent eleven weeks on the European Top 100. In the US it peaked at No. 110 on the Billboard 200.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band produced it themselves with engineer Stephen Street, who had first worked with them on \"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now,\" and the final recordings were finished at Ridge Farm in Surrey in December 1984. Johnny Marr built many of the demos in his Earl's Court flat, and Morrissey handed over his own BBC sound effects records to be sampled, a habit that carried on through later Smiths records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lyrics turn more political than on the debut: the title track argues for vegetarianism and \"Barbarism Begins at Home\" takes on corporal punishment. \"Barbarism Begins at Home,\" \"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore\" and \"The Headmaster Ritual\" were all released as singles in 1985. Morrissey sings, Marr plays guitars and piano, Andy Rourke plays bass and Mike Joyce drums; the audio above is \"The Headmaster Ritual.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Headmaster Ritual\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRusholme Ruffians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Want The One I Can't Have\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat She Said\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThat Joke Isn't Funny Anymore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNowhere Fast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWell I Wonder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarbarism Begins At Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeat Is Murder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003ch3\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive Smiths titles at Evergreen Vinyl, this one included: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-smiths-the-smiths\"\u003eThe Smiths\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-smiths-hatful-of-hollow-vinyl?variant=48229780914334\"\u003eHatful Of Hollow\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead\"\u003eThe Queen Is Dead\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-smiths-strangeways-here-we-come\"\u003eStrangeways, Here We Come\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 825646658787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rhino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.23.23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rhino","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":50530832580766,"sku":"EVP-E441B005-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/3000x3000bb_534ae5ac-9e77-42c1-a4ca-db978818e84e.jpg?v=1791881956","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/the-smiths-meat-is-murder-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}