The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs

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A1	Is It Really So Strange?	3:02
A2	Sheila Take A Bow	2:41
A3	Shoplifters Of The World Unite	2:57
A4	Sweet And Tender Hooligan	3:33
A5	Half A Person Producer – Stephen Street	3:35
A6	London Producer – Stephen Street	2:06
B1	Panic	2:17
B2	Girl Afraid	2:48
B3	Shakespeare's Sister	2:08
B4	William, It Was Really Nothing	2:10
B5	You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby	3:21
B6	Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now	3:34
C1	Ask Voice [Additional] – Kirsty Maccoll	3:15
C2	Golden Lights	2:38
C3	Oscillate Wildly	3:26
C4	These Things Take Time	2:21
C5	Rubber Ring	3:46
C6	Back To The Old House	3:04
D1	Hand In Glove	3:10
D2	Stretch Out And Wait	2:37
D3	Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want	1:50
D4	This Night Has Opened My Eyes Producer – Roger Pusey	3:40
D5	Unloveable	3:55
D6	Asleep	4:16

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – Rough Trade
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

• Art Direction [Art Co-ordination] – Jo Slee
• Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke
• Drums, Cello – Mike Joyce
• Guitar [Additional] – Craig Gannon (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B5, C1)
• Guitar, Music By, Piano, Other [Vamp], Mandolin, Harmonica, Harmonium – Johnny Marr
• Layout – Caryn Gough
• Management – Ken Friedman
• Producer – John Porter (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B2, B4 to B6, C1, C2, C4, C6, D3), Johnny Marr (tracks: A2, A3, A5, A6, C5, D5, D6), Morrissey (tracks: A2, A5, A6, C5, D5, D6), The Smiths (tracks: B3, C3, D1, D2)
• Sleeve – Morrissey
• Voice, Words By – Morrissey

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.

Includes brown paper record sleeves with the 2nd catalog # printed on them.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7599-25569-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): 1 25569 A SR6 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): 1 25569 B SR5 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 3): 1 25569 C SR5 1-3
• Matrix / Runout (Side 4): 1 25569-D SR5 1-3
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Variant 1): SRC 1 25569 A SR6 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Variant 1): SRC 1-25569-B-SR8 1-1 kdisc L
• Matrix / Runout (Side 3, Variant 1): SRC 1 25569 C SR5 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 4, Variant 1): SRC 1 25569-D SR5 1-1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ROUGH 255	The Smiths	Louder Than Bombs ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	Rough Trade	ROUGH 255	UK	1987
R1 529382	The Smiths	Louder Than Bombs ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE, RM, 180)	Sire	R1 529382	US	2016
93833-4	The Smiths	Louder Than Bombs ‎(Cass, Comp)	WEA	93833-4	Europe	1993
none, 9 25569-2	The Smiths	Louder Than Bombs ‎(CD, Comp, RP)	Rough Trade, Sire	none, 9 25569-2	US	Unknown
450993833-2	The Smiths	Louder Than Bombs ‎(CD, Comp)	WEA	450993833-2	Brazil	1993

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