The Smiths

UK first press 1985. Record plays with a light crackle in places. Sleeve has some staining to the back.
Morrissey moaning, Marr shimmering, and the rest of the band sounding like they’ve been mainlining melancholy and tea. Meat Is Murder is The Smiths at their most political and most dramatic - full of gorgeous jangle, sharp wit, and existential kitchen-sink poetry. From The Headmaster Ritual to That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, it’s mopey perfection that somehow makes misery sound majestic. FFO: The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, R.E.M., Aztec Camera, The Go-Betweens, and anyone who’s ever stared longingly out a bus window in the rain.