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The Smiths Louder Than Bombs - Remastered - Sealed UK 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
The album was released as the American counterpart to their recent British compilation The World Won't Listen and consisted of all singles and nearly all B-sides that had not at that point been available in the United States, either on single or album, with a few other tracks added. The title is borrowed from a line in Elizabeth Smart's extended prose poem By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.
The album was intended to be a substitute for both The World Won't Listen and their 1984 compilation Hatful of Hollow, as these had not been released in the United States. This is why the non-single track "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" from Hatful of Hollow was included. Single A-sides "This Charming Man" and "How Soon Is Now?" had already been released in the US as bonus cuts on the LPs The Smiths and Meat Is Murder, respectively.
As with The World Won't Listen, this compilation includes the scrapped single "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (passed over in favour of "Shoplifters of the World Unite"), albeit in a different, shorter mix. However, this shorter version of the song was replaced when Bombs was reissued in 2011. Additionally, the Louder Than Bombs version of "Stretch Out and Wait" is the version from the B-side of "Shakespeare's Sister", which features slightly different lyrics. Also of note is the fact that "Ask" appears on both Louder Than Bombs and The World Won't Listen in a slightly different and longer mix than its single version.
Due to the album offering many B-sides (and the "Sheila Take a Bow" single) that had never been collected onto an album before, Louder Than Bombs became very popular on import with fans in the UK. To avoid high import prices being paid, the Smiths' domestic record company, Rough Trade, decided to release the compilation as well.
The cover art for Louder Than Bombs, designed by Morrissey, features British playwright Shelagh Delaney of Salford, Greater Manchester. The photograph was originally published in the Saturday Evening Post after Delaney, at the age of 19, made her literary debut with the play A Taste of Honey. The play inspired many early lyrics written by Morrissey, and the song "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" (included here) is based on the plight of the play's heroine, Jo, an unwed mother.
LP1:
Side One
1. Is It Really So Strange?
2. Sheila Take A Bow
3. Shoplifters Of The World Unite
4. Sweet And Tender Hooligan
5. Half A Person
6. London
Side Two
7. Panic
8. Girl Afraid
9. Shakespeare's Sister
10. William It Was Really Nothing
11. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
12. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
LP2:
Side Three
13. Ask
14. Golden Lights
15. Oscillate Wildly
16. These Things Take Time
17. Rubber Ring
18. Back To The Old House
Side Four
19. Hand In Glove
20. Stretch Out And Wait
21. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
22. This Night Has Opened My Eyes
23. Unloveable
24. Asleep
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Monday 22nd April
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| Year of Release: |
2021 |
| Artist: |
The Smiths (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Louder Than Bombs (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 39.99, US$ 49.99
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| Format: |
2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album) |
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| Record Label: |
Sire |
| Catalogue No: |
2564665877 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
Unconfirmed
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
SMI2LLO585285 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
825646658770 |
| Genres: |
80's Pop, Indie
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| Related Artists: |
Boz Boorer, Freak Party, James Maker, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Sandie Shaw, Sea Fever, Snake River Conspiracy, Stex, The Cradle, The Hoax, The One Three, Vinny Peculiar |
| Complete Stock List: |
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| Alternative Names: |
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