The Smiths - Meat Is Murderwith their second proper album 'meat is murder', the smiths began to branch out and diversify, while refining the jangling guitar pop of their debut. 'the headmaster ritual' and 'i want the one i can't have' are fine elaborations of the formula they laid out on the debut, while 'rusholme ruffians' is an infectious stab at rockabilly. such was their creative thrust at this point; they were seen as the most important british band since joy division.

The package includes a 4-page insert with lyrics and pictures

the record is every bit as rich

Beans and Greens reels forgotten and unreleased

Peter Perrett

a cover of Serge Gainsbourg’s “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus” and the mel- low favourite “Sho Nuff Boogie” recorded with The Moments

he has come to an understanding of that swirl rather than trying to contain it

They bring plenty of back-up to this rowdy posse cut

"body move" was an equal sound system sensation

The ‘Scene’ series were issued on CD only in 1998

polychromatic folk music that is by turns cartoonish and hyperphysical—like ultra magnified footage of a virus or a leaf

Who really produced it

How long can we keep ourselves buoyed or crutched