Name: The Smiths
Brand: The Smiths

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

0825646658800

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "0825646658800"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

{"time": 1688568629614, "blocks": [], "version": "2.26.4"}

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-08-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

825646658800

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "825646658800"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

The Smiths

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Rhino

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The group consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them one of the most important bands to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s.
In 2002, the NME named The Smiths as "the artist to have had the most influence on the NME". Their impact was further recognized when all four of their albums appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003.
Despite their significant achievements, internal tensions led to The Smiths breaking up in 1987. Since then, they have turned down several offers to reunite. With their unique sound and influential presence, The Smiths continue to be revered by fans and musicians alike.

Restored classics, rare finds, and sought-after releases. Whether you're a vinyl enthusiast or a tape collector, we have something for everyone.

Reissues

Back In Stock

This self-titled opening salvo of The Smiths' four-year war with mediocrity stands proud as one of the era's most innovative and unique works. Flying in the face of the pomp and artifice that prevailed in pop music at the time, 'The Smiths' raged against their makeup - wearing, synth-playing contemporaries and squarely put rock back on the agenda. Guitarist Johnny Marr married the tunesmanship and harmonic richness of his motown heroes with the rage of punk, while Morrissey's bedroom confessionals were catnip to England's (and later the world's) disenfranchised youth. 'The Smiths' demanded, and received, instant attention, desirable and otherwise, making a reluctant guitar hero out of Marr and a poster boy out of Morrissey. The jarring juxtaposition between Marr's lilting, densely-layered guitar lines and Morrissey's lyrics and plaintive delivery makes magic of 'This Charming Man' (whose theme of sexual ambiguity was to remain prevalent in the group's work) and the gentle major - seventh chords of 'I Don't Owe You Anything.' the tender 'Suffer Little Children,' a paean to a group of murdered children in the band's native manchester, gave the band their first (though far from their last) taste of public controversy. this album was originally released on Rough Trade in 1984.

Music US

Buy The Smiths - The Smiths (Vinyl, CD) now from Rough Trade - independent purveyors of great music, since 1976.