Tracklist

1	The Headmaster Ritual	4:52
2	Rusholme Ruffians	4:20
3	I Want The One I Can't Have	3:14
4	What She Said	2:42
5	That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore	4:58
6	Nowhere Fast	2:37
7	Well I Wonder	4:00
8	Barbarism Begins At Home	6:57
9	Meat Is Murder	6:07

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Nimbus
• Recorded At – Ridge Farm Studios
• Recorded At – Amazon Studios
• Mixed At – Island Studios

Credits

• Bass – Andy Rourke
• Drums – Mike Joyce
• Engineer – Stephen Street
• Guitar, Piano – Johnny Marr
• Layout – Caryn Gough
• Mastered By – Tim Young
• Music By – Johnny Marr
• Photography By [Group Photo] – Paul Slattery
• Photography By [Morrissey Solo Shot] – Toshi Yajima
• Producer – The Smiths
• Voice – Morrissey
• Words By – Morrissey

Notes

Recorded at Amazon Studios, Liverpool and Ridge Farm, Surrey.
Mixed at Island Studios, London Winter 1984.

Cover Star culled from Emile de Antonio's 'In The Year Of The Pig' used by permission.

The Smiths thank Martha DeFoe, John Featherstone, Eddie Hallam, Oz McCormick, Di Barton, Phil Powell, Stuart James, Gill Smith, Ann and Adam West, Viv Nicholson.

Made in the UK.
UK distribution by The Cartel.
Repress adds a barcode.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 014644 600811
• Matrix / Runout: ROUGHCD 81 MASTERED BY NIMBUS

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ROUGH 81	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder ‎(LP, Album, CBS)	Rough Trade	ROUGH 81	UK	1985
25RTL-3001	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Rough Trade	25RTL-3001	Japan	1985
WPCR-14542	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder ‎(CD, Album, RE, Ltd, RM, SHM)	WEA	WPCR-14542	Japan	2012
9 25269-2	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder ‎(CD, Album, LON)	Sire	9 25269-2	US	1985
L 30107, ROUGH 81	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Festival Records, Rough Trade	L 30107, ROUGH 81	Australia	1988

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