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	Adrian's Album Reviews : The Smiths
		The album is not as euphoric musically as the highlights on The Queen is Dead ('Boy With the Thorn in His Side', 'Bigmouth' and 'There is a Light') but this is probably my fave Smiths album overall.
		Obviously, any Smiths album has more depth, quality, thought, humour, passion, intelligence and musicality than 95% of the competition but in their canon this is not as strong an album as either THE SMITHS or MEAT IS MURDER.
		The album its self is probably one of the most complete album is modern popular music history, its a bit like The Stone Roses "The Stone Roses" in way that when listening it feels like every song couldn't have been wrote better or arranged any differently.
	www.adriandenning.co.uk /smiths.html (5743 words)

	The Smiths (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Smiths is the eponymous debut album of the band The Smiths, released on February 20, 1984.
		The album was well received by the critics as well as the public, and it established the Smiths as a prominent band in the 1980s music scene in the United Kingdom.
		The album was particularly important and influential because it went against the grain of the popular music of the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Smiths_(album) (650 words)

	The Smiths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This album was more strident and political than its predecessor, including the vegetarian proselytising of the title track (Morrissey forbade the rest of the group from being photographed eating meat), the light-hearted republicanism of "Nowhere Fast", and the anti-corporal punishment The Headmaster Ritual and Barbarism Begins at Home.
		The resulting album, Viva Hate (a reference to the end of the Smiths) was released six months later, reaching #1 in the UK charts.
		Morrissey's 1997 solo album Maladjusted included a song titled "Sorrow Will Come in the End" which commented on the case, and which was omitted from the UK version of the album due to fear of libel action.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Smiths (2772 words)

	You Are the Quarry
		You Are The Quarry is an album by Morrissey, the former lead singer of the Smiths.
		The album was released on May 17, 2004 internationally, and a day later in the United States.
		Because it was his first studio album in seven years, the critics and the public were more willing to give him a chance and offer a tabula rasa.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/y/yo/you_are_the_quarry.html (733 words)

	The Smiths: The Smiths ---Ink Blot Magazine
		The Smiths' early singles and eponymous debut album caused quite a stir in Britain, despite the fact that the latter was a slightly overproduced and under-realized affair (a fact borne out by the brilliance of early singles and b-sides comp Hatful of Hollow).
		Second LP Meat Is Murder solidified their fanbase but The Smiths were rightfully considered a singles band until 1986 tour de force The Queen Is Dead.
		In early 1984, the first album from England's newest hitmakers was overdue.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Smiths.htm (750 words)

	The Impryan Emporium - Album Reviews: The Smiths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When the Smiths bursted into the bland climate of the early-eighties U.K. pop scene, their refreshing minimalism, political outspokenness and smart, arty jangling guitar sound received a virtual salivating response from the British music press.
		This consistent, raw album ultimately made clear the distinction between the corporate, slick side of the U.K. pop world and what would become the post-punk underground community.
		This is The Smiths at their rawest, their most aggressive, the perfect union of rebelliousness and elegant sophistication.
	www.angelfire.com /indie/impryan/smithscd.html (355 words)

	The Smiths (album) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Smiths is the (A name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great) eponymous debut album of the band (Click link for more info and facts about The Smiths) The Smiths, released on February 20, 1984.
		It appears to be a us-versus-the-world (A song about love or expressing love for another person) love song, until the song's last lines reverse the feeling into doomed (A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization) romanticism.
		When (Click link for more info and facts about WEA) WEA re-issued all Smiths albums in (Click link for more info and facts about 1992) 1992, the American format was used.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_smiths_(album).htm (1221 words)

	The Smiths
		The Smiths were comprised of the wonderfully dynamic bassist Andy Rourke, superb drummer Mike Joyce, innovative, intelligent guitarist Johnny Marr and the sophisticated, poetic vocalist Stephen Patrick Morrisey.
		With a total of five years of existance, The Smiths came to an end far too early for such a brilliant vehicle, yet their output between this time space is lightyears beyond what most artists could even hope to achieve.
		Although recorded prior to the band's inner decay, the album clearly shows signs of a band that is dissolving, as the triumphant arrogance is absent and Morrisey and Marr are both clearly miles apart.
	www.angelfire.com /indie/impryan/smiths.html (1702 words)

	The Smiths Albums
		The release of this album was partly due to fan pressure, and gave them the opportunity to hear The Smiths in their primitive glory.
		Prior to the release of this album The Smiths were going through some problematic times.
		This was to be The Smiths last album before the split in 1987.
	www.askmeaskmeaskme.com /albums.htm (460 words)

	The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come ---Ink Blot Magazine
		Second LP Meat Is Murder solidified their fanbase but The Smiths were rightfully considered a singles band until 1985 tour de force Strangeways, Here We Come.
		It certainly begins fantastically, Morrissey's disembodied cries (don't all Smiths albums begin with the disembodied cries of the Moz?) introducing the hard charge of "A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours," incidentally the last perfect song title in a career full of them.
		In retrospect it seems obvious that the tensions between the songwriters were always what made The Smiths so interesting, and so it's not hard to understand why Strangeways' ultra-tense atmosphere would prove fascinating for years to come.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Smiths_Strangeways.htm (608 words)

	Pitchfork: Daily Music News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Smith began the album From the Basement on the Hill two years before his tragic death late last year, and many have speculated as to what would happen to the music now that he has been unable to see it through.
		The 30+ songs recorded for the album were laid down at Smith's own studio, the fate of which has also been subject to speculation since his death.
		Initially, Smith's father had hoped to sell the studio as is to someone who would run it as Elliott had.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /news/04-04/28.shtml (1869 words)

	Morrissey concert Tickets - Buy Morrissey concert tickets
		The Smiths were one of the most influential bands of the '80s alternative rock movement.
		Morrissey's first solo album was Viva Hate, a jangle pop sound, and headed to the number one spot right from the start.
		The album You Are the Quarry in 2004 reached number three with its single "Irish Blood, English Heart" in its first week in the UK.
	www.concertticketsbargains.com /concerts/morrissey.html (522 words)

	Strangeways,Here We Come - The Smiths And Morrissey
		I was hooked on The Smiths the first time I heard "This Charming Man" on my stereo.The Smiths were the most influential band of the 80's.
		The Smiths came out of Manchester, England in 1984 and had an amazing impact on the music scene.
		The Smiths songs were a collaboration between Morrissey lyric's and Johnny Marr's melodies.
	www.geocities.com /costelt (340 words)

	BBC News \| ENTERTAINMENT \| Smiths voted top album
		The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead album has been voted the best album of all time by a group of British rock critics - beating perennial favourites the Beatles.
		Instead, the MM writers chose the Smiths' 1987 album, often regarded as the Manchester band's finest work.
		The Smiths also feature at number 14 with Strangeways Here We Come, number 54 with The Smiths and at 83 with Meat Is Murder.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/582743.stm (396 words)

	The Smiths: album reviews and ratings
		The LP is a collection of Radio 1 sessions The Smiths recorded for John Peel and David Jensen (forgive him, Lord), four sessions in all that, at the last count, have been transmitted 12 times, according to the rather nicely-written biog included here for the benefit of ignorant hacks.
		"[The Queen is Dead] the album which history will in due course denote as being the key work in forcing the group's philistine opposition to down chisels and embrace the concept of The Smiths as the one truly vital voice of the Eighties.
		I passionately hoped this was not to be their last breath, but nevertheless, in case you haven't guessed by now, 'Strangeways, Here We Come' is a masterpiece that surpasses even The Queen Is Dead in terms of poetic, pop, and emotional power.
	www.musicfolio.com /modernrock/smiths.html (753 words)

	Smiths Album Reviews
		Widely hailed as The Smith’s masterpiece, it encapsulates everything that characterised them as a band and made them stand out from everything else that was happening in the music industry at the time.
		The album ends with ‘Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others’ which pays tribute to Morrissey’s love of ‘Carry On’ films, but which also includes one of the most beautifully romantic lines ever written ‘send me your pillow, the one that you dream on, and I’ll send you mine’.
		Of the eight records that The Smiths released in their 4 years together, only four of them were actual studio albums with one of them being a live album and the remaining three being collections of singles and B-Sides, something which testifies to their appeal as a singles band.
	www.liquiddarkness.com /smiths.html (2927 words)

	The Smiths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This album was more strident and political than its predecessor, including the vegetarian proselytising of the title track and the light-hearted republicanism of "Nowhere Fast".
		The Smiths were reunited in court in 1996 to settle a royalties claim by Joyce against Morrissey and Marr, who claimed the lion's share of the Smiths earnings from recordings and delegated only 10 percent each to Joyce and Rourke.
		Smiths Aerospace Power Systems in Vandalia is on the verge of producing a new type of power generator for military planes that could add hundreds of jobs locally.
	www.infothis.com /find/The_Smiths (1419 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the most definitive bands of the 1980's music era were the Smiths.
		Although their run only lasted four albums, anyone can recognize a Smiths single today by the sound of Steven Morrissey's distinct, haunting voice.
		Perhaps it is because the vocals don't match the signature deep voice in the Smiths, but Walter Walter provides for a more danceable tune.
	www.chapman.edu /studlife/sao/knab/reviews/howsoonisnow.htm (429 words)

	"The Smiths", The Smiths, 1983
		Released in 1984, The Smiths' eponymous debut album was eagerly awaited by those who had become followers of the odd quartet.
		The album starts off with the drum intro of the sublime "Reel Around The Fountain" and ends, after highs and lows of sincere beauty, with the infamous track "Suffer Little Children", which, of course, was the centrepiece of the Moors Murderers "scandal".
		This album was originally produced by Troy Tate, and entitled The Hand That Rocks The Cradle.
	rapava.tripod.com /moz-lyrics83.html (797 words)

	The Smiths -- Meat is Murder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Your every move receives the full glare of public scrutiny, your every utterance is scanned for meaning and import, you can sell out concerts across the globe, get world leaders on the phone and have millions queue to buy your records.
		Brilliantly successful, the album occupied the number one position of the UK mainstream charts for 33 weeks, and the number one position of the UK's alternative charts for an unprecedented 64 weeks!
		What's more, the album's title track opened the eyes of full nations of youth to the violence and brutality of animal-based food choices.
	www.vegan.com /current/smiths.html (501 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: The Smiths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With their debut album, the Smiths launched an all-too-brief, but profound career that, largely owing to their outspoken lead singer, would be enshrouded in controversy and cultlike devotion.
		The Smiths is also the most haunting album, made so particularly by Suffer Little Children and The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, two beautiful but almost unbearably disturbing songs.
		A song that I feel really doesn't get as much credit as it should on this album is "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle." As is so often the case in their music, the lyrics bend around the guitar arrangements of genius Marr on this track.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002L5P (1030 words)

	Jase on The Smiths
		The Smiths is a combination of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist (among other things) Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and drummer Mike Joyce.
		The album title and 'Paint a Vulgare Picture' all point in that direction.") It was basically during the recording of this album that the Smiths broke up.
		Meat Is Murder stands out from the rest of The Smiths albums in that each song paints a picture of a day in the life of a person (maybe the soldier on the album cover?).
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/mccartney/319/smiths.htm (2088 words)

	The Smiths - Singles \| sputnikmusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Smiths are the pinnacle of what pop music is, and if you are doubting that statement at all, then I have lost all faith in this sad world.
		As anyone wise should know, the Smiths were mainly a singles band.
		That's not to say that the albums themselves were fine collections of songs.
	musicianforums.com /sputnik/album.php?reviewid=3235&genreid=37&... (905 words)

	Music Revie: The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead
		After over 10 years on hiatus, and after a few mildly successful and a few more mildly unsuccessful albums from the band s singer and celibate frontman Morrissey, the Smiths come back together to put out a fantastic collection of depressing melodies.
		I found my copy of the new album on cassette in a local used record store for $3.99.
		I believe the Smiths still have it in them, and can win over a new audience, and keep pumping out the depression well into the next millenium.
	www.umich.edu /~uac/threeweeks/story7065.html (362 words)

	Amazon.com: Hatful of Hollow: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The versions of many of the Smith's best known songs are here presented in (for the most part) alternate versions, a few Peel sessions (where they sound heavier, meatier, more lean'n'mean as a Band than on some of their frankly anemic and fey studio recordings), and a 12" single or two.
		I had the album on import, as it was available only in that form for years, until I found the cd in the Virgin mega-store.
		It's obvious that people who will say The Smiths as a band for gay people just goes to show how ignorant these new emo kids are to yesterday's music.These emo kids were prolly in their primary school when The Smiths came out of the British scene in the 80s.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002MIF?v=glance (1831 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Music: The Very Best of the Smiths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		DOnt get me wrong the smiths are one of the best bands of the last 40 years, but the production of this album doesnt really do them justice.
		The Smiths were only around from 1983-1987, but their music has and always will have a more lasting impact than five years.
		The album includes the classic track of 'This Charming Man' and perhaps the best song of all time in 'There is a light that never goes out'.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005KB47 (1228 words)

	RollingStone.com: Strangeways, Here We Come : The Smiths : Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But throughout the album, Morrissey keeps returning to themes of death and parting ("I Won't Share You," "Death at One's Elbow"), almost as if he had seen the breakup coming, and dishes out bitter indictments like "If you should die/I may feel slightly sad" ("Unhappy Birthday").
		Morrissey is much more effective in "Death of a Disco Dancer," which pinpoints Marr's importance to the band, as it builds from his scraping-fingernail fret work to a cacophony of guitars and keyboards.
		Marr's piercing solo at the end of the song not only is one of the record's emotional highlights – it also proves it's best the band split up rather than attempt to replace him.
	rollingstone.com /reviews/album/_/id/322034/thesmiths?... (454 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts Friday Review \| Mad about Morrissey
		This side of heavy metal, there is nothing so pale as a gathering (or "gripe" as the collective term should be) of bequiffed Smiths fans in floral shirts having their picture taken outside Salford Lads' Club.
		Burgeoning since Morrissey moved to LA, the Latino fan scene is the subject of Is It Really So Strange?, a documentary film by William E Jones, who immersed himself in fan nights, concerts and hair grease to record what he found to be a complex world.
		He had thought that his gently persuasive tone and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Smiths' back catalogue would be enough.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1444740,00.html?gusrc=rss (1089 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Smiths hang in National Gallery
		A picture of influential pop band the Smiths, taken by photographer Stephen Wright 20 years ago, is to hang in the National Portrait Gallery in London.
		The photo, used for the inside gatefold of the 1986 album The Queen is Dead, shows the four members of the band outside the Salford Lads Club.
		In 2004 he released his first album, You are the Quarry, for seven years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4241096.stm (196 words)

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