Meat Is Murder (1985)

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Dec 10, 2025

Title: Meat Is Murder
Artist: The Smiths
Genre: Indie
Released: 1985

Tracks:
1 - The Headmaster Ritual - 4:53
2 - Rusholme Ruffians - 4:19
3 - I Want the One I Can't Have - 3:13
4 - What She Said - 2:42
5 - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore - 4:58
6 - Nowhere Fast - 2:36
7 - Well I Wonder - 4:00
8 - Barbarism Begins at Home - 6:57
9 - Meat Is Murder - 6:10

Overview:

Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band The Smiths. It was released in February 1985 and became the band's sole number one album in the UK charts during the band's lifetime, staying on the chart for 13 weeks. It reached number 40 in Canada and number 110 in the US. In 2003, the album was ranked number 296 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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