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The cover art for Louder Than Bombs, designed by Morrissey, features British playwright Shelagh Delaney of Salford, Greater Manchester. The photograph was originally published in the Saturday Evening Post after Delaney, at the age of 19, made her literary debut with the play A Taste of Honey.
- The Smiths - The Smiths (release date 20th February 1984) Morrissey's love of 60s culture led him to feature one of the "stars" of Andy Warhol's Factory group of artists and scenesters on the cover of the Manchester band's debut album.
- The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (release date 12th November 1984) This much-loved compilation album features a photo snipped out of the July 1983 issue of the French culture magazine Liberation.
- The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (release date 11th February 1985) The young soldier on the cover is Marine Corporal Michael Wynn and is pictured on 21 September 1967 in Da Nang, South Vietnam, in the middle of what was termed “Operation Ballistic Charge”.
- The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (release date 16th June 1986) The third Smiths album features a shot of the French-Swiss actor Alain Delon, taken from the 1964 film L'Insoumis (aka The Unvanquished).
- The Backstory: “A Huge Facet of What Were About Was Missed Out on in America”
- The Verdict: “I Thought ‘Louder Than Bombs’ Was Great”
- The Differences: ‘Louder Than Bombs’ Versus ‘The World Won’T Listen
Though an essential Smiths release, Louder Than Bombs initially caused some consternation among fans, primarily because its tracklist duplicated a significant amount of The World Won’t Listen. However, the record’s backstory is rather more complicated, because Louder Than Bombs was never intended for the UK market. It was aimed purely at US collect...
As a result, Louder Then Bombs immediately became popular on import with the band’s ardent British fans, causing Rough Trade (who were keen to avoid high import prices) to give the album a full-scale domestic release in May 1987. Selling the double-disc collection for the price of a single assuaged those fans who had already forked out for The Worl...
There’s no denying the similarities between Louder Than Bombs and The World Won’t Listen, but self-respecting fans of The Smiths really do need both collections. Nine songs are duplicated across the two tracklists and six songs from Hatful Of Hollow also appear on Louder Than Bombs, while there are a couple of different mixes (such as the single ve...
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- This Charming Man (1983) Such was Morrissey’s eye for detail and his desire to use charismatic retro images of the stars of stage and screen that it’s particularly difficult to single out a definitive example of The Smiths’ artwork at its best.
- Shakespeare’s Sister (1985) Flame-haired screen siren Pat Phoenix became a firm favourite with Coronation Street fans as soon she joined the long-running soap opera’s original cast in 1960, playing the devil-may-care divorcée Elsie Tanner with tangible joie de vivre.
- What Difference Does It Make? (1984) The Smiths were keen to use an image of Terence Stamp, from William Wyler’s psychological thriller The Collector, for the cover of their first UK Top 20 hit, What Difference Does It Make?
- Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (1987) The Smiths’ final UK single (barring posthumous releases) also featured a pop idol on the cover, with Morrissey picking out a dashing image of bequiffed Scouse rock’n’roll trailblazer Billy Fury as a fitting choice for one of the best The Smiths songs of all time.
“Louder Than Bombs” is a collection of B-sides that was recorded between 1983-1986. Like a few other bands (such as Oasis), many of the Smiths' best songs were released as B-sides.
Louder Than Bombs by The Smiths released in 1987. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Mar 24, 2017 · On March 30, 1987, Sire/Reprise finally acknowledged the importance of the Smiths and their swelling underground following in the States with the release of Louder Than Bombs, a 24-track...
