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William_the_Bloody · 12-25-2013, 10:13 PM

Meat is Murder album 1985

I'm going to skip over some album singles here to get straight to the meat! The Smiths second album is often cited as their weakest release and I must concur. The overall mood and tone is there, but the hit singles are not. How Soon is Now? is the saving grace on the North American release, otherwise there isn't a whole lot of notable songs on the album outside of Nowhere Fast or the Headmaster Rituals. The album is much more polished than their first with the Smiths experimenting with some contemporary musical styles. Both Rusholme Ruffians and Barbarism begins at home sounds like something you would hear off of an album like Zenyetta Mondatta from the Police, but they fail to hit the mark, and then there is the dark and depressing droning off Meat is Murder. No the album just doesn't do it for me.

**1/2 stars thumbs down.

Nowhere Fast

Next up, a better album.

12-25-2013, 10:13 PM	#36 (permalink)
William_the_Bloody Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Sunnydale Cemetary Posts: 2,093	Meat is Murder album 1985 I'm going to skip over some album singles here to get straight to the meat! The Smiths second album is often cited as their weakest release and I must concur. The overall mood and tone is there, but the hit singles are not. How Soon is Now? is the saving grace on the North American release, otherwise there isn't a whole lot of notable songs on the album outside of Nowhere Fast or the Headmaster Rituals. The album is much more polished than their first with the Smiths experimenting with some contemporary musical styles. Both Rusholme Ruffians and Barbarism begins at home sounds like something you would hear off of an album like Zenyetta Mondatta from the Police, but they fail to hit the mark, and then there is the dark and depressing droning off Meat is Murder. No the album just doesn't do it for me. **1/2 stars thumbs down. Nowhere Fast Next up, a better album.