Tracklist

A1	The Headmaster Ritual
A2	Rusholme Ruffians
A3	I Want The One I Can't Have
A4	What She Said
A5	That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
B1	How Soon Is Now?
B2	Nowhere Fast
B3	Well I Wonder
B4	Barbarism Begins At Home
B5	Meat Is Murder

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Tokuma Japan Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Rough Trade Records
• Licensed From – Rough Trade Records
• Distributed By – Tokuma Japan Corporation
• Marketed By – Tokuma Communications Co., Ltd.
• Recorded At – Amazon Studios
• Recorded At – Ridge Farm Studios
• Mixed At – Island Studios

Credits

• Bass – Andy Rourke
• Drums – Mike Joyce
• Engineer – Stephen Street
• Guitar, Piano, Music By – Johnny Marr
• Layout – Caryn Gough
• Mastered By – Tim Young
• Producer – John Porter (tracks: B1), The Smiths (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B5)
• Vocals, Words By, Sleeve – Morrissey

Notes

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): 25RTL-3001-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): 25RTL-3001-B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped): 25RTL-3001A1 1 A 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped): 25RTL-3001B2 1 A 2
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Retail price): ¥2,500
• Other (Release Date): X I・3・25

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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