Tracklist

1	The Headmaster Ritual	4:52
2	Rusholme Ruffians	4:20
3	I Want The One I Can't Have	3:13
4	What She Said	2:40
5	That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore	4:57
6	Nowhere Fast	2:37
7	Well I Wonder	4:00
8	Barbarism Begins At Home	6:55
9	Meat Is Murder	6:08

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Ridge Farm Studios
• Recorded At – Amazon Studios
• Mixed At – Island Studios
• Manufactured By – Warner Music Japan Inc.
• Distributed By – Warner Music Japan Inc.

Credits

• Bass – Andy Rourke
• Drums – Mike Joyce
• Engineer – Stephen Street
• Guitar, Piano – Johnny Marr
• Layout – Caryn Gough
• Lyrics By – Morrissey
• Mastered By – Tim Young
• Music By – Johnny Marr
• Producer – The Smiths
• Sleeve – Morrissey
• Voice – Morrissey

Notes

SHM-CD reissue for 30th Anniversary.

Original LP released on Rough Trade in February 1985.
Replica of the original LP packaging with bonus booklet containing lyrics in English & Japanese.

Cover star culled from Emile De Antonio's 'In The Year Of The Pig" .

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

℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Ltd.
© 1985 Warner Music UK Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 943674 118885

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
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
4-25269, 9 25269-4	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder ‎(Cass, Album, SR,)	Sire, Sire	4-25269, 9 25269-4	US	1985

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