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| | The Smiths (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Smiths is the eponymous debut album of the band The Smiths, released on February 20, 1984. | | | The album was well received by the critics as well as the public, and it established the Smiths as a prominent band in the 1980s music scene in the United Kingdom. | | | When WEA re-issued all Smiths albums in 1992, the American format was used. |
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| | The Smiths: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more Music.com |
| | The Smiths' rise to the upper reaches of the British charts was swift, and the passion of their fans, as well as the UK music press, indicated that the group had put an end to the synth-powered New Wave that dominated Britain in the early '80s. | | | The Smiths [+] were the definitive British indie rock band of the '80s, marking the end of synth-driven new wave and the beginning of the guitar rock that dominated English rock into the '90s. | | | By the time of the group's second single, "This Charming Man," in late 1983, the Smiths [+] had already been the subject of controversy over their songs "Reel Around the Fountain," a song that had been aired on a BBC radio session and was alleged to condone child abuse. |
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| | Englishness and The Smiths |
| | Characteristic for the Smiths songs is also the contradiction between the lyrics and the music. | | | The Smiths was founded in Manchester in 1982, led by the singer and verbal acrobat Steven Morrissey and the guitarist and music man Johnny Marr. | | | Probably the most epic Smiths album The Queen Is Dead (1986) and its title song starts off as a furious diatribe against Royalty and moves to the state of the Empire, before reflecting introspectively on the author's personal situation. |
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| | Jack Feeny reviews: The Smiths |
| | The Smiths made four official albums, and the fact you reviewed what is essentially a b-sides and rarities collection as an actual album and gave it 9 is perhaps a good indication of the greatness and prolific nature of the best band of the 80's. | | | Perhaps the greatest evidence of the strength of this album is the fact that five songs (half the album) are all vying for the accolade of being the Smiths' greatest ever song. | | | Indeed they are all some of the Smiths' jolliest, most light-hearted efforts which makes one wonder whether they deliberately released such larks for the Top Of The Pops crowd, whilst leaving their morose bed-sit classics for the album buyers. |
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| | [ Adrian's Album Reviews ] The Smiths |
| | Out of the 4 Smiths studio Albums IMO Strangeways was and still is their most underrated album, failing to match the other longivity as classic Rock n' Roll albums. | | | The Smiths are the best band of the 80s, and one of the best bands ever. | | | Obviously, any Smiths album has more depth, quality, thought, humour, passion, intelligence and musicality than 95% of the competition but in their canon this is not as strong an album as either THE SMITHS or MEAT IS MURDER. |
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| | Smiths Discography at CD Universe |
| | Entertainment Weekly (1/22/93, p.57) - "...The Smiths' sparkling songs about the profound misery of life are an essential pop soundtrack to the '80s..." - Rating: B- Q (12/92, p.153) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...many of the songs still resonate with a melancholic extravagance...never... | | | Entertainment Weekly (1/22/93, p.57) - "...The Smiths' sparkling songs about the profound misery of life are an essential pop soundtrack to the '80s..." - Rating: A- Alternative Press (12/92, p.81) - "..highlights the band at its peak, racing through more slabs of classic Smithery... | | | But the tension between the fey frontman and the rocker eventually doomed the band at its height. |
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http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Smiths/a/Smiths.htm
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| | The Smiths: album reviews and ratings |
| | The LP is a collection of Radio 1 sessions The Smiths recorded for John Peel and David Jensen (forgive him, Lord), four sessions in all that, at the last count, have been transmitted 12 times, according to the rather nicely-written biog included here for the benefit of ignorant hacks. | | | They were the charming romantic (as opposed to new-romantics) band of the Eighties and the revival voice of the 60's. | | | This is the Smiths most powerful record, including the now-so-famous 'How Soon is Now?', a classic dark tune, and a living assertion of Marr's talent. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: The Very Best of the Smiths: Music |
| | The Smiths are one of the greatest bands ever to come out of Britain, and the true greatness of their work is expressed on this album. | | | All of the Smiths signature tracks are on the very best of but some of the best, more poignant songs are left out. | | | The record companies have sucked the music from the smiths and turned them into commercial dummies, but their still one of the best bands in the world. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005KB47
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| | The History of Rock Music. Smiths: biography, discography, reviews, links |
| | Inventors of 'intimate' post-punk rock, through which pop music regained its power over the British recording industry, the Smiths are the cause, for better or worse, of the hollowing-out of punk and the resurrection of pop. | | | The album, in fact, preserves the worst defects of the Smiths (the laconic crooning, the operatic melodies, the pop arrangements) and few of its merits. | | | They are also, for better or worse, not the cause but the result of the decadence of punk rock and the rebirth of pop. |
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| | LEFT OFF THE DIAL - The Smiths |
| | By early 1987 Marr was growing increasingly disenchanted with the band and he later recalled, "I realised that the records I was listening to with my friends were more exciting than the records I was listening to with the group. | | | The Smith’s music marked the beginning of the British indie-rock scene. | | | A belated live album, Rank, was issued the following year and debuted at number two in the UK charts. |
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http://www.leftoffthedial.com/theSmiths.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Singles: Music: The Smiths |
| | Anyway, the '80s were a fantastic time to be listening to new popular music, and The Smiths were one of the bands that defined the decade. | | | Despite the fact that they made one of the greatest albums of all time (the phenomenal The Queen Is Dead), the Smiths' best music usually wound up on their singles. | | | When you listen to this collection of nearly all the noteworthy singles by the Smiths, you might marvel over the fact that Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr collaborated and cowrite so many astonishing tunes only to break up a mere four years into their creative burst. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002MZ4?v=glance
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| | TrouserPress.com :: Smiths |
| | The key to the Smiths' enormous success (in addition to sixteen UK hit singles, all seven of the quartet's albums went Top 10 there) was that the no-nonsense band &; under the direction of brilliant guitarist/songwriter Johnny Marr &; offset Morrissey's flightiness with bright and catchy music. | | | While the band (augmented by Gannon) sounds great, Morrissey's singing is uneven, and the song selection leaves much to be desired. | | | The live Rank album (recorded in London in October '86) closes the book on the Smiths' extraordinary career with a hastily paced program of songs drawn largely from The Queen Is Dead and that year's singles. |
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| | The Smiths History |
| | In February of 1984 the Smiths released their eponymous debut "The Smiths" the album became a best seller acclaimed by critics and reached number 2. | | | By September, the duo had settled on the name "The Smiths" as a reaction against all bands who chose complicated names to emphasise their music, and recruited Marr's schoolmate Andy Rourke as their bass player and Mike Joyce as their drummer. | | | When they released the second single "This Charming Man," in October 1983, the Smiths had already been the subjects of controversy and scandal over their songs "Reel Around The Fountain," and "Handsome Devil" as possible vehicles for the diffusion of child abuse. |
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| | LASID - The Smiths |
| | Released in 1984, The Smiths' eponymous debut album was eagerly awaited by those who had become followers of the odd quartet. | | | The Smiths were understandably unhappy with the production, and insisted on re-recording the album. | | | The album starts off with the drum intro of the sublime "Reel Around The Fountain" and ends, after highs and lows of sincere beauty, with the infamous track "Suffer Little Children", which, of course, was the centrepiece of the Moors Murderers "scandal". |
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| | The Smiths |
| | This web-site was created and is run by Frontstage, a CD and video retailer, but is not spoilt by continuous adverts plugging their wares. | | | From 1983 until they parted company in 1987 they had 16 top 40 hit singles, and released 7 albums, with numerous compilations released after they split. | | | It has lyrics to all the songs, plenty of pictures, questions and answers, and loads of links to other Smiths sites. |
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| | The Smiths - Under the Covers - Stylus Magazine |
| | The Smiths’ recordings have some of the most consistently compelling and stylistically recognizable record covers in pop music memory. | | | Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro graces the cover of the Smith’s debut record in a still from the Warhol/Paul Morrissey movie Flesh in which he plays a bisexual hustler trying to save up for his wife’s abortion. | | | All but three of their full-length releases (and a good number of their singles) depict a young man, eyes averted. |
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| | Jase on The Smiths |
| | Meat Is Murder stands out from the rest of The Smiths albums in that each song paints a picture of a day in the life of a person (maybe the soldier on the album cover?). | | | This was my first Smiths album, and it's wonderful. | | | The album title and 'Paint a Vulgare Picture' all point in that direction.") It was basically during the recording of this album that the Smiths broke up. |
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| | Boing Boing: The Smiths, the musical |
| | The Smiths' lyrics were proudly defenseless and unguarded: "I know I'm unlovable/ You don't have to tell me." Yet the staging doesn't wrap them in obvious scenarios. | | | Directed by Andrew Wale with musical direction by Perrin Manzer Allen, the show runs for another week in London, followed by Ireland and Australia. | | | The arrangements are not for rock band, but for string quartet with electronics. |
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http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/18/the_smiths_the_music.html
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| | The Smiths : The Queen Is Dead - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
| | Meat Is Murder may have been a holding pattern, but The Queen Is Dead is the Smiths' great leap forward, taking the band to new musical and lyrical heights. | | | Opening with the storming title track, The Queen Is Dead is a harder-rocking record than anything the Smiths had attempted before, but that's only on a relative scale -- although the backbeat is more pronounced, the group certainly doesn't rock in a conventional sense. | | | The Smiths : The Queen Is Dead - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
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| | Amazon.com: The Queen is Dead: Music: The Smiths |
| | Through the music of the Smith's I was able to conjure an image of what it was lke to be British. | | | The first Smiths album I heard was the Queen Is Dead. | | | Twenty years after disbanding, The Smiths are still an important force in music. |
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| | IMAET - LASID |
| | LASID is an index to all songs ever released by The Smiths and Morrissey. | | | The lyrics listed are as sung, and are not necessarily accurate. |
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| | Morrissey / The Smiths Ringtones |
| | morrisseyringtones.com (n.) - provides free 'Morrissey' and 'The Smiths' ringtones, album by album, for programming into Nokia phones that support the ringtone 'Composer' function. |
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| | Random Smiths Lyrics Generator |
| | The Second Version of The Random Smiths Lyrics Generator | | | If you'd rather have a guess before seeing the title of the song, try |
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| | BBC NEWS Entertainment Music The Smiths set for academic study |
| | The four-piece band, led by famously miserable singer Morrissey, will be analysed by scholars from around the world for two days next week. | | | The symposium, called Why Pamper Life's Complexities, will aim to assess the band's social, cultural, political and musical impact. | | | The Smiths are considered one of the most influential bands of the decade. |
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| | BBC - Music / Profiles - The Smiths |
| | The Smiths perform "This Charming Man" on Top Of The Pops. | | | The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life by Simon Goddard | | | Try the artists by A-Z page (listed by surname or group name) or find artists grouped by genre of music |
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| | MMU - Smiths Conference |
| | Among the themes that we hope to address are: gender and sexuality, race and nationality, a sense of place, the imagination of class, the significance of Manchester in popular music, the aesthetics of the band, fan cultures and musical innovation. | | | The music of The Smiths contained an emotional depth and a technical virtuosity that moved people in a way that almost no other band has managed before or since. | | | 9.00: The Smyths (Smiths tribute band), Dry Bar, Oldham Street. |
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| | The Smiths & Morrissey |
| | The most controversial english singer was a extraordinary songwriter: his voice is wonderful, his lyrics are extraordinary, oscillating between despair, wild humour and fierce criticism. | | | Marr became a luxurious studio guitar player (working with Brian Ferry, for exemple), while Morrissey decide to hold on, solo. | | | But their artistic association was short: the Smiths splitted in 1987, under a huge media-pressure. |
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| | The Smiths Home |
| | In an intense 5 years Between 1983 and 1987 The Smiths released almost 20 singles and 7 albums, and are recognised by the critics as one of the most significant bands of the 1980's. | | | It is difficult to believe that Morrissey has been a solo artist longer than 2 lifetimes of The Smiths, but his impact on the music industry declined significantly after 1987. | | | This intention of this web site is to give some basic information about the greatest band of the 1980's, The Smiths. |
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| | Peel Sessions, 18.5.83 [EP] by The Smiths |
| | Recorded for John Peel's radio show at the BBC studios on May 18, 1983, these four songs see a very young Smiths fusing their poetic jangle with fierce doses of an energy that's just a baby step away from punk | | | Tag all your own MP3 files with album covers easily with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus! | | | Create The Smiths MP3s faster with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus! |
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| | The Smiths / Morrissey FAQ: General "What ...." Questions |
| | A video of a very early Smiths gig in 1983 was shown which includes highlights such as Johnny on backing vocals. | | | Sadly though, it seems "no" is the resounding answer of the former band mates. | | | On a brighter note, Morrissey said during the In Person (boxers) tour in early 1995 that he would enjoy playing more Smiths tunes (he has played London and Shoplifters) in the future as he still finds most of them to be great songs. |
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| | The Smiths on Msn Music |
| | Shankly by The SmithsNever Had No One Ever by The SmithsThe Smiths on Msn Music AlbumsThe Smiths on Msn Music BioThe Smiths on Msn Music PlaylistsThe Smiths on Msn Music More | | | The Smiths Fan Favorites Radio (Exclusive to Radio Plus - try it free today) |
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| | Smiths Presumably Forever Ill |
| | Their singer Morrissey combined the wit and style of Oscar Wilde with the good looks and poise of James Dean to become the landmark artist of his era. | | | The Smiths were the greatest British band of the '80's, maybe of all-time. | | | Although they dissolved in 1987 over a myriad of personal differences between Morrissey and Marr, The Smiths remain one of the the most influential groups of all-time. |
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| | ♥ The Smiths - To Die By Your Side |
| | A REVIEW of Morrissey's concert in Perth on 10th October, 2002 at the Metro City concert club. | | | New Smiths Gallery - Okay for those who are sick to death of the Flash Smiths Gallery (I can't understand it... | | | Oh I've messed a bit with some links and added in a link to Sanctuary Records on the front page... |
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| | Smiths Chord Archive |
| | OLGA site anymore, and any time I went to a Smiths homepage, I never saw anything about guitar tabs....so that's why this is here. | | | I created this page because it's getting to be too much of a bitch to find an open | | | If you're looking for Smiths links, check out |
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| | Pitchfork: Daily Music News |
| | According to the item description, the bass "was purchased in 1983 and put straight to work on all The Smiths records thereafter... | | | Despite having "a few dings which were inflicted by Andy Rourke and Johnny Marr when they figured their guitars looked a little too new," the 20-year-old instrument fetched $5,800. | | | That was graphic), or the Polyphonic Spree (to whom I bequeath my utter apathy). |
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| | MilkandCookies - The Smiths: How Soon is Now? |
| | Music video for The Smiths song, "How Soon is Now?" | | | Comments listed by date, oldest first, group by thread. | | | MilkandCookies - The Smiths: How Soon is Now? |
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| | Io name bank |
| | Japanese Shinto god of smiths, cyclopean blacksmith god, made solar mirror to entice Amaterasu out of hiding | | | Haitian voodoo god of war, fire, politics, iron, and thunderbolts, patron god of smiths' fire | | | Sioux god of thunder, also god of the hunt. |
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| | The Smiths |
| | Albums included The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow, Meat is Murder, The Queen is Dead, The World Won't Listen, Louder than Bombs, Strangeways Here We Come and Rank. | | | Their hit singles included Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and Girlfriend in a Coma. | | | Suffer Little Children and Headmaster Ritual both caused considerable controversy. |
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| | Smiths Station, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Smiths Station is a census-designated place and city located in Lee County, Alabama. | | | Smiths Station High School has an enrollment of 1,600+ students and is the 10th largest high school in the state. | | | The city is also known as Smiths, although the official name is Smiths Station. |
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| | The Smiths Interview Archive |
| | Moi?) This archive is my loving attempt to resurrect some of his most entertaining interviews for the benefit of those fans who missed out on them the first time around. | | | Item 38 - i-D, 1983 - The FIRST EVER Smiths interview! | | | As time goes on, more interviews will be added, including some rare Johnny Marr interviews, and this archive should form an excellent historical survey of those glorious halcyon days of The Smiths. |
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| | Smiths Group PLC - Home |
| | Smiths is a global engineering business, listed on the London Stock Exchange. Smiths focuses on high performance applications, building and sustaining market-leading businesses in growth sectors. | | | Smiths signs major contract to supply carry-on luggage screening equipment for Shanghai Pudong International Airport | | | Smiths wins seventh contract option for the US Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) Program |
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| | eBay - the smiths all products at low prices |
| | All Products > Search Results for 'the smiths' | | | 28 matches found for 'the smiths' in All Products | | | eBay - the smiths all products at low prices |
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| | They make you believe in romance, love and marriage, which we don't often see in media coverage of African-Americans. | | | It was truly refreshing to read about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in "Crazy in Love" [February 2005]. | | | FindArticles > Home and Garden > Essence > April, 2005 > Article |
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