Meat Is Murder | Black LP
The Smiths | Meat Is Murder - Black LP
Release date: 26.03.2012
With their second proper album Meat Is Murder, The Smiths began to branch out and diversify, while refining the jangling guitar pop of their debut.
The Headmaster Ritual and I Want The One I Can't Have are fine elaborations of the formula they laid out on the debut, while Rusholme Ruffians is an infectious stab at rockabilly. Such was their creative thrust at this point; they were seen as the most important British band since Joy Division.
Above all though, there was no other British group making music quite like this in 1985.