- Year of release
- 1986
- Global sales
- 850,000
- Genre
- Indie rock
- Buy this album
- Buy CD
The Smiths' third album found them at the peak of their melancholic majesty, bringing a keen ear for melody to their angst-driven social commentary
Best tracks:
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Bigmouth Strikes Again
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Top facts:
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out wasn't ever released as a single until 1992, five years after the band split up.
- The album's cover image was designed by Morrissey himself and features French actor Alain Delon from the 1964 film L'Insoumis.
- The Boy With The Thorn In His Side was the very first Smiths single for which the band shot a video. Morrissey later revealed: "The thorn is the music industry and all those people who never believed anything I said".
If you like this, try:
Suede: Suede
Belle & Sebastian: The Boy with the Arab Strap
Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Morrissey: Vauxhall and I
