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The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs Audio CD

A fair review of the The Smiths "Louder Than Bombs" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Smiths reviews here, or go back to the The Smiths tabs.

The Smiths Band: The Smiths
Title: Louder Than Bombs
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Is It Really So Strange? 2: Sheila Take a Bow 3: Shoplifters of the World Unite 4: Sweet and Tender Hooligan 5: Half a Person 6: London 7: Panic 8: Girl Afraid 9: Shakespeare's Sister 10: William, It Was Really Nothing 11: You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby 12: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 13: Ask 14: Golden Lights 15: Oscillate Wildly [Instrumental] 16: These Things Take Time 17: Rubber Ring 18: Back to the Old House 19: Hand in Glove 20: Stretch Out and Wait 21: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want 22: This Night Has Opened My Eyes 23: Unloveable 24: Asleep

oh my god.


these guys mean business. i didn't even know where to begin but will keep this short. the lyrics, music, everything. maybe not for all, but for some of us it means the world.

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Best "Odds And Sods" Album
A couple are taken from DJ John Peel's BBC radio show. The Smiths released many singles that weren't on their 4 original albums, and this stellar compilation features all of the A-sides and most of the B-sides. Of all the tracks collected here, only "Hand In Glove" made an album appearance.

Morrissey's lovelorn lyrics and pleading vocals established him as the foremost romantic figure of the 80's, and turned him into the idol of all who felt alienated and lonely. He tosses off some great lines, but my favorite is: "if it's not love, then it's the bomb that will bring us together" (from "Ask"). Choose love, people! Johnny Marr's muscular guitar keeps the songs from getting too maudlin. Marr wrote all the music, and Morrissey wrote all the words. The two balanced each other.

When issued on vinyl, this was a 2-record set. It's amazing to me how well all these disparate singles and B-sides from over the years cohere into a complete whole. There's a natural ebb and flow. If they had recorded this in one session, it would be mentioned in the same breath as. . . (name your favorite much-praised 2-record set by a famous rock band). As it is, it's the best odds-and-sods collection I've ever heard by ANY band. (For those unfamiliar with the term, it means "a little of this, a little of that". )

Most groups start out strong, only to become less good as the years progress. I'd say The Smiths were good at the beginning, but became great by the end. For me, each successive album was better than the one before it. "Meat Is Murder" was better than their debut "The Smiths", "The Queen Is Dead" topped them both, and the concluding "Strangeways, Here We Come" was the best of all. Together they comprise the "official" four studio releases.

There's other compilations of A and B-sides, and several "greatest hits", but none pack the heat and heft of "Louder Than Bombs". It's perfect.
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This album has opened my eyes
Album. Best. Ever.

or at least in my few years of life

I would listen to This Night Has Opened My Eyes.
in a house
with a mouse
on a boat
with a goat
on a train
in the rain

and except for 'with a goat', I think I've done all of the above
After hearing that song, you'll say Now My Heart Is Full. . .

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musica para los oidos
louder than bombs se edito en USA, y recopila los simples que editaron los smiths a traves de su carrera en inglaterra, el resultado de este album es una de las recopilaciones mas fantasticas jamas editadas, ya que incluye tanto simples como caras b y resulta un complemento perfecto tanto para quienes ya hayan adquirido los albumes por separado (ya que los simples que recopila no fueron incluidos en estos) asi como para quienes quieren acercarse por primera vez a la musica de uno de los grupos mas influyentes de toda la histora del rock. .


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God bless Morrissey, Marr, Rourke, and Joyce....
It has 24 tracks on it, and there really isn't one in the batch that reeks. This was my first Smiths album, an embarrassment of riches. In fact, can I say that they are all brilliant? Can I say that I really dig The Smiths? Yes.

The Smiths were one of the best bands of the 1980's, and none of their music has dated. Whenever I listen to it, I don't think "80's Smiths", I just think it's brilliant, timeless music. Many of these songs show off Morrissey's brilliant, sardonic wit, something that many critics of this band miss, and Johnny Marr's amazing melodies. They call the lyrics whiny and they called Saint Morrissey a p***y, but he's the furthest thing from a whiny you-know-what. I think many are just jealous of his enormous talent. There's a lot going on in between the lines. The more I listen to any Smiths music, the better it gets.

Louder than Bombs has some of the best Smiths songs EVER. Is It Really So Strange? is a pop masterpiece. I adore Panic with its brilliant and stunning chours "hang the DJ" and the line "the music that they play/it says nothing to me about my life". Most of the stuff I heard when growing up never said nothing about my life, and it's nice to hear someone saying it so beautifully. I love the prickly, hilarious William, It Was Really Nothing. And Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now is a great, great song. I agree with Morrissey on "why should we give valuable time to people who don't care whether we live or die". The Smiths's music was always universal. It doesn't belong to any time frame. 100 years from now, this stuff will still be awesome. .


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