Tracklist

1	The Headmaster Ritual	4:52
2	Rusholme Ruffians	4:20
3	I Want The One I Can't Have	3:14
4	What She Said	2:42
5	That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore	4:58
6	How Soon Is Now?	6:46
7	Nowhere Fast	2:37
8	Well I Wonder	4:00
9	Barbarism Begins At Home	6:57
10	Meat Is Murder	6:07

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Music UK Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Warner Music UK Ltd.
• Recorded At – Amazon Studios
• Recorded At – Ridge Farm Studios
• Mixed At – Island Studios
• Made By – Cinram GmbH

Credits

• Bass – Andy Rourke
• Drums – Mike Joyce
• Engineer – Stephen Street
• Guitar, Piano – Johnny Marr
• Layout [Package Layout] – Caryn Gough
• Music By – Johnny Marr
• Photography By [Group Photo] – Pal Slattery*
• Photography By [Morrissey Solo-shot] – Toshi Yajima
• Producer – John Porter (tracks: 6), The Smiths (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 10)
• Sleeve – Morrissey
• Voice – Morrissey
• Words By – Morrissey

Notes

On back cover appears: Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe. But the disc is pressed by Cinram GmbH, indicated by the "V01" at the end of the matrix.

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

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

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 4509-91895-2 5
• Mastering SID Code (Variant 1, 2): IFPI L012
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 059Z
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 05M8
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, 2): ['W' logo] CD 450991895-2.2 V01
• Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
• Label Code: LC 4281
• Price Code (France): WE 835

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
WPCR-14542	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, SHM)	WEA	WPCR-14542	Japan	2012
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	1989