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Album · 1985

Meat Is Murder

by The Smiths

Meat Is Murder is a 1985 indie album by The Smiths. It runs 9 tracks across 40 minutes on Rough Trade. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 1 rating.

Indie · Post-Punk · New Wave

Best albums of 1985

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4.0 /5
1 rating
70 /100
10 critics
9
Tracks
40 min
Runtime
126 bpm
Tempo
E major
Key

Ratings

1 rating · avg 4.0

0.5★5★

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10 publications

  • Sounds4.5/5
  • Pitchfork8.1/10
  • Uncut4/5
  • Select4/5
  • The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
  • AllMusic3.5/5
  • The Village VoiceC+
  • Blender3/5
  • Chicago Tribune2/4
  • The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5

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9 tracks · 40 min

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Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band The Smiths. It was released in February 1985 and became the band's sole number one album in the UK charts during the band's lifetime, staying on the chart for 13 weeks. It reached number 40 in Canada and number 110 in the US. In 2003, the album was ranked number 296 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

In brief

Is Meat Is Murder good?
Riffiter listeners rate Meat Is Murder 4.0/5 from 1 rating.
When was Meat Is Murder released?
Meat Is Murder was released in 1985 on Rough Trade.
How many tracks are on Meat Is Murder?
Meat Is Murder has 9 tracks, with a runtime of 40 minutes.
What genre is Meat Is Murder?
Meat Is Murder is catalogued under Indie, Post-Punk, New Wave.
What BPM is Meat Is Murder?
Meat Is Murder runs at a median tempo of 126 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Meat Is Murder?
Listeners of Meat Is Murder also rate Disintegration by The Cure, In Rainbows by Radiohead, Years of Refusal by Morrissey.

Meat Is Murder at a glance

Labels
Sire, Rough Trade
Produced by
The Smiths

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