The Smiths – The World Won’t Listen
(Rough Trade Records 1986 ROUGH101)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– inner has number written small in top left corner
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop)
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The band consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.
The World Won’t Listen is a compilation album by The Smiths. It was released in February 1987 by their record company, Rough Trade Records.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Morrissey/Marr except “Golden Lights” written by Twinkle.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Panic” (Single A-side) | 2:21 |
| 2. | “Ask” (Remix of single A-side) | 3:15 |
| 3. | “London” (B-side of “Shoplifters of the World Unite”) | 2:07 |
| 4. | “Bigmouth Strikes Again” (From The Queen Is Dead) | 3:13 |
| 5. | “Shakespeare’s Sister” (Single A-side) | 2:08 |
| 6. | “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (From The Queen Is Dead) | 4:05 |
| 7. | “Shoplifters of the World Unite” (Single A-side) | 2:58 |
| 8. | “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” (Single A-side version) | 3:16 |
| 9. | “Money Changes Everything” (B-side of “Bigmouth Strikes Again” – only on CD and cassette versions) | 4:43 |
| 10. | “Asleep” (B-side of “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side”) | 4:10 |
| 11. | “Unloveable” (B-side of “Bigmouth Strikes Again”) | 3:56 |
| 12. | “Half a Person” (B-side of “Shoplifters of the World Unite”) | 3:36 |
| 13. | “Stretch Out and Wait” (Alternate vocal version of B-side of “Shakespeare’s Sister”) | 2:45 |
| 14. | “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore” (Single A-side edit) | 3:49 |
| 15. | “Oscillate Wildly” (B-side of “How Soon Is Now?”) | 3:26 |
| 16. | “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby” (UK mix of aborted single A-side) | 3:32 |
| 17. | “Rubber Ring” (B-side of “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side”) | 3:48 |
Personnel
The Smiths
- Morrissey – vocals
- Johnny Marr – guitars, keyboard instruments, bass guitar on “Golden Lights”
- Andy Rourke – bass guitar, cello on “Shakespeare’s Sister” and “Oscillate Wildly”
- Mike Joyce – drums
- Craig Gannon – rhythm guitar on “Panic”, “Ask”, “London”, “Half a Person”, “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby” and “Golden Lights”
Additional musicians
- Kirsty MacColl – backing vocals on “Ask” and “Golden Lights”
- John Porter – drum machine on “Golden Lights”
- Stephen Street – additional drum machine programming on “London”
Technical staff
- Johnny Marr – producer (track 7)
- Johnny Marr, Morrissey and Stephen Street – producers (track 3 and 12)
- Morrissey and Marr – producers (tracks 4, 6, 10–11, 17)
- John Porter – producer (tracks 1–2, 9, 16, 18)
- The Smiths – producers (tracks 5, 8, 13–15)
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