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==Track list==
==Track list==
1. [[Is It Really So Strange?]] ([[John Peel]] Session, 2 Dec 86) 3:04<br>
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2. [[Sheila Take A Bow (single)|Sheila Take A Bow]] – 2:41<br>
| 01 = Is It Really So Strange? (John Peel Session, 2 Dec 86)
3. [[Shoplifters Of The World Unite (single)|Shoplifters Of The World Unite]] – 2:57<br>
| 01link = Is It Really So Strange?
4. [[Sweet And Tender Hooligan (single)|Sweet And Tender Hooligan]] ([[John Peel]] session, 2 Dec 86) 3:35<br>
| 01-duration = 3:04 (Morrissey/Marr)
5. [[Half A Person]] – 3:36<br>
| 02 = Sheila Take A Bow
6. [[London]] – 2:07<br>
| 02link = Sheila Take A Bow (single)
7. [[Panic (single)|Panic]] – 2:20<br>
| 02-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
8. [[Girl Afraid]] – 2:48<br>
| 03 = Shoplifters Of The World Unite
9. [[Shakespeare's Sister (single)|Shakespeare's Sister]] – 2:09<br>
| 03link = Shoplifters Of The World Unite (single)
10. [[William, It Was Really Nothing (single)|William, It Was Really Nothing]] – 2:11<br>
| 03-duration = 2:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
11. [[You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby]] (US mix) 3:23<br>
| 04 = Sweet And Tender Hooligan (John Peel Session, 2 Dec 86)
12. [[Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (single)|Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now]] – 3:34<br>
| 04link = Sweet And Tender Hooligan (single)
13. [[Ask (single)|Ask]] – 3:18<br>
| 04-duration = 3:35 (Morrissey/Marr)
14. [[Golden Lights]] – 2:39<br>
| 05 = Half A Person
15. [[Oscillate Wildly]] – 3:27<br>
| 05link = Half A Person
16. [[These Things Take Time]] – 2:23<br>
| 05-duration = 3:36 (Morrissey/Marr)
17. [[Rubber Ring]] – 3:48<br>
| 06 = London
18. [[Back To The Old House]] – 3:05<br>
| 06link = London
19. [[Hand In Glove (single)|Hand In Glove]] (single version) 3:13<br>
| 06-duration = 2:07 (Morrissey/Marr)
20. [[Stretch Out And Wait]] (original version) 2:38<br>
| 07 = Panic
21. [[Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want]] – 1:52<br>
| 07link = Panic (single)
22. [[This Night Has Opened My Eyes]] ([[John Peel]] session, 14 Sept 83) 3:40<br>
| 07-duration = 2:20 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
23. [[Unloveable]] – 3:55<br>
| 08 = Girl Afraid
24. [[Asleep]] – 4:11<br>
| 08link = Girl Afraid
 
| 08-duration = 2:48 (Morrissey/Marr)
==Personnel==
| 09 = Shakespeare's Sister
 
| 09link = Shakespeare's Sister (single)
* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals
| 09-duration = 2:09 (Morrissey/Marr)
* [[Johnny Marr]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], [[Keyboardists|harmonium]], synthesized string instruments and flute arrangements
| 10 = William, It Was Really Nothing
* [[Andy Rourke]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]
| 10link = William, It Was Really Nothing (single)
* [[Mike Joyce]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]
| 10-duration = 2:11 (Morrissey/Marr)
* [[Producers|Producer]] - Morrissey
| 11 = You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (US mix)
* Producer - Johnny Marr
| 11link = You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
* Engineer - [[Stephen Street]]
| 11-duration = 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
* Engineer - [[John Porter]]
| 12 = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
| 12link = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (single)
| 12-duration = 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 13 = Ask
| 13link = Ask (single)
| 13-duration = 3:18 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 14 = Golden Lights
| 14link = Golden Lights
| 14-duration = 3:27 (Twinkle)
| 15 = Oscillate Wildly
| 15link = Oscillate Wildly
| 15-duration = 3:27 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 16 = These Things Take Time
| 16link = These Things Take Time
| 16-duration = 2:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 17 = Rubber Ring
| 17link = Rubber Ring
| 17-duration = 3:48 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 18 = Back To The Old House
| 18link = Back To The Old House
| 18-duration = 3:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 19 = Hand In Glove (single version)
| 19link = Hand In Glove (single)
| 19-duration = 3:13 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 20 = Stretch Out And Wait (original version)
| 20link = Stretch Out And Wait
| 20-duration = 2:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 21 = Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
| 21link = Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
| 21-duration = 1:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 22 = This Night Has Opened My Eyes (John Peel Session, 14 Sep 83)
| 22link = This Night Has Opened My Eyes
| 22-duration = 3:40 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 23 = Unloveable
| 23link = Unloveable
| 23-duration = 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 24 = Asleep
| 24link = Asleep
| 24-duration = 4:11 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}

Revision as of 00:24, 26 May 2020

Cover art
THE SMITHS Compilation Album
Name Louder Than Bombs
Release 30 March 1987
3 April 2012 (remaster)
Total Length 72:44
Recorded 1983-1986
Writer/composer Morrissey/Marr
Twinkle
Producer Morrissey
Johnny Marr
John Porter
Stephen Street
The Smiths
Roger Pusey
Publisher Rough Trade Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #38
US #62
Compilation Album chronology
The World Won't Listen
Louder Than Bombs
Best...I

Information

Louder Than Bombs is a compilation album by The Smiths, originally released in the US, then later in the same year in the UK.

It is similar in content to The World Won't Listen, containing singles, B-sides and session recordings.

The cover photograph is of Shelagh Delaney.

Track list

  1. Is It Really So Strange? (John Peel Session, 2 Dec 86) – 3:04 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Sheila Take A Bow – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Shoplifters Of The World Unite – 2:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Sweet And Tender Hooligan (John Peel Session, 2 Dec 86) – 3:35 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. Half A Person – 3:36 (Morrissey/Marr)
  6. London – 2:07 (Morrissey/Marr)
  7. Panic – 2:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
  8. Girl Afraid – 2:48 (Morrissey/Marr)
  9. Shakespeare's Sister – 2:09 (Morrissey/Marr)
  10. William, It Was Really Nothing – 2:11 (Morrissey/Marr)
  11. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (US mix) – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
  12. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now – 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
  13. Ask – 3:18 (Morrissey/Marr)
  14. Golden Lights – 3:27 (Twinkle)
  15. Oscillate Wildly – 3:27 (Morrissey/Marr)
  16. These Things Take Time – 2:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
  17. Rubber Ring – 3:48 (Morrissey/Marr)
  18. Back To The Old House – 3:05 (Morrissey/Marr)
  19. Hand In Glove (single version) – 3:13 (Morrissey/Marr)
  20. Stretch Out And Wait (original version) – 2:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
  21. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want – 1:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
  22. This Night Has Opened My Eyes (John Peel Session, 14 Sep 83) – 3:40 (Morrissey/Marr)
  23. Unloveable – 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)
  24. Asleep – 4:11 (Morrissey/Marr)