The Smiths - The World Won't Listen
Genre: Rock
Singer: The Smiths
Title: The World Won't Listen
Short-info: Label: Rough Trade ‎– 450978 1
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Australia
Date of released: 27 Feb 1987
Category: Rock
Style: Indie Rock
MP3 album size .rar: 1878 mb
APE album size .rar: 1829 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC FLAC AHX MP2 MOD MP3 RA VOC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Panic
A2 Ask
Backing Vocals – Kirsty MacCollMixed By – Steve Lillywhite
A3 London
A4 Bigmouth Strikes Again
A5 Shakespeare's Sister
A6 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
A7 Shoplifters Of The World Unite
A8 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
B1 Asleep
B2 Unloveable
B3 Half A Person
B4 Stretch Out And Wait
B5 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
B6 Oscillate Wildly
B7 You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
B8 Rubber Ring
C1 Is It Really So Strange?
Engineer – David Dade*
C2 Sheila Take A Bow
Producer – Stephen Street
C3 Sweet And Tender Hooligan
Engineer – David Dade*
C4 Girl Afraid
C5 William, It Was Really Nothing
C6 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
D1 Golden Lights
Written-By – Twinkle
D2 The Draize Train
Engineer – Kenny Jones Written-By – Johnny Marr
D3 Back To The Old House
D4 Hand In Glove
D5 Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
D6 This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Producer – Roger Pusey

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
  • Made By – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
  • Made By – CBS Productions Pty. Limited
  • Distributed By – CBS Productions Pty. Limited
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – BBC

Credits

  • Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke
  • Cello – Andy Rourke (tracks: C1 to D6)
  • Coordinator [Art Co-ordination] – Jo Slee
  • Drums – Mike Joyce
  • Engineer – Stephen Street (tracks: A3 to A6, A8 to B6, B8, D1,)
  • Guitar – Craig Gannon (tracks: A1 to A3, A7, B3, D2)
  • Guitar, Music By – Johnny Marr
  • Layout – Caryn Gough
  • Mastered By – Å , Δ
  • Photography By [Group Photograph ©] – Lawrence Watson
  • Photography By [Photography ©] – Jurgen Vollmer
  • Piano, Mandolin, Harmonica, Harmonium, Performer [Vamp] – Johnny Marr (tracks: C1 to D6)
  • Producer – John Porter (tracks: A1, A2, B7, C1, C3 to D3, D5), Johnny Marr (tracks: A3, A4, A6 to B3, B8), Morrissey (tracks: A3, A4, A6, A8 to B3, C2), The Smiths (tracks: A5, B4 to B6, D4)
  • Voice, Words By, Sleeve – Morrissey
  • Written-By – Marr* (tracks: A1 to C6, D3 to D6), Morrissey (tracks: A1 to C6, D3 to D6)

Notes

The Australian Double LP Version of this release.
Gatefold sleeve, with an inner sleeve printed with lyrics and credits for each disc.

Gatefold sleeve:
℗ 1986 Rough Trade Records Ltd./Sound recording made by Rough Trade Records Ltd. - first published ℗ in U.K. 1986.
Made and distributed in Australia under licence by CBS Productions Pty. Limited.

Inner sleeves:
Rough Trade Records, 61-71 Collier Street, London N1 9BE.

Disc 1 inner sleeve:
Recorded between January 1985 and September 1986.

Disc 2 inner sleeve:
Recorded In England between April 1983 and November 1986

Labels:
Made and distributed in Australia under licence

Side A and B labels:
℗ 1986 Rough Trade Records Ltd.

Side C and D labels:
+[tracks C2, C4 to D6] ℗ 1987 Rough Trade Records.
++[tracks C1, C3] ℗ 1987 BBC

Note that there is a mispress of this release, with a The World Won't Listen sleeve, and labels from Record 1, but with the vinyl pressed from a George Harrison album, here George Harrison - Cloud Nine.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): MX218825
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): MX218826
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C Label): MX218827
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D Label): MX218828
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Groove Hand-Etched): Å 450978-1 (MX218331 · B) Mx 218825 (450467 ·1·1)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Groove Hand-Etched): Å 450978-1 (MX 218332 - B) Mx 218826 (450467 ·1·2)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout Groove Hand-Etched): MX 218827 450978 - 1 R2 - 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout Groove Hand-Etched): Δ MX 218828 4509781 R2 - 2

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
ROUGH 101 The Smiths The World Won't Listen ‎(LP, Comp) Rough Trade ROUGH 101 UK 1987
4509-91898-4, SMITHS5C The Smiths The World Won't Listen ‎(Cass, Comp) WEA, WEA 4509-91898-4, SMITHS5C Europe 1993
30RGH20614 The Smiths The World Won't Listen ‎(Cass, Comp) CGD 30RGH20614 Italy 1986
ROUGH 101 The Smiths The World Won't Listen ‎(LP, Comp) Rough Trade ROUGH 101 Ireland 1987
KL-1626 The Smiths The World Won't Listen ‎(Cass, Comp) ZKP RTVL, Rough Trade KL-1626 Yugoslavia 1988

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