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 |
- 1878 downloads at 53 mb/s
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- 1829 downloads at 43 mb/s
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | Panic |
| A2 | AskBacking 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 BowProducer – Stephen Street |
| C3 | Sweet And Tender HooliganEngineer – David Dade* |
| C4 | Girl Afraid |
| C5 | William, It Was Really Nothing |
| C6 | Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now |
| D1 | Golden LightsWritten-By – Twinkle |
| D2 | The Draize TrainEngineer – 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 EyesProducer – 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 |










