The Smiths is the debut album by English alternative rock band The Smiths, released on 20 February 1984. The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, staying on the chart for 33 weeks. After the original production by Troy Tate was felt to be inadequate, John Porter rerecorded the album in both London and Manchester during breaks in the band's UK tour during September 1983. The album was well received by the critics as well as the public, and it established The Smiths as a prominent band in the 1980s music scene in the United Kingdom. The Smiths is the debut album by English alternative rock band The Smiths, released on 20 February 1984. The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, staying on the chart for 33 weeks. After the original production by Troy Tate was felt to be inadequate, John Porter rerecorded the album in both London and Manchester during breaks in the band's UK tour during September 1983. The album was well received by the critics as well as the public, and it established The Smiths as a prominent band in the 1980s music scene in the United Kingdom. false 2023-12-26 08:41:24 The Smiths 8.9 1987 1987-07-01 1987-07-01 46 Alternative Rock Indie Pop Indie Rock Rock Jangle Pop 111752 2114496 80984652-33df-32a9-a2bd-4812cf14eed3 40f5d9e4-2de7-4f2d-ad41-e31a9a9fea27 91811b68-aa6e-35b3-a5e1-6a2733eb6ae9 /media/data/media5/Music/The Smiths/The Smiths (1984)/folder.jpg The Smiths AlbumArtist The Smiths Artist The Smiths The Smiths 1 Reel Around the Fountain 05:56 2 You’ve Got Everything Now 03:59 3 Miserable Lie 04:28 4 Pretty Girls Make Graves 03:43 5 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 04:38 6 This Charming Man 02:43 7 Still Ill 03:20 8 Hand in Glove 03:22 9 What Difference Does It Make? 03:50 10 I Don’t Owe You Anything 04:04 11 Suffer Little Children 05:28 The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the songwriting partnership. The Smiths are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from 1980s British independent music. The Smiths signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records in 1983 and released their first album, The Smiths, in 1984. Their focus on a guitar, bass and drum sound, fusing 1960s rock and post-punk, was a rejection of the synth-pop sound predominant at the time. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, and all their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album Meat Is Murder (1985). From that time, they bolstered their sound with the use of keyboards while retaining the guitar as the lead instrument. They achieved mainstream success in Europe with The Queen Is Dead (1986) and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), which both entered the top 20 of the European Albums Chart. In 1986, the band briefly became a five-piece with the addition of guitarist Craig Gannon. Internal tensions led to the Smiths' breakup in 1987, followed by public lawsuits over royalties. The members each said that the band would never reunite and refused all offers to do so.