Louder Than Bombs

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En resumen, 24 temas, muchos de ellos nunca publicados en otros compilados que todo fan de The Smiths debe tener en su colección. The title is borrowed from a line in Elizabeth Smart's extended prose poem By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jalen perform live knows that he is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene.

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UK pressings can be identified by the use of the Rough Trade logo and catalogue number system: ROUGH 255, ROUGH C255 and ROUGH CD255.The Smiths most forthright and celebratory single by far with the awkward reflections of old at last replaced by bold decisive action – “Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear and don’t go home tonight, come out and find the one that you love and who loves you! And if that wasn’t enough to take in, another handsomely attired collection of a similar stripe, Louder Than Bombs, offered further bang for fans’ hard-earned bucks when it was first released in the US in March. The track contains one of Morrissey’s great lines – “Burn down the disco, hang the blessed DJ, because the music they constantly play, it say’s nothing to me about my life. What this should have been was a compilation of all the songs from those albums that weren't available elsewhere, leaving the regular album tracks out. It's an invitation to all the shy, reclusive ones out there to "ask" Moz if there's anything they'd ever like to try.

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Comprised of various labels we know and love at Rough Trade (Bella Union, ATO, Speedy Wunderground, Phantasy, Heavenly, Mute and more) PIAS [Recordings] filter through some of the most diverse artistry to our racks, which we greatly enjoy digging into.But even in the midst of all the self-pity, "Ask" displays a positive vibe and a sincerity that is infectious and even touching. It includes hits such as the irresistible "Ask"' the bouncing pop of "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" and the sad "Unloveable". The Smiths became the voice for those who felt differently or couldn't fit in the world that was clearly made for other people. Despite the suicide references, this frantic tongue-in-cheek effort was a welcome breather in between the longer, more serious singles of that year. Initially compiled as a US release, ‘Louder Than Bombs’ is an excellent collection that remains a must for Smiths heads around the world.

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And of course the story didn't end here, as Best of I, Best of II, Singles and The very best of followed. With that in mind, The Smiths’ US label, Sire, viewed Louder Than Bombs as an opportunity to acquaint the band’s stateside fans with material that had previously been off limits to them, except via expensive, hard-to-source imports.

It was also the last band that really expressed themselves through their design of album and 12" single covers.

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Therefore it is a treasure trove of the lesser known part of their back catalogue with well known hits interspersed with rarely heard B sides. Ask” is another fine track, which simply examines the pros and cons of shyness, although it’s again quite vague as to exactly what “the bomb that’ll bring us together” might be. The narrator seems trapped in a bubble of petty crime and finds the real world too boring to live in. This is why the non-single track "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" from Hatful of Hollow was included. So, in the end, if you listen to this collection of songs and still don't feel what the rest of us feel, at least remember that the Moz has already told you why.Compiling singles, B-sides, album tracks, and BBC sessions, LOUDER THAN BOMBS boasts a wealth of brilliant material including "Ask," "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" and "Unlovable. Lo interesante en este compilado es que podemos encontrar a los temas que fueron "Lado B" del single "Sheila Take A Bow" y que fueron tomadas de los ya conocidísimos Peel Sessions, hablo de los temas "Is It Really So Strange" y uno de mis tías favoritos de la banda, "Sweet And Tender Hooligan" grabados un 2 de diciembre de 1986. Here a menacing riff underpins the exploits of a young murderer of the elderly, who casually justifies his actions by saying that his victims were old and unhappy and therefore didn’t really matter anyway.