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The Smiths Playlist hosted & curated by author Michael Bracewell.

6 Music Artist CollectionThe Smiths

Cultural critic and novelist Michael Bracewell presents a personal Smiths playlist. His Smiths-inspired novella will be published later this year.

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  • The Smiths

    Cemetary Gates 1986

  • The Smiths

    Hand In Glove

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

  • The Smiths

    His Latest Flame / Rushholme Ruffians 1986

  • The Smiths

    Back To The Old House (Radio 1 Session, 14 Sept 1983)

  • The Smiths

    Draize Train 1986

  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.

  • The Smiths

    Rusholme Ruffians

    • MEAT IS MURDER.
    • Rough Trade Records.

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now - Apollo 1986

  • The Smiths

    Miserable Lie

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Smiths

    The Headmaster Ritual - Apollo 1986

  • The Smiths

    Jeane

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Smiths

    Meat Is Murder - Apollo 1986

  • The Smiths

    What Difference Does It Make?

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 3.

  • The Smiths

    Boy With The Thorn In His Side 1986

  • The Smiths

    Ask

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 17.

  • The Smiths

    William It Was Really Nothing - Apollo 86

  • The Smiths

    Shoplifters Of The World Unite

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 19.

  • The Smiths

    I Know It's Over 1986

  • The Smiths

    The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Smiths

    There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986)

  • The Smiths

    What She Said

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Smiths

    I Know It's Over

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Smiths

    Nowhere Fast Apollo 1986

  • The Smiths

    Panic (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986)

  • The Smiths

    The Queen Is Dead (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986)

  • The Smiths

    Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 5.

  • The Smiths

    There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 15.

  • The Smiths

    Bigmouth Strikes Again (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986)

  • The Smiths

    Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

    • Rough Trade.

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