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Artist Biography For The Smiths

The Smiths Were An English Rock Band Formed In Manchester In 1982. They Comprised The Singer Morrissey The Guitarist Johnny Marr The Bassist Andy Rourke And The Drummer Mike Joyce. They Are Regarded As One Of The Most Important Acts To Emerge From The 1980s British Independent Music Scene. The Smiths Signed To The Independent Label Rough Trade Records In 1983 And Released Their First Album The Smiths In 1984. They Based Their Songs On The Songwriting Partnership Of Morrissey And Marr. Their Focus On A Guitar Bass And Drum Sound And A Fusion Of 1960s Rock And Post-Punk Was A Rejection Of The Synth-Pop Sound That Was 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 . They Achieved Mainstream Success In Europe With The Queen Is Dead 1986 And Strangeways Here We Come 1987 Both Of Which Entered The Top 20 Of The European Albums Chart. Internal Tensions Led To The Smiths' Breakup In 1987 Followed By Public Lawsuits Over Royalties. Their Live Album Rank 1988 Reached The Top 10 In Europe. Since The Band's Dissolution The Members Have Refused Offers To Reunite And Have All Separately Stated That The Band Is Finished And Will Never Reunite. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/The_Smiths Studio Albums
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Rank Is The Only Standalone Official Live Album By English Band The Smiths. It Was Released A Year After The Band’s Breakup In September 1988 By Their British Record Company Rough Trade And Reached No. 2 In The British Charts. In The United States The Album Was Released On Sire Records And Made No. 77. Background
Rank Was Released As A Contractual Obligation. It Was Recorded Almost Two Years Earlier On 23 October 1986 At National Ballroom In Kilburn London And Is A Fourteen-Track Distillation Of 21 Songs By Singer Morrissey From The Complete Concert Recording That Had Earlier Been Transmitted By BBC Radio 1. The Album Rode High On The Smiths Nostalgia And The Success Of Morrissey's Debut Solo Album Viva Hate Earlier The Same Year. The Songs Omitted From The Recording Of The Kilburn Show Are "I Want The One I Can't Have" "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" "Frankly Mr. Shankly" "Never Had No One Ever" "Meat Is Murder" And "How Soon Is Now?" Also Some Edits Can Be Readily Heard In The Concert Itself Such As At The End Of "I Know It's Over" When The Crowd Starts Cheering. In Late 2008 Video Footage Appeared From The Show On YouTube. According To The Smiths Biographers Johnny Rogan And David Bret Morrissey Originally Titled The Album The Smiths In Heat. Rough Trade Objected And Morrissey Proposed Rank "as In 'J. Arthur'" J. Arthur Rank Is Cockney Rhyming Slang For "wank" . Packaging
The Album Cover For Rank Designed By Morrissey Is A Photo Of Actress Alexandra Bastedo. The Image Is From Photographer John D. Green's 1967 Book Birds Of Britain. The Gatefold Album's Interior Features A Photo Of Several Smiths Fans Ripping Apart Morrissey's Shirt. That Picture Was Taken By Ian Tilton At The 1986 Factory Records "Festival Of The Tenth Summer" Concert At G-Mex Centre In Manchester England. The Band
Morrissey – Vocals
Johnny Marr – Lead Guitar
Andy Rourke – Bass Guitar
Mike Joyce – Drums
Craig Gannon – Rhythm Guitar Technical Staff
Pete Dauncey And Grant Showbiz – Producers
Paul Nickson – Engineer Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Rank_ Album

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