Talk:Meat Is Murder/Archive 1

Comment
If everyone thinks this album is so crap, how come it is the only Smiths album to get to number one??? Apparently the record buying public liked it even if the indie-kids didn't, which makes the article as it stands very POV.... quercus robur 20:47, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC)

It got to No.1 on the back of a much increased publicity which was the result of the exposure due to the first album, and the bands subsequent TV and radio appearances as well as much plugging in the music press. I very much doubt that the "record buying public" had much to do with it - any album called "Meat is Murder" released by a trendy band in the mid 1980s was bound to be snapped up by just about every student in the UK, which is plenty to get the album to no.1 in the charts (not that being No.1 in the charts is much of a measure of originality, musical credibility or worth - Jive Bunny got to No.1 for heavens sake). Just because lots of people buy something, that doesn't necessarily mean its wonderful. The Sun sells millions of copies a day but I don't think it will ever win any awards for literature...... StanPomeray (talk) 13:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

How Soon Is Now?
"How Soon Is Now?" has been removed from the track listing. This is on the assumption that the 2011 remaster is considered the definitive release. (A note on the song's inclusion on other releases has been added.)

The edit was also made given that the original UK release did not include the song and that it could be argued that the article should reflect the original UK release. (The infobox appears to refer to the original UK release.) However, it could also be argued that music album articles should reflect the most recent or currently most popular versions rather than original releases. Track timings may need to be updated appropriately. Pololei (talk) 16:55, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Source of cover photo
The image on the cover of this album (and on the 1968 movie poster) originally was a UPI news photo as seen here: [] While the movie may have inspired the album cover, the article implies that the movie was the actual source for the album cover, when it seems more likely that both got the photo directly from UPI. Richard K. Carson (talk) 18:41, 9 May 2012 (UTC)