The Smiths – The World Won't Listen

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Label:	Rough Trade – CD101
Format:	CD , Compilation , MPO
Country:	UK
Released:	Feb 1987
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Indie Rock

Tracklist

1	Panic	2:21
2	Ask	3:17
3	London	2:07
4	Bigmouth Strikes Again	3:13
5	Shakespeare's Sister	2:09
6	There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	4:03
7	Shoplifters Of The World Unite	2:57
8	The Boy With The Thorn In His Side	3:15
9	Asleep	4:10
10	Unloveable	3:56
11	Half A Person	3:36
12	Stretch Out And Wait	2:45
13	That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore	3:51
14	Oscillate Wildly	3:27
15	You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby	3:30
16	Rubber Ring	3:47

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Pressed By – MPO

Credits

Art Direction [Art Co-ordination] – Jo Slee
Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke
Drums – Mike Joyce
Guitar – Johnny Marr
Layout – Caryn Gough
Music By – Johnny Marr
Photography By – Jurgen Vollmer
Producer – The Smiths (tracks: 5, 12 to 14)
Sleeve – Morrissey
Voice – Morrissey
Words By – Morrissey

Notes

Tracks:
1. "Panic" (Single A-side)
2. "Ask" (Remix of single A-side)
3. "London" (B-side of "Shoplifters of the World Unite")
4. "Bigmouth Strikes Again" (From The Queen Is Dead)
5. "Shakespeare's Sister" (Single A-side)
6. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (From The Queen Is Dead)
7. "Shoplifters of the World Unite" (Single A-side)
8. "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" (Single A-side version)
9. "Asleep" (B-side of "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side")
10. "Unloveable" (B-side of "Bigmouth Strikes Again")
11. "Half a Person" (B-side of "Shoplifters of the World Unite")
12. "Stretch Out and Wait" (Alternate vocal version of B-side of "Shakespeare's Sister")
13. "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" (Single A-side edit)
14. "Oscillate Wildly" (B-side of "How Soon Is Now?")
15. "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (UK mix of aborted single A-side)
16. "Rubber Ring" (B-side of "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side")

Recorded between January 1985 and September 1986.
All songs recorded in England.

℗ 1986 Rough Trade Records Ltd
© 1986 Warner Bros. Music Ltd

Catalog number is ROUGH CD101 on the spine, ROUGH CD 101 on the disc, and CD101 on the booklet and tray backs.

First pressing CDs made in by MPO. (this entry)
Later pressings in the UK are mastered by Nimbus.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 5 014644 601016
Barcode (Scan): 5014644601016
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH CD 101 MPO 01 @

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The World Won't Listen (LP, Compilation)	Rough Trade	MD 7940	Netherlands	1987
	The World Won't Listen (LP, Compilation, EMI Pressing)	Rough Trade	ROUGH 101	UK	1987
Recently Edited	The World Won't Listen (CD, Compilation, PM 527)	Rough Trade	30260		1987
Recently Edited	The World Won't Listen (2×LP, Compilation)	Rough Trade	450978 1	Australia	1987
Recently Edited	The World Won't Listen (LP, Compilation)	Nuevos Medios	43 245 L	Spain	1987