Thursday 13 November 2008

Album recommendation: "The Sound of the Smiths"


Out now. A brand new Smiths compilation with remastering supervised by Johnny Marr. Available as a two disc special edition with rare tracks. Essential.


6 comments:

sparacus said...

And the new Morrissey album 'Years of Refusal' is out in in February.

Purves Grundy said...

The Smiths were the sound of 1980s disenfranchised working-class Northern youth.

What the bloody hell are YOU doing listening to them?

Youth of Australia said...

Um, why didn't you edit the post and put that information in?

Seriously, you DO know you can alter something after you've posted it? It's not difficult or anything.

sparacus said...

" Purves Grundy said...
The Smiths were the sound of 1980s disenfranchised working-class Northern youth.

What the bloody hell are YOU doing listening to them?"

The Smiths were the finest band of the 1980s and Morrissey's lyrics encapsulated the hopes & fears of existentialist youth.

sparacus said...

"Um, why didn't you edit the post and put that information in?

Seriously, you DO know you can alter something after you've posted it? It's not difficult or anything."

I'm aware of this now.

Youth of Australia said...

Fair enough, Spara. It's just baffling you having to put additions to the post in the comments section rather than editing the post. I do it all the time. I'd never manage reviewing the B7 audios without...