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- Louder Than Bombs
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The Smiths
Released 1987

These Things Take Time
02:21
9,692 plays

Asleep
04:11
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Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
03:34
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songs

- 1
- Is It Really So Strange?
- 03:02
- 15,475 plays

- 2
- Sheila Take a Bow
- 02:41
- 11,216 plays

- 3
- Shoplifters of the World Unite
- 02:57
- 11,285 plays

- 4
- London
- 02:08
- 17,738 plays

- 4
- Sweet and Tender Hooligan
- 03:33
- 14,662 plays

- 5
- Half A Person
- 03:36
- 26,264 plays

- 6
- Girl Afraid
- 02:49
- 17,996 plays

- 7
- Panic
- 02:20
- 34,151 plays

- 7
- Shakespeare's Sister
- 02:08
- 13,927 plays

- 9
- You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
- 03:33
- 16,535 plays

- 10
- William, It Was Really Nothing
- 02:11
- 19,194 plays

- 11
- Ask
- 03:12
- 26,798 plays

- 12
- Golden Lights
- 02:43
- 13,623 plays

- 12
- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
- 03:34
- 37,688 plays

- 13
- Oscillate Wildly
- 03:25
- 16,628 plays

- 15
- Rubber Ring
- 03:48
- 15,716 plays

- 16
- These Things Take Time
- 02:21
- 9,692 plays

- 17
- Hand In Glove
- 03:15
- 14,388 plays

- 18
- Stretch Out And Wait
- 02:46
- 13,634 plays

- 18
- Back to the Old House
- 03:04
- 10,204 plays

- 21
- Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
- 01:52
- 24,522 plays

- 22
- This Night Has Opened My Eyes
- 03:40
- 11,528 plays

- 23
- Unloveable
- 03:56
- 18,771 plays

- 24
- Asleep
- 04:11
- 42,758 plays

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album review

A compilation of singles, B-sides, album tracks, and BBC sessions assembled for the American market, Louder Than Bombs is an overlong and unfocused collection that nevertheless boasts a wealth of brilliant material. Since Hatful of Hollow was unavailable in the U.S. at the time of the release of Louder Than Bombs, this compilation contains large chunks of that album, as well as several cuts from The Smiths, which makes the record a little redundant for most Smiths fans. Also, Louder Than Bombs contains some of the worst material the group ever recorded, including the bland instrumental "Oscillate Wildly" and a cover of Twinkle's "Golden Light." Excluding all of this material, the remainder of the record is brilliant. The singles "Shakespeare's Sister," "Panic," "Ask," "Shoplifters of the World Unite," and "Sheila Take a Bow" are all definitive, as are the elegiac "Unloveable," "Asleep," "Stretch Out and Wait," and "Half a Person," which are all unavailable anywhere else (excluding the British counterpart to Louder Than Bombs, The World Won't Listen). Furthermore, the sneering, bouncing pop of "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" and the bizarre travelogue of "Is It Really So Strange?" are two other essential songs not available anywhere else. Though The World Won't Listen is a more concise collection, Louder Than Bombs is a necessary purchase for any Smiths fan. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide