As with The World Won't Listen, this compilation includes the scrapped single "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (passed over in favour of " Shoplifters of the World Unite"), albeit in a different, shorter mix. However, this shorter version of the song was replaced when Bombs was reissued in 2011. Additionally, the Louder Than Bombs version of "Stretch Out and Wait" is the version from the B-side of " Shakespeare's Sister", which features slightly different lyrics. Also of note is the fact that " Ask" appears on both Louder Than Bombs and The World Won't Listen in a slightly different and longer mix than its single version. Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982–87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 222. Goddard, S, 2009. Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths. 1st ed. India: Ebury Press. P. 227. Wolk, Douglas (18 November 2011). "The Smiths: The Smiths Complete". Pitchfork . Retrieved 23 December 2015. Craig Gannon – rhythm guitar on "Half a Person", "London", "Panic", "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby", "Ask" and "Golden Lights", lead guitar on outro of "London", [14] mandolin on "Golden Lights" [15]

But The Smiths undeniably ushered in a brave new era for the singles compilation in ’87 by doubling the length of their contemporaries’ works. I can’t see any reason why we do not deserve to be there…not one solitary reason. So many people seem content with the monotonous faces that dominate the entire spectrum of popular music. They’re content with Billy Joel. Nobody questions Billy Joel. Nobody quizzes people like Iron Maiden. When groups come along that possess a certain amount of brain, people do probe and say ‘why this and why that’? They’re so used to this structured language, a kind of frozen dictionary, certain terms you can use and when you take a different one it spoils things. We don’t follow any particular rule though.” The second instalment of Documentary on One will air on Saturday 26 August at 2pm on RTÉ Radio 1 and "will look at polyamory, the practice where a couple encourages each other to form romantic attachments with other people". Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4thed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734. Morrissey, meanwhile, dove headfirst into his solo career with the release of Viva Hate in ’88, the first in a long succession of recordings under his own name that continues to bear fruits to this very day. Joyce and Rourke would link up with Sinead O’Connor just in time for work to begin on her seminal second LP I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, while Joyce also played drums on Julian Cope’s 1991 masterpiece Peggy Suicide.Fletcher, T, 2012. A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths. 1st ed. U.K: Random House. P. 520. Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982–87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 171.

On October 12, 1984, the IRA blew up a section of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, narrowly missing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Amidst widespread condemnation, Morrissey, lead singer of The Smiths, praised the bombers and turned the band's upcoming Irish tour into a political storm. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.Call me morbid, call me pale" Morrissey sings on "Half a Person." The fact is, a lot of people do, Moz. But I don't buy that The Smiths are an ultra-depressing band. No, that title goes to Joy Division or Radiohead (both bands I love, btw) before The Smiths. Even in their greatest dispair, I can sense they're taking it all with a grain of salt and wry humour. It's a really delicate and fine balance, but they strike it well. The Documentary on One team says the season opener "takes listeners on a journey, diving into the iconic music scene of the 1980s". Goddard, S, 2009. Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths. 1st ed. India: Ebury Press. P. 149.

Sire released Louder Than Bombs as a cassette and double-vinyl set on 31 March 1987 (a CD edition would follow in May). It was reviewed with gusto by the US music press (Spin magazine wrote, “This well-sequenced double album collection of new recordings and single sides previously unavailable on a US LP is the ultimate Smiths statement as it compiles most of their peak moments”), whose endorsements helped the album earn a gold certification. British album certifications – The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 27 March 2019. Louder Than Bombs: The Smiths in Ireland, Nov '84 airs on RTÉ Radio 1 on Saturday 19 August at 2pm and will also be available online. In just over an hour you get some of the greatest pop-tunes ever laid to tape. All you're really missing are some big singles, There is a Light That Never Goes Out, How Soon is Now?, and of course, This Charming Man (and maybe one or two more that I'm forgetting at the moment), but you are otherwise all set and ready to go with this compilation. Granted adding those singles to this release would make this the greatest compilation to ever exist, but I guess that would be what the Singles comp is for (even though that one misses a lot of the great ones on here). If given the choice, I'd go with Louder than Bombs, it really is that amazingly consistent, and better than any of their studio albums. It wasn’t the first or last time Delaney served as an inspiration for the Smiths. She’d previously graced the sleeve for the band’s “Girlfriend in a Coma” 7-inch, and Morrissey used the plot to A Taste of Honey for the song “This Night Has Opened My Eyes,” which was recorded exclusively for a 1983 John Peel session, initially featured on the group’s first singles compilation Hatful of Hollow (1984), and one of the true highlights of Louder Than Bombs.Christgau, Robert (23 February 1988). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved 23 December 2015. Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012 . Retrieved 9 September 2019.