" While Schultzberg was with the band, several early works were recorded, including their first 7 " single " Bruise Pristine ", the " Come Home " EP, the single version of " Nancy Boy " ( with B-sides " Slackerbitch ", " Miss Moneypenny ", and the Smiths cover " Bigmouth Strikes Again ") and their eponymous debut album.

As his role became increasingly prominent on the Smiths ' studio albums, their sound evolved from the relatively cheap production of their Street-less eponymous debut to the polished sound of Strangeways, Here We Come.

The 1980s British band The Smiths would later use a still photograph of Dallesandro from the film Flesh as the cover of their eponymous debut album.

" Somebody Buy Me a Drink ", a track from Sin and Soul, was covered by David Johansen and the Harry Smiths on their eponymous first album.

" Suffer Little Children " is a song by the English rock band The Smiths, that was included on their eponymous debut album in 1984.

" on a Smiths tribute album.

Optima was also used as the original fonts used on The Smiths original 7 " single covers and their debut album.

In February 1984, the group released their debut album The Smiths, which reached number two on the UK Albums Chart.

It received a lukewarm reception from critics, but both Morrissey and Marr name it as their favourite Smiths album.

The resulting album, Viva Hate ( a reference to the end of the Smiths ), was released in March 1988, reaching number one in the UK charts.

As critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine has pointed out, " Several months after releasing their first album, the Smiths issued the singles and rarities collection Hatful of Hollow, establishing a tradition of repackaging their material as many times and as quickly as possible.

The Smiths ' album, The Queen Is Dead is referenced in the Sleeper song, " Dress Like Your Mother ".

* " London ", a song by The Smiths on the album Louder Than Bombs

* " London ", a Smiths cover by Anthrax on the album Sound of White Noise

* Selby's first work, " The Queen Is Dead " ( appearing as a chapter in Last Exit ), inspired the name of an album by Manchester pop group The Smiths.

In 2001, he released a live album / DVD ( 7 Worlds Collide ) consisting of songs recorded at St James Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand with the likes of Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinberg ( Soul Coughing ), Ed O ' Brien and Phil Selway ( Radiohead ), Johnny Marr ( The Smiths ), Eddie Vedder ( Pearl Jam ), Paul Jeffrey, Tim Finn, and Betchadupa.

Moreno's influences include such bands as The Cure, Bad Brains, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Duran Duran, The Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Helmet, Jawbox, Faith No More, Hum, Kool Keith, Alice in Chains, Tool, Jane's Addiction and Weezer, and claims that Deftones ' 2006 album, Saturday Night Wrist, is more of a compromise between all of the members ' influences, ranging from their brutal and brooding heavy signature seen on Adrenaline and Around the Fur to the more experimental sound heard on White Pony and Deftones.

Released on July 25, 2006, the album featured guitarist Steve Conte, bassist Sami Yaffa ( ex-Hanoi Rocks ), drummer Brian Delaney and keyboardist Brian Koonin, formerly a member of David Johansen and the Harry Smiths.

" by The Smiths started out as the extra track on the 12 " of " William, It Was Really Nothing " but later gained a separate release as an A-side in its own right, as did Oasis's " Acquiesce ," which originally appeared as a B-side to " Some Might Say " in 1995, but gained subsequent release in 2006 as part of an EP to promote their forthcoming compilation album, Stop the Clocks.

Although the group began work with Tony Hoffer producing, the album was produced by Stephen Street ( The Smiths, Blur ).

The Smiths chose to open their 1986 album, The Queen Is Dead, with a sound sample from this film — taken from the scene at the house in London during the Christmas season, in which Mavis leads her fellow Brits abroad through an off-key chorus of " Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty ".

Guitarist Johnny Marr ( formerly of The Smiths ) joined the band in May 2006, along with percussionist Joe Plummer ( formerly of the Black Heart Procession ) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, to work on the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

In 2004, Coxon released his fifth solo album Happiness in Magazines, produced by ex-Blur and The Smiths producer Stephen Street.

From their initial releases until 1995 Living Field album, the pillows music was categorized as a blend of alternative rock and jazz experimentation under the influence of British bands such as The Smiths and The Stone Roses.

Head appeared on the album cover of the Smiths ' compilation album Stop Me, taken from a still of the film The Family Way.

Artists that got their start here include Chuck & Joni Mitchell, Alice Cooper, The White Stripes, The Detroit Cobras, MC5, The Stooges, Savage Grace, Ted Nugent, Grand Funk Railroad, the Red Hot Chili Peppers recording their Freaky Styley album, the publication of Creem Magazine, the first rock journal, the first to use the terms " punk rock " and " heavy metal " and the first to give recognition to music of the likes of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Smiths, among many others.

* Singles ( The Smiths album )

Rusholme was mentioned in the song " Rusholme Ruffians " by The Smiths on their 1985 album Meat Is Murder.

The Smiths song " Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now " refers to Caligula: " What she asked of me at the end of the day / Caligula would have blushed ".

The Smiths members Morrissey and Johnny Marr shared an appreciation for Smith's Horses, and reveal that their song " The Hand That Rocks the Cradle " is a reworking of one of the album's tracks, " Kimberly ".

Look at those tracks, I'm gonna drive my motorcycle up those saggy glad bags, get your sh * t together, sucking a good stiff will do you good " Despite all this, as well as the fact that Tesco Vee had performed a song called " Morrissey Must Die " about the Smiths ' self-identified asexual frontman and referred to him as a " fag ," they later contributed a cover of the song " How Soon Is Now?

* " Ask " ( song ), a song by The Smiths

# " Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want " ( instrumental ) by The Dream Academy ( a cover of a song by The Smiths )

* In a song sung by Cilla Black and covered by The Smiths, " Work Is a Four-letter Word ," this phrase is used to describe work as obscene.

At the request of Hyrum Smith ( Joseph Smith's brother ), he twice sang the song " A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief " in Carthage Jail just before the Smiths were killed.

* The organization was mentioned in The Smiths ' song Half A Person.

* The former singer of The Smiths and solo artist Morrissey mentions each Kray brother by name in his song " The Last of the Famous International Playboys " saying, " Reggie Kray do you know my name?

* The Smiths song " Half A Person " is thought to be titled after the quote, " Caliban is half a person at the best of times.

* In 1983, British band The Smiths wrote a song " This Night Has Opened My Eyes " which contains the lyric " Wrap her up in the News Of The World / Dump her on a doorstep, girl ".

* Shakespeare's Sister ( song ), a song by The Smiths

Additionally, Coupland uses other Smiths lyrics and song titles within the book such as " Bigmouth Strikes Again ," " Hand in Glove ," and " The Queen Is Dead.

The title, a Smiths song title, was chosen because “ It's clearly descriptive of the book, but it's also a little salute to those points in my life when I was melting down to soundtracks provided by British gloom rockers .”

Doherty has expressed " Still Ill " by The Smiths as a song that means a lot to him, in an interview.

*" The Hand That Rocks the Cradle ", a song by The Smiths from The Smiths

The only thing they recorded during this time was the song " You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side ", for the Smiths tribute album The World Still Won't Listen, with Hull on guitar and Putnam performing drums and vocals.

" Also, the Blur song " Death of a Party " from Blur is, according to some, a reply to the Smiths song " Death of a Disco Dancer ".