The Peel Sessions (The Smiths EP)

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The Peel Sessions
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EP by
ReleasedOctober 1988
Recorded18 May 1983
Studio Maida Vale, London
Genre Alternative rock
Length16:19
LanguageEnglish
Label Strange Fruit
Producer Roger Pusey
The Smiths chronology
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(1988)
The Peel Sessions
(1988)
Best... I
(1992)
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The Peel Sessions is an EP by the English rock band the Smiths. The EP, released in 1988, was recorded on 18 May 1983 for the BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel's show which was subsequently broadcast on 31 May 1983. [3] All but "Miserable Lie" were already included on the 1984 album Hatful of Hollow .

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Morrissey and Marr. [4]

  1. "What Difference Does It Make?" – 3:12
  2. "Miserable Lie" – 4:38
  3. "Reel Around the Fountain" – 5:51
  4. "Handsome Devil" – 2:46

Personnel

Personnel taken from The Peel Sessions liner notes. [4]

The Smiths

Technical personnel

References

  1. DiGravina, Tim. The Peel Sessions at AllMusic.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. "18/05/1983 – The Smiths". BBC . Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  4. 1 2 The Peel Sessions (EP liner notes). The Smiths. 1988.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)