Title: The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
Year/Genre: 1985, Post-Punk
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Recorded by the Manchester band at a time when unemployment, Thatcher-era politics, and UK youth disillusionment were shaping their outlook.

2. The cover uses a Vietnam War photograph with the helmet slogan altered to “Meat Is Murder,” turning antiwar imagery into a militant vegetarian statement.

3. Morrissey’s outspoken stance on animal rights and authority on this record helped tie The Smiths to student politics and activist circles in mid-’80s Britain.