The Smiths | So Much To Answer For | CD

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The group consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them one of the most important bands to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Johnny Marr left in July 1987 and the band broke up later that year.

So Much To Answer For (The Classic Manchester Show 1985) is a 1 CD unofficial release by The Smiths, issued by Yard Stick in 2024. It is taken from a live FM broadcast recorded at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, England, on 31 March 1985. The songs are credited to Johnny Marr and Morrissey, and the release is classed as indie rock and jangle pop.

Track List

1. What She Said
2. Hand In Glove
3. How Soon Is Now?
4. Stretch Out And Wait
5. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
6. Shakespeare's Sister
7. Rusholme Ruffians
8. The Headmaster Ritual
9. Still Ill
10. Meat Is Murder
11. William, It Was Really Nothing
12. Nowhere Fast
13. I Want The One I Can't Have
14. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
15. Handsome Devil
16. Barbarism Begins At Home
17. Miserable Lie
18. You've Got Everything Now