What was the original track order to Meat is Murder?

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What was the original track order on the UK Rough Trade LP? I have the new American version, and the songs (great, of course) don't seem to flow correctly.

― Maxwell von Bismarck (maxwell von bismarck), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

From memory - my record's at home

Headmaster ritual
Rusholme ruffians
I want the one I can't have
What she said
That joke isn't funny anymore
Nowhere fast
Well I wonder
Barbarism begins at home
Meat is murder

― General Accident, Wednesday, 20 August 2003 13:27 (twenty-two years ago)

on my tape copy bought in the UK perhaps a couple of years after it first came out the tracklisting is:

side 1
HEADMASTER RITUAL
RUSHOLME RUFFIANS
I WANT THE ONE I CAN'T HAVE
WHAT SHE SAID
THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE
side 2
NOWHERE FAST
WELL I WONDER
BARBARISM BEGINS AT HOME
MEAT IS MURDER

― Neil FC, Wednesday, 20 August 2003 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

They added How Soon Is Now? to the American version and UK CD (and cassette?) reissues, I think.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Did they? Is it a good thing to have record companies tamper with someone's artistic decisions? Ostensibly more tracks are a better deal for the fans, but if The Smiths wanted that track on, it would have been put there in the first place.

― General Accident, Wednesday, 20 August 2003 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"Rusholme Ruffians" may be the best song in the whole world. Just thought I'd mention.

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks. It's always nice to add the single at the end of the album, but I don't like it when they stick it in the middle. Call me anti-American if you will, but I like to hear what was heard when albums made their big impact.

― Maxwell von Bismarck (maxwell von bismarck), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

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