Craig Gannon – rhythm guitar on "Panic", "Ask", "London", "Half a Person", "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" and "Golden Lights", lead guitar on coda of "London", [21] mandolin on "Golden Lights" [22] Offiziellecharts.de – The Smiths – The World Won't Listen" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 August 2023. Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 222. Johnny Marr – guitars, keyboard instruments, slide guitar on "Panic" [9] and "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore", [17] harmonica on "Ask", [18] mandolin on "Golden Lights", marimba on "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" [19] Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 171.

My highlight choices are going to skip over the cuts from The Queen Is Dead and Meat Is Murder, since they overshadow the best use of this release as a collection of B-sides and single-only releases.The album is a collection of the band's singles and select B-sides from 1985 to 1987. Additionally, the scrapped single "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (which was passed over for " Shoplifters of the World Unite") and the near-single " There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (a single candidate from The Queen Is Dead that was passed over in favour of " Bigmouth Strikes Again") were included. [9] Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 356. Fletcher, T, 2012. A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths. 1st ed. U.K: Random House.P. 453. Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 224. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4thed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

a b Wawzenek, Bryan (23 February 2017). "The Smiths Collect Singles, B-Sides on 'World Won't Listen' ". Diffuser.fm . Retrieved 24 April 2020. The problem was that in 1987 the impending demise of the band saw Rough Trade falling over themselves to release whatever material they had in their archives – and, let's be honest, a compilation of rarities and B-sides was a guaranteed winner. But, for some unfathomable reason, two albums saw the light of day: _The World Won't Listen_ was a UK release while _Louder Than Bombs_ hit the stores in the US. So I come along several years later and in my ignorance buy them both! In effect, the album performed a similar role to 1984’s Hatful Of Hollow. Assembling B-sides, killer radio sessions and a couple of the band’s recent hit singles, that earlier title had bridged the gap between The Smiths’ debut album and Meat Is Murder, while The World Won’t Listen was the perfect stop-gap for fans waiting for the band to follow The Queen Is Deadwith Strangeways, Here We Come. Listen to The World Won’t Listen here.the world won't listen | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 24 April 2020. Fletcher, T, 2012. A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths. 1st ed. U.K: Random House. P. 520. Stephen Street – additional drum machine programming on "London", sound effects on "Asleep", [25] sampling on "Rubber Ring" [26]

Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. The Smiths had a sizable collection of songs that were only available in the singles format. Here is a collection of those songs, plus some cuts from their albums (mostly from The Queen Is Dead, plus a song from Meat Is Murder). This compilation will teach you that The Smiths had some fantastic songs that never made it onto a proper record - Ask being the prime example. Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. There's just something about the conciseness of _The World Won't Listen._ "Panic", "Ask", "London", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "Shakespeare's Sister", "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "Shoplifters Of The World Unite", "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side"….the quality is simply unrelenting. The instrumental "Money Changes Everything" does act like a divider between the brilliant and the rest, but undeniably stunning are "Asleep", "Half A Person", "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" and "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby". I even have a soft spot for their cover of Twinkle's "Golden Lights". The album was released on 23 February 1987. [6] It first charted on 3 March 1987, remaining in the top 100 for 15 weeks and peaking at No. 2. [15] The World Won't Listen returned to the UK top 100 for two weeks in 1995, following its re-release by WEA. [16] In 2011, The World Won't Listen was included in the Smiths' compilation box set Complete. [12] This marked the first time the album was officially released in the US.

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a b "This Day in 1987: The Smiths, The World Won't Listen | Rhino". www.rhino.com . Retrieved 24 April 2020.