Louder Than Bombs

This article is about the album. For the film, see Louder Than Bombs (film). For the BTS song, see Map of the Soul: 7.

Louder Than Bombs
Compilation album by
the Smiths
Released30 March 1987
Recorded1983–1987
Genre
Length72:44
Label
ProducerVarious (see main text)
The Smiths chronology
The World Won't Listen
(1987) 		Louder Than Bombs
(1987) 		Strangeways, Here We Come
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
NME10/10[4]
Pitchfork9.4/10[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Uncut[7]
The Village VoiceB+[8]

Louder Than Bombs is a compilation album by English rock band the Smiths, released as a double album in March 1987 by their American record company, Sire Records. It peaked at number 62 on the US Billboard 200 album chart.[9] Popular demand prompted their British record company, Rough Trade, to issue the album domestically as well. Upon its release in the UK in May 1987, it reached No. 38 on the British charts. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 365 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and ranked No. 369 on a 2012 revised list.[10] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1990.

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Louder Than Bombs – The Smiths". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (7 July 1991). "The Smiths And Solo". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Kelly, Danny (10 December 1988). "Paint a Vulgar Picture". NME.
  5. ^ Wolk, Douglas (18 November 2011). "The Smiths: The Smiths Complete". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Smiths". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 753–54. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ^ Dalton, Stephen (1998). "The Smiths: Louder Than Bombs". Uncut.
  8. ^ Christgau, Robert (23 February 1988). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  9. ^ "The Smiths: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  10. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2019.