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Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 11 February 1985 by Rough Trade Records. It became the band's only studio album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart , and stayed on the chart for 13 weeks.
"Meat Is Murder" is the twenty-first and penultimate episode of the thirty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 727th episode overall. Parodying Succession and The Founder , it aired in the United States on Fox on May 15, 2022.
was released as an A-side in the United Kingdom on 28 January 1985. The 7-inch features an edited version of the track, and the B-side was "Well I Wonder", from the then-about-to-be-released Meat Is Murder album. The 12-inch single includes a new instrumental track, "Oscillate Wildly".
For many critics the song is the focal point of Meat Is Murder.The music has been described as "a monolithic ballad of tender yet imposing grace; a score of unreserved, raw beauty that Morrissey dutifully complemented", and the song's coda as containing "one of the most heart-rending vocal passages Morrissey has ever recorded".
Meat Is Murder (The Simpsons) Mothers and Other Strangers (The Simpsons) My Octopus and a Teacher; P. Pixelated and Afraid; Poorhouse Rock; Portrait of a Lackey on Fire;
The author of Meat Is Murder!, Mikita Brottman received her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Oxford University, [1] [2] taught Comparative Literature at Indiana University as a Visiting Assistant Professor, [2] served as a professor at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, [3] and is currently on the staff of the Pacifica Graduate Institute. [1]
In addition to its release as the opening song on Meat Is Murder, "The Headmaster Ritual" was released as a single in the Netherlands.The cover art for the single, chosen by Morrissey, features a black-and-white image of a child dressed as a cowboy from the 1965 film The Uncle. [7]
Meat Loaf and Stoney toured with Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers, opening for Richie Havens, the Who, the Stooges, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, and Rare Earth. Meat Loaf left Motown soon after the label replaced his and Stoney's vocals from the one song he liked, "Who Is the Leader of the People?" with new vocals by Edwin Starr. [24]