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Where it came from?

    The Last of the Famous International Playboys

Cover photograph shows Morrissey, aged seven, up a tree in a park in Cholton-on-Medlock, Manchester.

    Interesting Drug

Cover photograph was taken by Lawrence Watson in North London, January 1989.


    Quija Board

Cover photograph was taken by Eamonn McCabe in London in January 1988. The etra track on the 12" single was a cover version of the Graham Gouldman song 'East West', for which Morrissey re-wrote the third verse.

    November Spawned a Monster

Cover photograph were taken by Anton Corbijn in the grounds of Hoook End Manor in March 1990. The third track on the single, 'Girl Least Likely to', was also performed on the Your Arsenal tour, minus two verses.

    Hulmerist (Video)

Cover photograph was taken by Barry Plummer. Directed and edited by Tim Broad, Hulmerist was collection of seven promotional films.

    Piccadilly Palare

Cover photograph were taken by Anton Corbijn at Outside Studios in Berkshire in September 1990. The song 'Piccadilly Palare' is about male prostitution.

    Bona Drag

The front cover photograph was a still taken from the video for 'November Spawned a Monster'; the shirt color was altered on a computer paintbox. Bona Drag issued in the UK as a compilation of singles, to let people know he was "still faintly living".

       Our Frank US/UK         

Cover photograph (right) was taken from by Pennie Smith in January 1991. Morrissey, tired of being over-analytical, determines to set about changing his life.The other photograph (left) was taken by Eamonn McCabe in January 1988.

     Kill Uncle

Photograph of the gatefold sleeve were taken by Gino Sprio in Berkshire in January 1991.

    Sing Your Life

Cover photograph were taken by Pennie Smith in Berkshire in January 1991. In Japan EMI released a three-track video using the 'Sing Your Life' sleeve artwork.

    Pregnant for the Last Time

Cover photograph was taken by Renaud Montfourny for the magazine Les Inrockuptibles in a warehouse in Islington, February 1991.

    At KROQ

Cover photograph was taken by Kevin Cummins on the European leg of the 'Kill Uncle' tour, in Koln, Germany, in May 1991. The song were recorded for US release on CD only.

    We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful

Cover photograph were taken by Linder Sterling from the side of the stage at Victoria Hall, Hanley, near Stoke-on-Trent in October 1991.

    Your Arsenal

Photograph for the front cover of the LP were taken at Nassau Coliseum, USA, in November 1991 by Linder Sterling. The Japanese CD was the only edition to include the lyrics. The inner sleeve of the LP featured a photograph of Charlie Richardson printed in copper-colored ink.

    Tomorrow

The sleeve phtograph of Morrissey and Gary Day was taken at the Sinset Marquis, West Hollywood, in June 1991 by Linder Sterling.

    The Malady Lingers On (Video)

Cover phtograph of Morrissey and Alain Whyte was taken by Diane Bidermann at the Paramount Theater, New York City, in September1992.

    Beethoven Was Deaf

Cover photograph was taken in El Paso, TExas, in November 1992 by L:inder Sterling. The CD was originally to have included a photograph of the crowd taken by Linder Sterling, but Morrissey decided it would look too cluttered.

    Vauxhall And I

Cover photographs for the LP were taken by Dean Freeman in East London in February 1994.



Source: Into the Art of MORRISSEY PEEPHOLISM by Joe Slee

Where it came from?

    This Charming Man

Cover Star: Jean Marais from the Cocteau film "Orphee" (1949). This Charming Man reach no. 25 on the chart, The Smiths were the first Rough Trade group to appear on Top of the Pops.


    What Difference Does it Make?

Cover Star: Terrence Stamp in an outtake from the film 'The Collector' (1965). Rough Trade discovered that Terrence Stamp objected to his photograph being used for The Smiths cover. So, Morrissey posed for the new cover, instead with a glass of milk. Morrissey later regretted the switch. Terrence Stamp eventually agreed to use his photograph.

    The Smiths LP

Cover Star: Joe Dallesandro in Andy Warhol's 'Flesh' (1968). The entire LP was first recorded in Wapping, produced by Try Tate and later scrapped. The original Japanese CD release included Sandie Shaw's version of 'Handin Glove' and in th original US CD included 'This Charming Man'


    Hand in Glove

Cover Star: unknown model photographed by Jim French, taken from Margaret Walter's book 'The Nude Male'. Hand in Glove was the only Smiths record not to chart. In Sandie Shaw's version of 'Hand in Glove' it reach no. 27 in the chart. The first 6,000 sleeves were printed with the Manchester address and in 1986 some of the sleeves were issued in error with the colors reversed.


    Hatful of Hollow LP

Cover Photo: unknown Cocteau model from a French magazine, 1966. Hatful of Hollow was not released in the US until November 1993. Generally considered the seminal collection of early Smiths work, with worldwide sales of over 2 million copies.

    Meat Is Murder LP

Cover Photograph: taken from Emile de Antonio's film 'In the Year of the Pig' (1969). The soldier's helmet originally read: 'Make war, not peace' and it was changed into 'Meat Is Murder'. In this LP, the US release included the song 'How Soon Is Now?'.

    The Queen Is Dead LP

Cover Star: Alain Delon in the film 'I'Insoumis' (1964). After the release of the new LP in June 1986, the tabloids added anarchy and incitement to theft and transvestism to Morrissey popular profile. The front photograph was also used as a 40-foot backdrop on the 1986 tour of The Smiths. the titl song included a fragment of a soundtrack from the film The L-shaped Room (1966).

   Ask

Cover Star: Yootha Joyce (1927-1980), taken from the set of the 1965 film 'Catch Us If You Can'. The song was recorded at Jam Studios in Wapping, and was th e first Smiths sinlge to be issued on cassette. Also a video was made by Derek Jarman, without The Smiths, which was film in Wapping.

 The World Won't Listen LP   

Photographs for the cover left and right were taken from the book 'Rock and Roll Times' by Jurgen Vollmer, a collection of photos taken in Hamburg and Paris between 1961 and 1964. The World Won't Listen is a compilation of songs recorded between January 1985 and September 1986, which also featured an alternative version of 'Strech out and Wait'.

  Strangeways, Here We Come LP  

Cover Star: Richard Davalos, posing on location in Salinas Valley during the filming of 'East of Eden'. He had no idea why Morrissey want to use his picture, but he was falttered.Morrissey original design for the sleeves of Strangeways, Here We Come (right side picture) shows a photograph of Harvey Keitel from the film Who's That Knocking at my Door? (1966). Harvey declined the offer to use his photo for The Smiths cover, he never heard of The Smiths. Four years later, when approached again, this time to allow the photo to be used as a 40-foot stage backdrop on the Kill Uncle tour, Havrey graciuosy gave in.

Source: Into the Art of MORRISSEY PEEPHOLISM by Joe Slee

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