The Smiths - Meat Is Murderwith their second proper album 'meat is murder', the smiths began to branch out and diversify, while refining the jangling guitar pop of their debut. 'the headmaster ritual' and 'i want the one i can't have' are fine elaborations of the formula they laid out on the debut, while 'rusholme ruffians' is an infectious stab at rockabilly. such was their creative thrust at this point; they were seen as the most important british band since joy division.

There have been a few line-up changes along the way

and trite dictation

with further sessions at La Frette Studios

This sense of interconnectedness leads to the album being a multifaceted one

In a year that threw everyone back on themselves

Culture Factory is proud to re-issue Shankar's classic Portrait of Genius on mixed opaque purple vinyl with the orginal label

demigods ('Hard-on For War')

even the tinkling boom-bap of Young Thug informs “All Night Long

“The sound of a little combo playing real gone rock and roll

Ichiko Hashimoto and Atsuo Fujimoto hit all the right (and sometimes not-exactly-right-but-truly-genius) notes to create the odd and beautiful

Merge will reissue two crucial releases from The Clean's distinguished discography

The last in a decade-long run of Top 50 R&B albums