Album
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
1985 · Rock
6 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side is an Alt/Indie album by The Smiths, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 39 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- AThe Boy With The Thorn In His Side3:17
Side B
- B1Rubber Ring3:55
- B2Asleep4:10
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- jangly
- wistful
- witty
"Rubber Ring" has a voice sample at the end saying, "You are sleeping, you do not want to believe." This sample is taken from a flexi-disc included with the book "Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead" published in 1971. The voice is that of Dr. Konstantin Raudive of Latvia who was a researcher investigating the "electronic voice phenomenon", which supposedly captured the voices of spirits of the the dead as researchers read statements to them in controlled environments. Raudive is translating back for us what the researcher's former mentor, Swiss parapsychologist Dr. Gephardt Frye (deceased) supposedly said from beyond the grave (in Swedish and German). The translator only says "You are sleeping" once; on "Rubber Ring", the sample is repeated to make it, "You are sleeping, you do not want to believe. You are sleeping."
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy RourkeBASS BASS GUITAR
- Johnny MarrGUITAR , PIANO GUITAR, PIANO GUITAR, PIANO, MUSIC BY
- Mike JoyceDRUMS
- MorrisseySLEEVE, VOCALS, WORDS BY
- The SmithsORCHESTRA ORCHESTRATED BY
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 39 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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