Fave album: Meat Is Murder

Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Katharine Viner explains her hunger for the Smiths' second albumIt would be easy to be appalled by the Smiths if you came across them now. There is Morrissey's tendency for unpleasant Little Englander outbursts. His laddy gang of followers, suedeheaded meatheads with football terrace chants. And, worst of all, David Cameron's repeated claim that they're one of his favourite bands. From a distance, the Smiths look unlovable, safe, and strangel...

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