"How Soon Is Now?" - The B-Side That Defined The Smiths by Trash Theory
"B-sides were important in the UK. Now with streaming not so much. But buying singles used to be the only way to measure chart ranking. Those extra tracks on a single need to be high quality to persuade the consumer to buy something that is extremely poor value for money compared to an album. Because of this any classic British band has their fair share of stellar b-sides. Look at The Beatles, The Clash, The Cure, Radiohead, even The Arctic Monkeys. And The Smiths were no different. Especially on "How Soon Is Now?". (Trash Theory)
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