SPIN: "5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra" includes "Louder Than Bombs" (March 24, 2024)

Louder Than Bombs is on Kevin Griffin's list of Albums he can't live without, for Spin - https://www.spin.com/2024/03/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-kevin-griffin-of-better-than-ezra/?

4. Louder Than Bombs, The Smiths
This was a compilation from one of my all-time favorite bands. Morrisey’s [sic] voice and lyrics… Johnny Marr’s sublime guitar work…oh my it’s heaven!

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Yep, definitely the best Smiths album, even if it was a compilation.
Followed by … Strangeways/QueenID, The Smiths/MeatIM.

 

[Born to Harangue]

 

[Seymour Glass]

Gotta have the one S "Morrisey" in lieu of the, "but I don't agree with his current opinions".

 

[Malarkey]

In the UK it's usually Hat Full Of Hollow that makes the lists if they don't go for an album.

 

[theprivilegeismine]

Louder Than Bombs is a great introduction to those who haven't heard the band before. A fantastic record.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Never listened to it.........one for the yanks.

 

[Johnnie Ray]

Never listened to it.........one for the yanks.

Haha, you lose again.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Haha, you lose again.

How? All the songs had already been released.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Hatful of Hollow is the real gem.

 

[Johnnie Ray]

How? All the songs had already been released.

It is an essential compilation,

 

[goinghome]

Quite groovy

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

It is an essential compilation,

It's a comp for the novices. I wasn't a novice by then.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Yep, definitely the best Smiths album, even if it was a compilation.
Followed by … Strangeways/QueenID, The Smiths/MeatIM.

Once ya hear Louder Than Bombs, then other
comps seem kinda lackin'.

 

[Redacted]

I prefer Hatful of Hollow.
That was almost a great list til the end. The Killers? Really?
I do like Better Than Ezra tho and Kevin Griffin was kind of a hottie.

 

[gordyboy9]

louder than bombs=bargain bin in our price for £2.99.
hatful of hollow=vinyl from woolies £4.99.
those really were the days.

 

[Luxo]

Louder Than Bombs > Hatful of Hollow, simply because it has Is It Really So Strange and (in my opinion) the better version of These Things Take Time.

 

[Johnnie Ray]

The real question: Louder Than Bombs or Bona Drag?

 

[Redacted]

The real question: Louder Than Bombs or Bona Drag?

Bona Drag

 

[DagenhamDan]

The real question: Louder Than Bombs or Bona Drag?

Bona Drag just pips it. Those 'funny little singles' all collected together made for a magic, varied album, released at a time of transition and no proper band. But it stands up today to be an absolute classic.
Louder, tho fantastic and full of some of my favourite music ever made was the third compilation in as many years. I dont think to this day Morrissey or the Smiths have released anything close to a perfect compilation covering everything, i suppose thats because there is so much to choose from.