***"The Smiths"***were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. Consisting of vocalist ***[Morrissey](https://cutt.ly/7vnQKtF)***, guitarist ***[Johnny Marr](https://cutt.ly/XvnQXo2)***, bassist ***[Andy Rourke](https://cutt.ly/yvnQVIJ)***, and drummer ***[Mike Joyce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Joyce_(musician))***, critics consider the band one of the most important to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Marr, the Smiths' focus on a guitar, bass, and drum sound, and fusion of 1960s rock and post-punk, were a rejection of the synthesiser-based dance-pop of the time. The friction between Morrissey and Marr resulted in a flurry of singles and albums over the course of three years that provided the blueprint for British guitar rock in the following decade. ***”Hatful of Hollow”*** is a band’s compilation album released on 12 November 1984 by **”[Rough Trade Records](https://cutt.ly/YvnQ9fS)”**. The album features **”BBC Radio 1”** studio recordings and two contemporary singles with their B-sides. ***"The Smiths"*** treated singles as individual entities, not just ways to promote an album, and many of their finest songs were never issued on their studio albums. ***"Hatful of Hollow"*** contains many of these classics, including the pulsating, tremolo-laced masterpiece ***"How Soon Is Now?"***Within weeks it was winning Peel's Festive 50. ***“This Charming Man”*** is the fourth song on the **Smiths** compilation album ***”Hatful of Hollow”***, released on 12 November 1984 by **”[Rough Trade Records](https://cutt.ly/YvnQ9fS)”**. *** ***"The Smiths"*** info: **[Official](https://cutt.ly/hvoP3Po)** / **[Unofficial](https://cutt.ly/wvoA20L)** / **[Wikipedia](https://cutt.ly/3voPUdu)** / **[Discogs](https://cutt.ly/6voPNHt)** / **[AllMusic](https://cutt.ly/KvoPG2T)** / **[Facebook](https://cutt.ly/QvoP59Y)** / **[YouTube](https://cutt.ly/KvoAuOH)** / **[Instagram](https://cutt.ly/EvoScCn)** / **[Twitter](https://cutt.ly/ZvoShMs)** / **[Soundcloud](https://cutt.ly/TvoAxoX)**[Spotify](https://cutt.ly/fvoAd8W)** / **[Lyrics](https://cutt.ly/KvoSotd)** / ** *** More ***"The Smiths"*** **Organism Star** candy: **"The Smiths"** / ***[The Smiths](https://cutt.ly/Tv4u9PB)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[Meat Is Murder](https://cutt.ly/9v4iy07)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[The Queen Is Dead](https://cutt.ly/Kv4iaVi)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[Strangeways, Here We Come](https://cutt.ly/kv4sNpP)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[The World Won’t Listen](https://cutt.ly/Kv4s9yu)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[Louder Than Bombs](https://cutt.ly/qv4s5YE)*** **"The Smiths"** / ***[Rank](https://cutt.ly/Av4fkrH)*** *** > **[Organism Star Official](https://organismstar.wordpress.com/)** / Complete *Organism Star* LBRY Archive!

***”Pixies”*** are an American alternative rock band formed in 1986 in **Boston, Massachusetts**. Until 2013, the band comprised ***[Black Francis](https://cutt.ly/xng3x37)*** (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), ***[Joey Santiago](https://cutt.ly/Jng3zxi)*** (lead guitar), ***[Kim Deal](https://cutt.ly/nng3b1L)*** (bass, backing vocals) and ***[David Lovering](https://cutt.ly/hng3Wy6)*** (drums). The band disbanded acrimoniously in 1993, but reunited in 2004. After Deal left in 2013, Pixies hired ***[Kim Shattuck](https://cutt.ly/Qng3OIr)*** as a touring bassist; she was replaced the same year by ***[Paz Lenchantin](https://cutt.ly/6ng3SPH)***, who became a permanent member in 2016. Combining jagged, roaring guitars and stop-start dynamics with melodic pop hooks, intertwining male-female harmonies, and evocative, cryptic lyrics, ***"Pixies"*** are one of alternative rock's most influential bands. They turned conventions inside-out, melding punk and indie guitar rock, classic pop, surf rock, and stadium-sized riffs with bizarre, fragmented lyrics about space, religion, sex, mutilation, and pop culture. No matter how much lyrics may have been impenetrable, the music was direct, forceful, and laid the groundwork for the alternative explosion of the early '90s. The band’s seventh album, ***”Beneath the Eyrie”***, were influenced by their gothic surroundings during the writing and recording process, with vocalist and guitarist Black Francis stating: *"I wanted to intermingle with the spirit world, with life and death and with the mystical and a more surreal landscape”*. ***"Pixies"*** do what they failed to on ***"[Indie Cindy](https://cutt.ly/Enkm5aH)"*** and ***"[Head Carrier](https://cutt.ly/BnkQeJB)"***. Too often on those albums, it felt like the band was trying to live up to someone else's expectations of what they should sound like. On ***"Beneath the Eyrie"***, however, it sounds like they weren't trying to please anyone but themselves; paradoxically, the results are their most engaging set of songs since they reunited. Instead of caricaturing the best-known (and most copied) elements of their sound, they build on different, more versatile sides of their legacy. Spookier and more fun, as well as looser and more cohesive than the band's two previous albums, ***”BtE”*** isn't just the best Pixies 2.0 album to date -- it suggests they just might be stepping out of the shadow of their legendary past. ***”Long Rider”*** is the seventh song on band’s seventh studio album ***"Beneath the Eyrie"***, released on September 13, 2019, by ***”BMG/Infectious”*** and produced by ***[Tom Dalgety](https://cutt.ly/lnkyNRX)***. *** ***"Pixies"*** info: **[Official](https://cutt.ly/4voTDic)** **/** **[Wikipedia](https://cutt.ly/3voRGvh)** **/** **[AllMusic](https://cutt.ly/xvoThTu)** **/** **[Discogs](https://cutt.ly/9voTlKq)** **/** **[Spotify](https://cutt.ly/8voYEQf)** **/** **[Facebook](https://cutt.ly/RvoTPEK)** **/** **[YouTube](https://cutt.ly/mvoT8Xl)** **/** **[Twitter](https://cutt.ly/uvoYow1)** **/** **[Instagram](https://cutt.ly/MvoYeAd)** **/** **[Lyrics](https://cutt.ly/uvoYow1)** *** More ***"Pixies"*** **Organism Star** candy: **"Pixies"** / ***[Surfer Rosa](https://cutt.ly/znkmZnk)*** **"Pixies"** / ***[Doolittle](https://cutt.ly/VnkmNtS)*** **"Pixies"** / ***[Bossanova](https://cutt.ly/3nkm13V)*** **"Pixies"** / ***[Trompe le Monde](https://cutt.ly/Xnkm3YJ)*** **"Pixies"** / ***[Indie Cindy](https://cutt.ly/Enkm5aH)*** **"Pixies"** / ***[Head Carrier](https://cutt.ly/BnkQeJB)*** *** > **[Organism Star Official](https://organismstar.wordpress.com/)** / Complete *Organism Star* LBRY Archive!