THE SMITHS - PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
Cultural critic & novelist Michael Bracewell presents a personal Smiths playlist. His Smiths-inspired novella will be published later this year.
The Smiths - Hand In Glove [Rhino]
The Smiths - Back To The Old House (Radio 1 Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - This Charming Man [Rhino]
The Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Miserable Lie [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Jeane [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? [Rhino]
The Smiths - Ask [Rhino]
The Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite [Rhino]
The Smiths - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - What She Said [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - I Know It's Over [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now [Rhino]
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [Rhino]
The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others [Rough Trade]
THE SMITHS - AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/272mb/1hr58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
Johnny Marr and Mike Joyce guesting and presenting on 6 Music. Featuring highlights from Johnny Marr's Artist In Residence series in 2023 and Mike Joyce presenting on the station sitting in for Guy Garvey in 2018.
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music [Cotillion]
Paul Davidson - Midnight Rider [Tropical]
Ren Harvieu - Through The Night [Island]
Bobby Hebb - Love, Love, Love {Hip-O Select]
Radiohead - There, There [XL Recordings]
Eddie Floyd - Big Bird [Warner]
Ultravox - Slow Motion [Island]
Gina X Performance - No G.D.M. [LTM Recordings]
John Barry - Theme From The Persuaders! [CBS]
Ennio Morricone - Vamos A Matar Compañeros [EMI]
Desmond Dekker - It Mek [Pyramid]
The Murder City Devils - Every Day I Rise [Murder City Devils]
Mina - Se Telefonando [Ri-Fi]
Hamilton Bohannon - Disco Stomp [Brunswick]
Alternative TV - Action Time Vision [Cherry Red]
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish [Rough Trade]
Jimi Hendrix - Lover Man [Legacy Recordings]
The Meters - What 'Cha Say [Warner]
John Bramwell - From The Shore [AllPoints]
Simple Kid - Seretonin [Country Gentleman Recordings]
Magazine - You Never Knew Me [Virgin]
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Into The Light [Polydor]
Harlem Spirit - Dem A Sus [CSS]
The Last Shadow Puppets - Aviation [Domino Recording Co]
Squeeze - Innocence In Paradise [Love]
Steve Mason - A Lot Of Love [Double Six]
THE SMITHS - IN SESSION (320kns-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
The Smiths in session for John Peel on Radio One.
The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? ((Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - This Charming Man (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983)
The Smiths - Handsome Devil (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now (John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - Still Ill (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983)
The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - Back To The Old House (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - Nowhere Fast (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - Miserable Lie (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - The Night Has Opened My Eyes (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - Is It Really So Strange? (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - London (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Half A Person (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - The Draize Train (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
THE SMITHS - LIVE (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
The Smiths recorded live in concert at the Kilburn National in 1986.
The Smiths - Cemetary Gates
The Smiths - His Latest Flame / Rushholme Ruffians
The Smiths - The Draize Train
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Smiths - William It Was Really Nothing
The Smiths - I Know It's Over
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths - Nowhere Fast
The Smiths - Panic
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
