British album certifications – The Smiths – The World Won't Listen". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 5 August 2023. Craig Gannon – rhythm guitar on "Panic", "Ask", "London", "Half a Person", "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" and "Golden Lights", lead guitar on coda of "London", [21] mandolin on "Golden Lights" [22]

Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 222. Dutchcharts.nl – The Smiths – The World Won't Listen" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2023. First released in the UK on 23 February 1987, The World Won’t Listen was originally conceived as a simple compilation album featuring all The Smiths’ singles from 1985’s Shakespeare’s Sister through to the band’s then latest, Shoplifters Of The World Unite, along with their respective flipsides. The album was released on 23 February 1987. [6] It first charted on 3 March 1987, remaining in the top 100 for 15 weeks and peaking at No. 2. [15] The World Won't Listen returned to the UK top 100 for two weeks in 1995, following its re-release by WEA. [16] In 2011, The World Won't Listen was included in the Smiths' compilation box set Complete. [12] This marked the first time the album was officially released in the US. Another point I'll concede is sometimes Morrissey's croon occasionally works – especially on the lovely ballad "Asleep" – but he's still very much an acquired taste.

Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 356. Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 169. The Smiths | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 24 April 2020. Wolk, Douglas (18 November 2011). "The Smiths: The Smiths Complete". Pitchfork . Retrieved 6 March 2012. Power, Tony (15 September 2004). "The Smiths: The World Won't Listen". Blender. Archived from the original on 30 June 2006 . Retrieved 9 November 2015.

Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 171. There's just something about the conciseness of _The World Won't Listen._ "Panic", "Ask", "London", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "Shakespeare's Sister", "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "Shoplifters Of The World Unite", "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side"….the quality is simply unrelenting. The instrumental "Money Changes Everything" does act like a divider between the brilliant and the rest, but undeniably stunning are "Asleep", "Half A Person", "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" and "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby". I even have a soft spot for their cover of Twinkle's "Golden Lights".

Stephen Street – additional drum machine programming on "London", sound effects on "Asleep", [25] sampling on "Rubber Ring" [26] Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 224. the world won't listen | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 24 April 2020. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

a b Goddard, S, 2013. Songs That Saved Your Life - The Art of The Smiths 1982-87. 2nd ed. U.K.: Titan Books. P. 217.Goddard, S, 2009. Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths. 1st ed. India: Ebury Press. P. 227.