{"product_id":"the-smiths-art-prints-albums-musicians-gift-for-fans","title":"The Smiths Discography Tube Map Art Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gift for Smiths fans who have spent years arguing about which of them needed the other more, because this is two maps on one sheet: Morrissey along the top, Johnny Marr underneath, and the exact station where they separate. They own the four albums already. This is what happened next, in both directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte, archival and acid-free. Available in A2 or A1, with US sizing at 24x18in and 36x24in, unframed or framed. Deeply researched and designed by me in East Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI plot these in CAD software. Every credited musician becomes a transit line, every album becomes a station, and anyone who appears only once gets a branch line of their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI built this one as a composite—two full maps stacked on a single portrait sheet - because the four Smiths albums only tell half the story. Morrissey runs across the top with the band years and his solo catalogue. Marr runs underneath with the band years and everything he played on afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stations run chronologically from the 1984 debut, through Meat Is Murder and The Queen Is Dead, to Strangeways, Here We Come. After 1987, the two halves separate and never rejoin, which is the point of the layout: you can put a finger on the split and follow each route out from there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy this Smiths discography tube map art makes a gift fans keep\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe four albums are the easy part. What no poster or tracklist shows is the shape of the two careers that came out of them, side by side and to the same scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorrissey's half is a narrow bundle of lines running a very long way. Marr's is a wide fan of short ones. You can read the two temperaments in the linework before you reach a single station name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContributing musicians on the map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce are credited on all four studio albums, an unbroken line-up across an entire catalogue, which is rarer than it sounds and unusual to see on one of my maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe debut carries two guests. Paul Carrack, later of Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics, plays piano and organ on three tracks, and Annalisa Jablonska provides the female voice on Pretty Girls Make Graves and Suffer Little Children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorrissey's half opens with Vini Reilly of The Durutti Column and Stephen Street on Viva Hate, then Mark E. Nevin of Fairground Attraction on Kill Uncle, before settling into the line-up that carries most of the catalogue: Boz Boorer and Alain Whyte on guitars, Gary Day on bass, Spencer Cobrin on drums. Boorer runs from 1992 to the most recent records, and Ennio Morricone arranged strings on the track \" Ringleader of the Tormentors in 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarr's half runs wider rather than deeper. He is a full band member in The The alongside Matt Johnson, then a co-writer in Electronic with Bernard Sumner of New Order, with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe guesting and Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk co-writing. Later, he joins Modest Mouse, then The Cribs, before four solo albums of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat contrast is the reason this exists as two maps rather than one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow do I make each print?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach one is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper with a textured matte finish, archival and acid-free, so the colours hold for years. Choose A2 or A1, unframed or framed, ready to hang in a hallway, living room or studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUK\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUSA \/ CAN \/ AUS equivalent\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eOrientation\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e420 x 594 mm (16 x 23 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e18 x 24 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003ePortrait\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e594 x 841 mm (23 x 33 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e24 x 36 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003ePortrait\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is this print portrait rather than landscape?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause it is two complete maps stacked on one sheet, Morrissey above and Marr below, so that the split in 1987 lines up vertically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid the line-up ever change?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce are credited on all four studio albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is Paul Carrack?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA guest on piano and organ on three tracks of the 1984 debut, later known for his work with Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich half of the map is busier?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarr's, in width. He passes through The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and four solo albums. Morrissey's half is longer but narrower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the framing options?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnframed, or supplied framed and ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated Music Maps\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full range of gifts for music fans at the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/music-wall-art-prints\" title=\"Discography tube map art print gifts for music fans\"\u003eGifts for Music Fans collection\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/the-smiths-discography-art-prints-albums-music-map\" title=\"The Smiths music maps, Marr and Morrissey discography art prints\"\u003eSmiths collection\u003c\/a\u003e at mikebellmaps.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis print is a composite of two maps that also stand on their own, so if you want one career rather than the split, each is available separately. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/products\/morrissey-discography-tube-map\" title=\"Morrissey discography tube map art print covering The Smiths and the solo albums\"\u003eMorrissey Discography Map Art Print\u003c\/a\u003e plots the band years and the full solo catalogue, and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/products\/johnny-marr-the-smiths-map\" title=\"Johnny Marr discography tube map art print covering The Smiths and his post-Smiths albums\"\u003eJohnny Marr Discography Map Art Print\u003c\/a\u003e does the same for the band years and everything afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MikeBellMaps","offers":[{"title":"A2 - 23x16 in \/ Unframed","offer_id":57080252989815,"sku":"10-SMITH-A2-UNF","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 - 23x16 in \/ Black Frame","offer_id":57080253022583,"sku":"30-SMITH-A2-BLK","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 - 33x23 in \/ Unframed","offer_id":57080253088119,"sku":"20-SMITH-A1-UNF","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 - 33x23 in \/ Black Frame","offer_id":57080253120887,"sku":"50-SMITH-A1-BLK","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0445\/9551\/1464\/files\/THE-SMITHS-ALBUMS-MUSIC-MAP-04.jpg?v=1786383361","url":"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/it\/products\/the-smiths-art-prints-albums-musicians-gift-for-fans","provider":"MikeBellMaps","version":"1.0","type":"link"}