bass guitar [the bass guitar] Andy Rourke
drums [the drums] Mike Joyce
engineer [engineered by] Stephen Street
guitar [guitars], harmonium, arranged by [string arrangements by], music by [all music by] Johnny Marr
layout [layout by] Caryn Gough
model [cover star] Alain Delon
orchestra [orchestration by] The Hated Salford Ensemble
photography by [group photography by] Stephen Wright
producer [produced by] Johnny Marr
producer [produced by] Morrissey
voice, words by [all words by], sleeve [sleeve by] Morrissey
Distributed By The Cartel
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Copyright (c) B. Feldman Music
Copyright (c) EMI Music
Pressed By EMI Records
Recorded in England, Winter 1985.


Gatefold sleeve.
Printed inner sleeve.
Some copies with folded A2 black and white poster with the same image as inside of gatefold.

Also a (very similar) [l56025] pressing of The Queen Is Dead exists.
Label Code: LC 5661
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-1- FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-1U-1-1- THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-1- x1 FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-2U-1- 1-x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-2U-1-1 ·7 FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-1U-1-1 ⇀THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-2- FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-2U-1- 1-x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-4 - 2 FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-1U-1-2 - x4 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-2U-1- 1 x1 FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-2U-1- 1 - x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-1 ⇀ x FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-2U-1-1 ⇀ x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-1U-1- 1 ⇀ 1 FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-1U-1-1 ⇀ x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 A-1U-1- FEAR OF MANCHESTER (Stamped runout side A, variant 9)
Matrix / Runout: ROUGH 96 B-1U-1- THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS (Stamped runout side B, variant 9)