I listened to the revised version of Meat is Murder a few times. A lot of it I liked, especially the way that Stretch Out and Wait was given a chance to shine following HSIN. I couldn't help but feeling like a few tracks were getting lost in the shuffle, however, particularly Nowhere Fast and Headmaster Ritual. For my liking, I also thought this sequencing was a little too back-and-forth. If I was going to change up the order of Meat is Murder under these guidelines, I'd do something like this:
Side 1:
How Soon is Now?
Stretch Out and Wait
Rusholme Ruffians
The Headmaster Ritual
I Want the One I Can't Have
Side 2:
Barbarism Begins at Home
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
What She Said
Nowhere Fast
Well I Wonder
No disrespect to Shakespeare's Sister, but that song being included over Joke is a tragedy, especially with What She Said being so close by in the track listing. Shakespeare's Sister is a good song, but not worthy of being on what I consider to be the best Smiths album, with or without the title track