The Smiths is the debut studio album by English rock band The Smiths, recorded in 1983 and released on 20 February 1984 by record label Rough Trade.
 After the original production by Troy Tate was felt to be inadequate, John Porter re-recorded the album in both London and Manchester during breaks in the band's UK tour during September 1983.
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982.
 The band consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.
 Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s."
 Q" magazine's Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that the Smiths were "the one truly vital voice of the '80s", "the most influential British guitar group of the decade" and the "first indie outsiders to achieve mainstream success on their own terms".
 The "NME" named the Smiths the "most influential artist ever" in a 2002 poll, over the Beatles.
The Smiths Is Dead is a tribute album to the 1980s' English alternative rock band The Smiths, released in 1996.
 It was compiled by the French cultural magazine "Les Inrockuptibles" and released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of 1986's "The Queen Is Dead".
 The album was released at the height of the Britpop phenomenon and contained covers by many popular Britpop acts such as The Boo Radleys, Supergrass, Bis and Placebo.
The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by English rock band the Smiths.
 It was released on 16 June 1986 in the United Kingdom by Rough Trade Records and released in the United States on 23 June 1986 through Sire Records.
"Hand in Glove" is a song by the British alternative rock band The Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr.
 It was released as the band's first single in May 1983 on independent record label Rough Trade Records.
 "Hand in Glove" peaked at number three on the UK Indie Chart.
 It did not chart (top 75) but made number 124 outside the UK singles chart.
 A remixed version of the song was featured on the band's debut album, "The Smiths", in 1984.
 That same year, a cover version recorded by singer Sandie Shaw featuring Smiths members Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce as backing musicians reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.
"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" is a song by British alternative rock band The Smiths.
 It appears on their third album "The Queen Is Dead", but was released as a single (albeit in a different mix) several months before, reaching no. 23 in the UK Singles Chart in autumn 1985.
Hatful of Hollow is a compilation album by English rock band the Smiths, featuring BBC Radio 1 studio recordings and two contemporary singles with their B-sides.
 It was released on 12 November 1984 by the band's British record company Rough Trade, just months after the band's debut, "The Smiths".
 The album reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 46 weeks.
 Eventually, on 9 November 1993, it was also released by their American label Sire Records, which had initially declined to release the album.
 Sire instead released "Louder Than Bombs" in the US in 1987—which contains several of the same tracks as "Hatful of Hollow"—as well as "The World Won't Listen".
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" is a song by the British alternative rock group The Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr.
 It was originally featured on their third album "The Queen Is Dead" (1986).
 The song was released as a single in France in 1987, but in other territories - including the United Kingdom - was not released as a single until 1992, five years after The Smiths split up.
 It reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.
 Morrissey released a live version of the song as a double A-side with his cover of Patti Smith's "Redondo Beach" in 2005 - this version reached number 11 in the UK charts.
 The song has received considerable critical acclaim.
"Bigmouth Strikes Again" is a song by The Smiths.
 It appears on their third album "The Queen Is Dead" and was the lead single from the album, reaching No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986.
 It was also the closing song on The Smiths' only live album, "Rank".
"Suffer Little Children" is a song by the English rock band The Smiths, that was included on their eponymous debut album in 1984.
 The song is about the Moors murders that took place on Saddleworth Moor, which overlooks Manchester, between 1963 and 1965.
 At the time of their murders many of the victims were only a few years older than Smiths' frontman Morrissey (b. 1959), who wrote the lyrics of the song after reading a book about the murders, "" by Emlyn Williams.
 It was one of the first songs that Morrissey and Johnny Marr wrote together.

Question: "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" is a song by British rock band The Smiths, it appears on their third album, The Queen Is Dead, by English rock band the Smiths, which genre do they play besides rock?
Answer: alternative