Tracklist
| It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career | 2:23 | X |
| Sleep The Clock Around | 4:58 | X |
| Is It Wicked Not To Care? | 3:22 | X |
| Ease Your Feet In The Sea | 3:35 | X |
| A Summer Wasting | 2:06 | X |
| Seymour Stein | 4:42 | X |
| A Space Boy Dream | 3:01 | X |
| Dirty Dream Number Two | 4:14 | X |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap | 5:14 | X |
| Chickfactor | 3:32 | X |
| Simple Things | 1:46 | X |
| The Rollercoaster Ride | 6:40 | X |
Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (CD, Album) | Jeepster Recordings | JPRCD 003 | UK | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (CD, Album) | Matador | OLE 311-2 | US | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (CD, Album) | Delabel | 7243 8 46429 2 1 | France | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (CD, Album) | Spunk | URA 133 | Australia | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (CD, Album) | Toshiba EMI Ltd | VJCP-25383 | Japan | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (CD, Album) | Jeepster Recordings, Virgin France S.A. | JPRCD 003, 8464292 | Europe | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (CD, Album, Promo) | Jeepster Recordings | JPRCD 003 | UK | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (LP) | Jeepster Recordings | JPRLP 003 | UK | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (LP) | Matador | OLE 311-1 | USA & Canada | 1998 | |
| The Boy With The Arab Strap (LP, Album, RE) | Matador | OLE 311-1 | US | 2007 |
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Reviews & Discussion
referencing The Boy With The Arab Strap, CD, Album, JPRCD 003
The Smiths "Ask"
Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you
from doing the things in life that you'd like to
Ask me I won't say no-how could I?
Coyness is nice, but
Coyness can stop you
from saying all the things in life that you want to
So, if there's something that you'd like to try
Ask me-I won't say no-how could I?
Spending warm summer days indoors
Writing frightening verse to a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg
Ask me, ask me, ask me
Ask me, ask me, ask me
Because if it's not Love
Then it's the Bomb
That will bring us together