The Peel Sessions (The Smiths EP)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Peel Sessions

| type = EP

| artist = The Smiths

| cover = The Peel Sessions - The Smiths.jpg

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| released = October 1988

| recorded = 18 May 1983 at Maida Vale Studios, London

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| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 16:19

| language = English

| label = Strange Fruit

| producer = Roger Pusey

| prev_title = Rank

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Best... I

| next_year = 1992

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18315|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

| rev2 = 'The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

}}

The Peel Sessions is an EP by the English rock band the Smiths. The EP, which was released in 1988, was recorded on 18 May 1983, for the BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel's show which was subsequently broadcast on 31 May 1983.{{cite web | title = 18/05/1983 – The Smiths | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1983/May18thesmiths/ | publisher = BBC | accessdate = 9 July 2008 }} All but "Miserable Lie" were already included on the 1984 album Hatful of Hollow.