The Sound of The Smiths | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 10 November 2008 | |||
Genre | Indie pop | |||
Length | 74:04 | |||
Label | Rhino Records UK | |||
Producer |
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Compiler | Rick Conrad | |||
The Smiths chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Blender | [2] |
The Guardian | [3] |
Hot Press | [4] |
Pitchfork | 7.5/10[5] |
Rolling Stone | [6] |
The Sound of The Smiths is a Smiths compilation released on 10 November 2008. It is available as both single and double disc editions. Morrissey is credited with having coined the compilation's title, while Johnny Marr was involved in the project's mastering.[7] Early promotional material for the album originally saw it titled Hang the DJ: The Very Best of the Smiths, but this was changed for the final release.[8][9]
The album charted No. 21 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 98 on the Billboard 200. The pictures on the covers of the original and deluxe editions were taken by Tom Sheehan. It is their only album featuring the band members on the artwork.
All tracks are written by Morrissey/Marr
No. | Title | Source | Length |
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1. | "Hand in Glove" (Single version) | Single A-side | 3:17 |
2. | "This Charming Man" | Single A-side | 2:44 |
3. | "What Difference Does It Make?" (Peel Session 18/5/83) | Hatful of Hollow | 3:14 |
4. | "Still Ill" | The Smiths | 3:22 |
5. | "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | Single A-side | 3:35 |
6. | "William, It Was Really Nothing" | Single A-side | 2:13 |
7. | "How Soon Is Now?" (12" Version) | B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" 12" | 6:47 |
8. | "Nowhere Fast" | Meat Is Murder | 2:38 |
9. | "Shakespeare's Sister" | Single A-side | 2:09 |
10. | "Barbarism Begins at Home" (7" edit Version) | Meat Is Murder/Single A-side | 3:51 |
11. | "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" (Single Edit) | Meat Is Murder/Single A-side | 3:53 |
12. | "The Headmaster Ritual" | Meat Is Murder | 4:56 |
13. | "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" | The Queen Is Dead | 3:18 |
14. | "Bigmouth Strikes Again" | Single A-side/The Queen Is Dead | 3:15 |
15. | "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" | The Queen Is Dead | 4:05 |
16. | "Panic" | Single A-side | 2:20 |
17. | "Ask" (Album Version) | Louder Than Bombs | 3:17 |
18. | "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (U.S. Mix) | Louder Than Bombs | 3:35 |
19. | "Shoplifters of the World Unite" | Single A-side | 2:58 |
20. | "Sheila Take a Bow" | Single A-side/ Louder Than Bombs | 2:42 |
21. | "Girlfriend in a Coma" | Single A-side/Strangeways, Here We Come | 2:03 |
22. | "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" | Single A-side/ Strangeways, Here We Come | 3:49 |
23. | "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" (Single Edit) | Strangeways, Here We Come/Single A-side | 3:11 |
All tracks are written by Morrissey/Marr, except "What's the World?," by James, and "Oscillate Wildly", by Johnny Marr.
No. | Title | Source | Length |
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1. | "Jeane" | B-side of "This Charming Man" | 3:03 |
2. | "Handsome Devil" (Live at The Haçienda, Manchester, 4/2/83) | B-side of "Hand in Glove" | 2:55 |
3. | "This Charming Man" (New York Vocal) | B-side of "This Charming Man" 12" | 5:35 |
4. | "Wonderful Woman" | B-side of "This Charming Man" | 3:11 |
5. | "Back to the Old House" | B-side of "What Difference Does it Make?" | 3:04 |
6. | "These Things Take Time" | B-side of "What Difference Does It Make?" | 2:22 |
7. | "Girl Afraid" | B-side of "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | 2:47 |
8. | "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" | B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" | 1:50 |
9. | "Stretch Out and Wait" (Alternate Vocal Version) | The World Won't Listen | 2:44 |
10. | "Oscillate Wildly" | B-side of "How Soon Is Now?" 12" | 3:29 |
11. | "Meat Is Murder" (Live at Oxford Apollo 18/3/85) | B-side of "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" | 5:37 |
12. | "Asleep" | B-side of "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side" | 4:10 |
13. | "Money Changes Everything" | B-side of "Bigmouth Strikes Again" | 4:39 |
14. | "The Queen Is Dead" | The Queen Is Dead | 6:23 |
15. | "Vicar in a Tutu" | B-side of "Panic" /The Queen Is Dead | 2:22 |
16. | "Cemetry Gates" | B-side of "Ask" / The Queen Is Dead | 2:41 |
17. | "Half a Person" | B-side of "Shoplifters of the World Unite" | 3:38 |
18. | "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" (Peel Session 2/12/86) | Louder Than Bombs | 3:34 |
19. | "Pretty Girls Make Graves" (Troy Tate Demo) | B-side of "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" | 3:32 |
20. | "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" | Strangeways, Here We Come | 3:31 |
21. | "What's the World?" (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 25/9/85) | B-side of "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" | 2:06 |
22. | "London" (Live at National Ballroom, Kilburn) | Rank | 2:40 |
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy (FIMI)[19] | Gold | 35,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] | 2× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |