The Smiths Singles Box | ||||
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Box set by The Smiths | ||||
Released | 8 December 2008 | |||
Recorded | 1983–1987 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, indie pop | |||
Length | 84:44 | |||
Label | Rhino Records UK | |||
Producer | Various | |||
The Smiths chronology | ||||
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The Smiths Singles Box is a limited edition box set compilation of 45 RPM 7-inch single releases by English rock band The Smiths. It contains repressings of the Smiths' first ten 7-inch singles released in the United Kingdom between May 1983 through May 1986, as well as the Dutch-only single for "The Headmaster Ritual" and the DJ promotional single of "Still Ill," housed in reproductions of their original picture sleeves. The box also includes a 14x14 poster of the single sleeves, four collector's pins and a download code for the mp3 versions.[1][2] It was released on 8 December 2008 in the UK.
A compact disc version of the box set was issued on 22 June 2009 and featured a different track selection, largely reproducing the expanded track listings of the original 12-inch singles.[3][4]
The cover of the box features actor Joel Fabiani, taken from the TV series Department S and selected by Smiths frontman Morrissey.[5][6]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Morrissey/Johnny Marr
7" Version
[edit]7" 1
- "Hand in Glove" - 3:16
- "Handsome Devil" (Live) - 2:56
7" 2
- "This Charming Man" - 2:43
- "Jeane" - 3:04
7" 3
- "What Difference Does It Make?" - 3:26
- "Back to the Old House" - 3:05
7" 4
- "Still Ill" - 3:22
- "You've Got Everything Now" - 3:59
7" 5
- "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" - 3:36
- "Suffer Little Children" - 5:27
7" 6
- "William, It Was Really Nothing" - 2:11
- "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - 1:52
7" 7
- "How Soon Is Now?" - 3:41
- "Well I Wonder" - 4:00
7" 8
- "Shakespeare's Sister" - 2:09
- "What She Said" - 2:40
7" 9
- "The Headmaster Ritual" - 4:54
- "Oscillate Wildly" - 3:28
7" 10
- "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" - 3:52
- "Meat Is Murder" (Live) - 5:40
7" 11
- "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" - 3:18
- "Asleep" - 4:10
7" 12
- "Bigmouth Strikes Again" - 3:14
- "Money Changes Everything" - 4:41
CD Version
[edit]CD 1
- "Hand in Glove" - 3:17
- "Handsome Devil" (Live) - 2:53
CD 2
- "This Charming Man" (Manchester) - 2:42
- "This Charming Man" (London) - 2:46
- "Accept Yourself" - 3:58
- "Wonderful Woman" - 3:08
- "Jeane" - 3:02
CD 3
- "This Charming Man" (New York Vocal) - 5:34
- "This Charming Man" (New York Instrumental) - 4:18
CD 4
- "What Difference Does It Make?" - 3:34
- "Back to the Old House" - 3:04
- "These Things Take Time" - 2:24
CD 5
- "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" - 3:34
- "Girl Afraid" - 2:44
- "Suffer Little Children" - 5:27
CD 6
- "William, It Was Really Nothing" - 2:10
- "How Soon Is Now?" - 3:41
- "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - 1:50
CD 7
- "How Soon Is Now?" - 6:43
- "Well I Wonder" - 4:32
- "Oscillate Wildly" - 3:26
CD 8
- "Shakespeare's Sister" - 2:09
- "What She Said" - 3:13
- "Stretch Out and Wait" - 2:37
CD 9
- "Barbarism Begins at Home" - 3:49
- "Shakespeare's Sister" - 2:09
- "Stretch Out and Wait" - 2:37
CD 10
- "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" - 4:57
- "Nowhere Fast" (Live) - 2:31
- "Stretch Out and Wait" (Live) - 2:49
- "Shakespeare's Sister" (Live) - 2:12
- "Meat Is Murder" (Live) - 5:34
CD 11
- "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" - 3:17
- "Rubber Ring" - 3:55
- "Asleep" - 4:10
CD 12
- "Bigmouth Strikes Again" - 3:12
- "Money Changes Everything" - 4:40
- "Unloveable" - 3:54
References
[edit]- ^ ""Singles Box" 7" edition discography".
- ^ "The Smiths – Singles Box (2008, Vinyl)". Discogs. December 2008.
- ^ "The Smiths – Singles Box (2009, CD)". Discogs. 22 June 2009.
- ^ ""Singles Box" cd edition discography".
- ^ See TV Rage as well as IMDb
- ^ The image is included in the bonus material on the Department S 40th Anniversary Special Edition DVD (2008)