The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths: The Very Best of the Smiths
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Artist: The SmithsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2008-11-11
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Hand In Glove
- This Charming Man
- What Difference Does It Make(Peel Session Version)
- Still III
- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
- William, It Was Really Nothing
- How Soon Is Now?
- Nowhere Fast
- Shakespeare's Sister
- Barbarism Begins At Home
- That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
- The Headmaster Ritual
- The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
- Bigmouth Strikes Again
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
- Panic
- Ask
- You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
- Shoplifters Of The World Unite
- Sheila Take A Bow
- Girlfriend In A Coma
- I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
- Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
- Jeane
- Handsome Devil (Live)
- This Charming Man (New York vocal)
- Wonderful Woman
- Back To The Old House
- These Things Take Time
- Girl Afraid
- Please, Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
- Stretch Out And Wait
- Oscillate Wildly
- Meat Is Murder (Live in Oxford)
- Asleep
- Money Changes Everything
- The Queen Is Dead
- Vicar In A Tutu
- Cemetry Gates
- Half A Person
- Sweet And Tender Hooligan
- I Keep Mine Hidden
- Pretty Girls Make Graves(Troy Tate version)
- Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
- What's The World (Live in Glasgow)
- London (live in London)
Free Music Notes for The Sound of the Smiths: The Very Best of the Smiths
Free Music Review: For the Love of God....
Hit: 5 Stars
To SMITHS fans: PLEASE STOP with the "Best of, most of, satiate the need, re-issue, re-package..." references! Enough!
We've all heard "Paint a Vulgar Picture". It's not rare. It's not obscure. It doesn't make you more of a fan for knowing it. We've all heard what Morrissey said more than 21 years ago... Get over it now... Let it Go!
With that being said, what true Smiths fan doesn't want "Wonderful Woman" remastered??? And what about "Jeane"?? Seriously?! The Troy Tate sessions version of "Pretty Girls Make Graves"?? Superb! I know it was available on the "Stop Me" EP (Japan and Germany), but this sounds MUCH better.
By the way, Johnny Marr himself worked on the remastering with Frank Arkwright (who Marr hand-picked to remaster it with him). "They just made it louder", right? Wrong. They remastered it. They removed the lame equalizers, they removed the tape hiss, they restored it as closely to the original studio sound as Marr could get. If it just sounds louder, then stop listening to it on your computer and try a Real stereo.
This collection finally gives us rarities and things a bit tougher to find. I think it has a few obvious omissions (UNLOVEABLE, RUBBER RING, etc), but overall it's fantastic!
People whine about "Yet another Smiths collection", but let's understand that just because something has come first, it doesn't mean that it's better. This collection SHOULD have been made. What SHOULDN'T HAVE been made was "Best 1" and "Best 2" - which featured songs chosen by some old Warner Brothers record company exec, and "The Very Best of" (with the shockingly bad cover art) was a bit weak as well. THIS collection should have been the one made! Not the others. Somehow, this gets a bad wrap because the other discs were released first. Tell me, is your girlfriend's Ex better than you are? Well, he was first, so...??
Smiths fans: Grab this, you'll love it! People dismissing this as a money-making scheme are exhausting. EVERYTHING on the planet is a money-making scheme. Food is a money-making scheme. Clothing is a money-making scheme. Healthcare is a money-making scheme. If it's that tough to buy a 2CD set of one of the best, most influential bands of all time, perhaps you should get a new job, or change your work ethic so you can make more money. Perhaps trade in your "Best 1" and "Best 2" at your favorite used record shop to get this collection instead.
Don't miss out on the first proper Smiths collection for a true Smiths fan, or someone who already owns all of the albums. You know you'll love it. How could you not?
The Sound of the Smiths: The Very Best of the Smiths Poster
Deluxe 2 CD version, with disc 2 containing choice B sides, live cuts, and rarities. The Smiths formed in Manchester in 1982 and quickly rose to become the quintessential British indie rock band of their day. Powered by the collaboration between lead singer and lyricist Morrissey and lead guitarist and co-songwriter Johnny Marr, their sound had a literary and musical depth that was complex, emotional and often controversial-at the same time, it rang with The Smiths' unique twist on timeless melodic pop sensibilities. On Rhino's new compilation, the group's biggest hits and most important tracks are represented.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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