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| Artist: The Smiths
Label: Warner
Category: Music
List Price: £22.99
Buy New: £18.59
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 236833
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.5
MPN: 45042
UPC: 093624504221
EAN: 0093624504221
ASIN: B000002MFS
Release Date: December 23, 1999
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 6 to 9 days
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| Tracks:
| • | This Charming Man | | • | William, It Was Really Nothing | | • | What Difference Does It Make? | | • | Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before | | • | Girlfriend in a Coma | | • | Half a Person | | • | Rubber Ring | | • | How Soon Is Now? | | • | Hand in Glove | | • | Shoplifters of the World Unite | | • | Sheila Take a Bow | | • | Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others | | • | Panic | | • | Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want |
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| Customer Reviews:
Why?? November 24, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album is superb only for the fact that it is the Smiths. If any other band brought out 4 albums that are virtually the same i wouldv'e cringed, but as it's Moz and Co, i'll let the right one slip. They brought out The Very Best Of, The Best Of Part One, The Best Of Part Two And The Singles album which are all basically the same. The Best Of Parts 1 & 2 are better left to the hardcore Smiths fans like myself. A newcomer is better buying The Very Best Of if they want a record industry cash in of the smiths. The Highlights of this album are evident by readin the track listing. There is the painfully beautiful "please please please let me get what i want", which as someone said before is by far Morrisseys best vocal on the album. "This Charming Man" is another highlight providing a comfortable jolly sort of feel to the album. The best song is by far "Some Girls Are Bigger Than others". As i said before this album is not for the new Smiths fan.
Quality Throughout November 12, 2000
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a simply amazing compilation album, and an excellent introduction to the work of probably Britain's greatest ever band.
Fourteen songs, and not one of them bad. Opening with the lively "This Charming Man" and uplifting "William, It Was Really Nothing", progressing to the light-hearted "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" and "Girlfriend In A Coma", and with such tracks as "Hand In Glove", "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others", "Sheila Take A Bow" and "Panic", this collection should go some way towards dispelling the popular myth of the Smiths as a depressing band.
The more melancholic listener will doubtless enjoy the classic "How Soon Is Now?", the wonderful and witty "Half A Person" and the touching "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" (featuring perhaps Morrissey's best vocal performance of this CD).
With Marr's brilliant tunesmanship and Moz's lyrical wit evident throughout, picking a few stand-out tracks is virtually impossible. The better known songs - "This Charming Man" and "How Soon Is Now?", for instance - may draw newcomers to the compilation, but they will quickly find new favourites among the less famous, but equally superb, album tracks.
Don't deprive your music collection of such wonderful company.
Fantastic Album February 16, 2000
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an absolutely superb album with only one bad track ('Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others'). Having only discovered The Smiths in the last six months (only being 17), I cannot believe that they are as good as they are, truley the best band of all time. The best tracks are 'Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before', 'Panic'-including the stunning line "Hang The Blessed DJ, because the music that they play say's nothing about my life". Morrissey's lyrics reach unchallenged heights, and are enhanced by Marr's brilliant guitar playing.
A must have for any Smith's fan November 15, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this cd - if you liked the Smith's in the 80's this album is obviously for you. It has the ever popular "How Soon is Now" as well as a number of songs that evoke memories of those days. The funny thing about some of these songs is that by the title, you may not realize that you already know the songs quite well. But the cd is worth a listen even if it sounds unfamiliar to you, because you will find yourself pleasantly surprised. The only album that gives this one a run for it's money is "The Smiths...The Best II".
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