The Smiths - The Complete Box Set

Artist:

Smiths (The)

UPC:

825646659074

See Also:

Morrissey

Description:

Personnel: Morrissey (vocals); Johnny Marr (guitar, mandolin, harmonica, piano, harmonium); Craig Gannon (guitar); Andy Rourke (cello, bass guitar); Mike Joyce (drums); Orchestrazia Ardwick.
Liner Note Author: Ivor Jones.
Photographers: Ian Tilton; Steve Wright; Jo?lle Dep?nt; Andy Catlin.
First off, no, this box set doesn`t contain the Complete Smiths, not even in its super-deluxe edition containing vinyl replicas of the group`s singles and LPs. Stray B-sides don`t appear here, nor do the scrapped sessions for the first album and a few other heavily bootlegged numbers, but what is here are sterling remasters -- allegedly supervised by Johnny Marr -- of the band`s four albums, three compilations, and lone live album, all released during the band`s exceedingly brief lifespan. What matters is that the remastering is exceptional, the best comparison being the Beatles 2009 remasters, where layers of grime seemed to be removed from familiar recordings, so the songs sounded vibrant and alive, yet didn`t sound tweaked, buttressed, or burnished for a new millennium. That is what makes The Complete Smiths essential: no surprises in terms of material, but the presentation is exquisite, sounding familiar and fresh, a stunning re-presentation of records that were teetering on the edge of over-familiarity. Guitars and vocals pop equally, the original mixes simply brightened, a task harder to achieve than it is to imagine, the music sounding part of its time yet easily transcending it. Far from a vulgar picture, this is what Smiths fans have been waiting years for. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Reel Around the Fountain
2. You`ve Got Everything Now
3. Miserable Lie
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves
5. Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The
6. This Charming Man
7. Still Ill
8. Hand in Glove
9. What Difference Does It Make?
10. I Don`t Owe You Anything
11. Suffer Little Children

DISC 2:

1. Headmaster Ritual, The
2. Rusholme Ruffians
3. I Want the One I Can`t Have
4. What She Said
5. That Joke Isn`t Funny Anymore
6. Nowhere Fast
7. Well I Wonder
8. Barbarism Begins at Home
9. Meat Is Murder

DISC 3:

1. Queen Is Dead, The
2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly
3. I Know It`s Over
4. Never Had No One Ever
5. Cemetry Gates
6. Bigmouth Strikes Again
7. Boy with the Thorn in His Side, The
8. Vicar in a Tutu
9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

DISC 4:

1. Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours, A
2. I Started Something I Couldn`t Finish
3. Death of a Disco Dancer
4. Girlfriend in a Coma
5. Stop Me If You Think You`ve Heard This One Before
6. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
7. Unhappy Birthday
8. Painting a Vulgar Picture
9. Death at One`s Elbow
10. I Won`t Share You

DISC 5:

1. Queen Is Dead, The
2. Panic
3. Vicar in a Tutu
4. Ask
5. His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians
6. Boy with the Thorn in His Side, The
7. Rubber Ring/What She Said
8. Is It Really So Strange?
9. Cemetry Gates
10. London
11. I Know It`s Over
12. Draize Train, The
13. Still Ill
14. Bigmouth Strikes Again

DISC 6:

1. William, It Was Really Nothing
2. What Difference Does It Make?
3. These Things Take Time
4. This Charming Man
5. How Soon Is Now?
6. Handsome Devil
7. Hand in Glove
8. Still Ill
9. Heaven Knows I`m Miserable Now
10. This Night Has Opened My Eyes
11. You`ve Got Everything Now
12. Accept Yourself
13. Girl Afraid
14. Back to the Old House
15. Reel Around the Fountain
16. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

DISC 7:

1. Panic
2. Ask
3. London
4. Bigmouth Strikes Again
5. Shakespeare`s Sister
6. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
7. Shoplifters of the World Unite
8. Boy with the Thorn in His Side, The
9. Money Changes Everything
10. Asleep
11. Unloveable
12. Half a Person
13. Stretch Out and Wait
14. That Joke Isn`t Funny Anymore
15. Oscillate Wildly
16. You Just Haven`t Earned It Yet, Baby
17. Rubber Ring
18. Golden Lights

DISC 8:

1. Is It Really So Strange
2. Sheila Take a Bow
3. Shoplifters of the World Unite
4. Sweet and Tender Hooligan
5. Half a Person
6. London
7. Panic
8. Girl Afraid
9. Shakespeare`s Sister
10. William, It Was Really Nothing
11. You Just Haven`t Earned It Yet, Baby
12. Heaven Knows I`m Miserable Now
13. Ask
14. Golden Lights
15. Oscillate Wildly
16. These Things Take Time
17. Rubber Ring
18. Back to the Old House
19. Hand in Glove
20. Stretch Out and Wait
21. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
22. This Night Has Opened My Eyes
23. Unloveable
24. Asleep

Album Information

Release Date:

09/26/2011

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alternative

Label:

Warner Bros.

Producer:

John Porter; Johnny Marr; Morrissey; Stephen Street; The Smiths

Catalog Number:

2564665907

Original Release Year:

2011

# of Discs:

8

Studio/Live:

Mixed

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

403 : 40

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