The Smiths Complete

The Smiths Complete
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ArtistaThe Smiths
Pubblicazione26 settembre 2011
Dischi8 (LP) 25 (7")
GenereJangle pop
Indie pop
EtichettaWarner/Rhino
Registrazione1983–1988
The Smiths - cronologia
Album precedente
(2008)
Album successivo

The Smiths Complete è un cofanetto raccolta della band inglese The Smiths.

Pubblicato il 26 settembre del 2011 dalla Warner/Rhino Records, raggiunse la posizione numero 63 nella Official Albums Chart.

Realizzazione

Il cofanetto, nella Deluxe Edition, raccoglie le versioni rimasterizzate degli otto album (sia in CD che in vinile), i 25 singoli (su 7") e un DVD con tutti i video musicali della band. La Basic Edition, invece, contiene solo gli otto album in versione CD[1].

Gli album (The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead, Strangeways, Here We Come, Hatful of Hollow, The World Won't Listen, Louder Than Bombs e il live Rank) sono stati rimasterizzati dal chitarrista Johnny Marr e dall'ingegnere del suono Frank Arkwright, utilizzando i nastri delle lavorazioni originali.

"Sono molto felice che le versioni rimasterizzate degli album degli Smiths stiano finalmente per uscire", ha dichiarato Johnny Marr: "Volevo farli suonare per bene e rimuovere qualsiasi elaborazione per riportarli come in origine. Sono soddisfatto dei risultati."[2]

Il 14 settembre 2011, in un messaggio pubblicato sul sito True-to-you.net, il cantante ha dichiarato di non aver fornito alcun apporto all'intero progetto: "Questo progetto ha avuto luogo senza alcuna consultazione con Morrissey, e senza alcun proposta fatta a Morrissey dalla Warner, dalla Rhino, o da Johnny Marr."[3]

La foto di copertina è di Jurgen Vollmer, tratta dal libro Rock'n'Roll Times, del 1983; l'immagine era stata originariamente utilizzata sul retro dell'album The World Won't Listen[4].

Tracce

Album

Disco 1: The Smiths

  1. Reel Around the Fountain – 5:58
  2. You've Got Everything Now – 3:59
  3. Miserable Lie – 4:29
  4. Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:42
  5. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle – 4:38
  6. Still Ill – 3:23
  7. Hand in Glove – 3:25
  8. What Difference Does It Make? – 3:51
  9. I Don't Owe You Anything – 4:05
  10. Suffer Little Children – 5:28

Disco 2: Hatful of Hollow

  1. William, It Was Really Nothing – 2:09
  2. What Difference Does It Make? – 3:11
  3. These Things Take Time – 2:32
  4. This Charming Man – 2:42
  5. How Soon Is Now? – 6:44
  6. Handsome Devil – 2:47
  7. Hand in Glove – 3:13
  8. Still Ill – 3:32
  9. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now – 3:33
  10. This Night Has Opened My Eyes – 3:39
  11. You've Got Everything Now – 4:18
  12. Accept Yourself – 4:01
  13. Girl Afraid – 2:48
  14. Back to the Old House – 3:02
  15. Reel Around the Fountain – 5:51
  16. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want – 1:50

Disco 3: Meat Is Murder

  1. The Headmaster Ritual – 4:52
  2. Rusholme Ruffians – 4:20
  3. I Want the One I Can't Have – 3:14
  4. What She Said – 2:42
  5. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore – 4:59
  6. Nowhere Fast – 2:37
  7. Well I Wonder – 4:00
  8. Barbarism Begins at Home – 6:57
  9. Meat Is Murder – 6:06

Disco 4: The Queen Is Dead

  1. The Queen Is Dead – 6:24
  2. Frankly, Mr Shankly – 2:17
  3. I Know It's Over – 5:48
  4. Never Had No One Ever – 3:36
  5. Cemetry Gates – 2:39
  6. Bigmouth Strikes Again – 3:12
  7. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side – 3:15
  8. Vicar in a Tutu – 2:21
  9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out – 4:02
  10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – 3:14

Disco 5: The World Won't Listen

  1. Panic - 2:21
  2. Ask - 3:15
  3. London - 2:07
  4. Bigmouth Strikes Again - 3:13
  5. Shakespeare's Sister - 2:08
  6. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - 4:05
  7. Shoplifters of the World Unite - 2:58
  8. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side - 3:16
  9. Money Changes Everything - 4:43
  10. Asleep - 4:10
  11. Unloveable - 3:56
  12. Half a Person - 3:36
  13. Stretch Out and Wait - 2:45
  14. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore - 3:49
  15. Oscillate Wildly - 3:26
  16. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby - 3:32
  17. Rubber Ring - 3:38

Disco 6: Louder Than Bombs

  1. Is It Really So Strange? - 3:04
  2. Sheila Take a Bow - 2:40
  3. Shoplifters of the World Unite - 2:56
  4. Sweet and Tender Hooligan - 3:33
  5. Half a Person - 3:35
  6. London - 2:05
  7. Panic - 2:19
  8. Girl Afraid - 2:46
  9. Shakespeare's Sister - 2:07
  10. William, It Was Really Nothing - 2:09
  11. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby - 3:21
  12. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - 3:33
  13. Ask - 3:26
  14. Golden Lights - 2:39
  15. Oscillate Wildly - 3:25
  16. These Things Take Time - 2:22
  17. Rubber Ring - 3:46
  18. Back to the Old House - 3:03
  19. Hand in Glove - 3:12
  20. Stretch Out and Wait - 2:37
  21. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - 1:50
  22. This Night Has Opened My Eyes - 3:39
  23. Unloveable - 3:55
  24. Asleep - 4:10

Disco 7: Strangeways, Here We Come

  1. A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours - 3:00
  2. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish - 3:47
  3. Death of a Disco Dancer - 5:26
  4. Girlfriend in a Coma - 2:03
  5. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - 3:32
  6. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - 5:03
  7. Unhappy Birthday - 2:46
  8. Paint a Vulgar Picture - 5:35
  9. Death at One's Elbow - 1:58
  10. I Won't Share You - 2:48

Disco 8: Rank

  1. The Queen Is Dead 4:11
  2. Panic - 3:07
  3. Vicar in a Tutu - 2:40
  4. Ask - 3:12
  5. His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians medley - 3:55
  6. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side - 3:47
  7. Rubber Ring/What She Said medley - 3:41
  8. Is It Really So Strange? - 3:45
  9. Cemetry Gates - 2:50
  10. London - 2:38
  11. I Know It's Over - 7:49
  12. The Draize Train - 4:23
  13. Still Ill - 4:09
  14. Bigmouth Strikes Again - 5:51

Singoli

  1. Hand in Glove / Handsome Devil (live)
  2. Reel Around The Fountain (Troy Tate version) / Jeane
  3. This Charming Man / Jeane
  4. What Difference Does It Make? / Back To The Old House
  5. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now / Suffer Little Children
  6. William, It Was Really Nothing / Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
  7. How Soon Is Now? / Well I Wonder
  8. Shakespeare's Sister / What She Said
  9. The Headmaster Ritual / Oscillate Wildly
  10. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore / Meat Is Murder (live)
  11. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side / Asleep
  12. Bigmouth Strikes Again / Money Changes Everything
  13. Panic/ Vicar In A Tutu
  14. Ask / Cemetry Gates
  15. Shoplifters of the World Unite / Half A Person
  16. Sheila Take a Bow / Is It Really So Strange?
  17. Girlfriend in a Coma / Work Is a Four Letter Word
  18. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish / Pretty Girls Make Graves
  19. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me / Rusholme Ruffians
  20. Sweet and Tender Hooligan / I Keep Mine Hidden (alternate version)
  21. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out / Half A Person
  22. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others / The Draize Train
  23. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before / Girlfriend in a Coma
  24. Hand in Glove (Sandie Shaw) / I Don't Owe You Anything (Sandie Shaw)
  25. William, It Was Really Nothing / How Soon Is Now?

Formazione

Note

  1. ^ Passions Just Like Mine - Complete
  2. ^ The Smiths - Complete box set
  3. ^ True-to-you.net, 21 settembre 2011, su true-to-you.net. URL consultato il 2 gennaio 2012 (archiviato dall'url originale il 29 dicembre 2011).
  4. ^ Jürgen Vollmer: Rock 'n' roll times

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