Rhino: 2564665907 (2564665868, 2564665870--2564665876)

Rock music

Title from container

Originally released as separate Rough Trade albums: ROUGH 61, Feb. 1984 (The Smiths); ROUGH 76, Nov. 1984 (Hatful of hollow); ROUGH 81, Feb. 1985 (Meat is murder); ROUGH 96, June 1986 (The queen is dead); ROUGH 101, Feb. 1987 (The world won't listen); ROUGH 255, Mar. 1987 (Louder than bombs); ROUGH 106, Sept. 1987 (Strangeways, here we come); and ROUGH106 [sic], Sept. 1988 (Rank)

Compact discs

Program notes ([8] pages : ill.) inserted in container; lyrics printed on individual sleeves and containers

The Smiths (Morrissey, vocals, piano ; Johnny Marr, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano, harmonium ; Craig Gannon, guitar ; Andy Rourke, cello, bass ; Mike Joyce, drums) ; additional musicians

Recorded winter 1983, various locations (The Smiths); winter 1984, at Amazon Studios, Liverpool, and Ridge Farm, Surrey (Meat is murder); winter 1985, England (The queen is dead); spring 1987, the Wool Hall, Bath (Strangeways, here we come); live, Oct. 1986, at the National Ballroom, Kilburn, London (Rank); Jan. 1985-Sept. 1986 (The world won't listen); and Apr. 1983-Nov. 1986, England (Louder than bombs)

Smiths. Reel around the fountain ; You've got everything now ; Miserable lie ; Pretty girls make graves ; Hand that rocks the cradle ; This charming man ; Still ill ; Hand in glove ; What difference does it make? ; I don't owe you anything ; Suffer little children -- Meat is murder. Headmaster ritual ; Rusholme ruffians ; I want the one I can't have ; What she said ; That joke isn't funny anymore ; Nowhere fast ; Well I wonder ; Barbarism begins at home ; Meat is murder -- Queen is dead. Queen is dead ; Frankly, Mr. Shankly ; I know it's over ; Never had no one ever ; Cemetry gates ; Bigmouth strikes again ; Boy with the thorn in his side ; Vicar in a tutu ; There is a light that never goes out ; Some girls are bigger than others -- Strangeways, here we come. A rush and a push and the land is ours ; I started something I couldn't finish ; Death of a disco dancer ; Girlfriend in a coma ; Stop me if you think you've heard this one before ; Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me ; Unhappy birthday ; Paint a vulgar picture ; Death at one's elbow ; I won't share you -- Rank. Queen is dead ; Panic ; Vicar in a tutu ; Ask ;

Medley.

Rusholme ruffians (Marie's the name) ; His latest flame ; Boy with the thorn in his side ; Rubber ring ; What she said ; Is it really so strange? ; Cemetry gates ; London ; I know it's over ; Draize train ; Still ill ; Bigmouth strikes again -- Hatful of hollow. William, it was really nothing ; What difference does it make? ; These things take time ; This charming man ; How soon is now? ; Handsome devil ; Hand in glove ; Still ill ; Heaven knows I'm miserable now ; This night has opened my eyes ; You've got everything now ; Accept yourself ; Girl afraid ; Back to the old house ; Reel around the fountain ; Please please please let me get what I want -- World won't listen. Panic ; Ask ; London ; Bigmouth strikes again ; Shakespeare's sister ; There is a light that never goes out ; Shoplifters of the world unite ; Boy with the thorn in his side ; Money changes everything ; Asleep ; Unloveable ; Half a person ; Stretch out and wait ; That joke isn't funny anymore ; Oscillate wildly ; You just haven't earned it yet, baby ; Rubber ring ; Golden lights -- Louder than bombs. Is it really so strange? ; Sheila take a bow ; Shoplifters of the world unite ; Sweet and tender hooligan ; Half a person ; London ; Panic ; Girl afraid ; Shakespeare's sister ; William, it was really nothing ; You just haven't earned it yet, baby ; Heaven knows I'm miserable now ; Ask ; Golden lights ; Oscillate wildly ; These things take time ; Rubber ring ; Back to the old house ; Hand in glove ; Stretch out and wait ; Please please please let me get what I want ; This night has opened my eyes ; Unloveable ; Asleep