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Singles (The Smiths album)

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About the album
Cover
Spin-off singles
Track listing
Personnel
The Smiths Additional musicians Certifications and sales
Notes

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| released = {{Start date|1995|2|20}}
| recorded = 1983–1987
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock, indie pop
| length = 62:32
| label = Warner Music Group
| producer = John Porter, The Smiths, Roger Pusey, Dale "Buffin" Griffin and Stephen Street
| prev_title = ...Best II
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = The Very Best of The Smiths
| next_year = 2001
}}Singles is the seventh compilation album by English rock band The Smiths, pitched as a compilation of previously issued singles. It was released in February 1995 by the new owner of their back catalogue, WEA (Sire Records in the United States). Its highest British chart position was #5; it did not chart in the United States. Blender magazine lists the album among the "500 CDs You Must Own" on their website.^[1]

About the album

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WEA (now the Warner Music Group) acquired the entire Smiths back catalogue in early 1992. After re-releasing all of The Smiths' original albums and compilations and issuing a two-volume best of compilation (Best...I and ...Best II) in 1992, in 1995 they decided to celebrate The Smiths' reputation as a "singles band" by issuing a collection of the band's singles. Only the singles released in the UK were included.

Hand In Glove, The Boy With The Thorn in His Side and Ask, in this compilation, did not use the single versions, the first two are released as singles in alternative versions, and Ask had an early fade out.

Cover

The cover features a design made earlier by Morrissey but previously unused, featuring singer and actress Diana Dors in a still from the 1956 film Yield to the Night.

Spin-off singles

WEA decided to promote the album in the UK by re-releasing the "Ask" single with its two original B-sides, "Cemetry Gates" and "Golden Lights". The single charted at #62. In the United States, Sire decided to release "Sweet and Tender Hooligan", a single of rarities, to promote the album, with a newly-designed sleeve by Morrissey. It failed to chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Morrissey/Marr.

"Hand in Glove" (album version) – 3:25
"This Charming Man" – 2:41
"What Difference Does It Make?" (album version) – 3:51
"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" – 3:35
"William, It Was Really Nothing" – 2:09
"How Soon Is Now?" (album version) – 6:46
"Shakespeare's Sister" – 2:09
"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" (album version) – 4:59
"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" (album version) – 3:18
"Bigmouth Strikes Again" – 3:14
"Panic" – 2:20
"Ask" (album version) – 3:14
"Shoplifters of the World Unite" – 2:58
"Sheila Take a Bow" – 2:41
"Girlfriend in a Coma" – 2:02
"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" – 3:46
"Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" (album version) – 5:02
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" – 4:02

Tracks 1–3 - The Smiths (1984)
Tracks 4–6 - Hatful of Hollow (1984)
Track 8 - Meat Is Murder (1985)
Tracks 9, 10 and 18 - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
Tracks 7 and 11-13 - The World Won't Listen (1987)
Track 14 - Louder Than Bombs (1987)
Tracks 15–17 - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Personnel

The Smiths

Mike Joyce – drums
Johnny Marr – guitars, keyboard instruments, harmonica, synthesized saxophone, string and flute arrangements
Morrissey – vocals
Andy Rourke – bass guitar, cello on "Shakespeare's Sister"

Additional musicians

Craig Gannon – rhythm guitar on "Panic" and "Ask"
Kirsty MacColl – backing vocals on "Ask"
John Porter – slide guitar on "Sheila Take a Bow"
Stephen Street – drum machine on "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" and synthesized string arrangements on "Girlfriend in a Coma"

Certifications and sales

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Notes

1. ^Alternative Rock: 500 CDs You Must Own
2. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r209432|pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic review}}
3. ^https://www.morrissey-solo.com/article.pl?sid=08/03/05/1811210

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