The Smiths Complete

The Smiths Complete raccolta discografica
Artista	The Smiths
Pubblicazione	26 settembre 2011
Dischi	8 (LP) 25 (7")
Genere	Jangle pop Indie pop
Etichetta	Warner/Rhino
Registrazione	1983–1988
The Smiths - cronologia
Album precedente The Smiths Singles Box (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

• Morrissey - voce
• Johnny Marr - chitarra
• Andy Rourke - basso
• Mike Joyce - batteria

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

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) The Smiths Complete, su Metacritic, Red Ventures.