Morrissey: Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) Decca: DR 9766 / 478 035-9: South Korea: 2008: Sell This Version. The greatest focus was on Morrissey’s distaste for Sadiq Khan in particular and ritual slaughter in general. The Guardian published a piece that unironically begins with the word “ wow.” The Quietus explored the troubling history of British musicians who prefer for Britain to remain British, from Eric Clapton’s praise of Enoch Powell.
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Released | 11 February 2008 | |||
Recorded | 1987–2007 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 51:01 | |||
Label | Polydor/Decca Records | |||
Producer | Jerry Finn, Tony Visconti, Stephen Street, Steve Lillywhite | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Digital Spy | [2] |
NME | [3] |
Pitchfork Media | (6.1/10)[4] |
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by English singer Morrissey, released on 11 February 2008. Unlike 1997's greatest hits, Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey, this compilation predominantly features songs from the then previous two studio albums, You Are the Quarry and Ringleader of the Tormentors. The album also features two new songs, lead single 'That's How People Grow Up' and 'All You Need Is Me', both of which were later included on studio album Years of Refusal.
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Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'First of the Gang to Die' (from You Are the Quarry, 2004) | Morrissey, Alain Whyte | 3:37 |
2. | 'In the Future When All's Well' (from Ringleader of the Tormentors, 2006) | Morrissey, Jesse Tobias | 3:52 |
3. | 'I Just Want to See the Boy Happy' (from Ringleader of the Tormentors, 2006) | Morrissey, Tobias | 2:56 |
4. | 'Irish Blood, English Heart' (from You Are the Quarry, 2004) | Morrissey, Whyte | 2:36 |
5. | 'You Have Killed Me' (from Ringleader of the Tormentors, 2006) | Morrissey, Tobias | 3:06 |
6. | 'That's How People Grow Up' (single, 2008) | Morrissey, Boz Boorer | 2:59 |
7. | 'Everyday Is Like Sunday' (from Viva Hate, 1988) | Morrissey, Stephen Street | 3:31 |
8. | 'Redondo Beach' (from Live at Earls Court, 2005) | Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl | 3:56 |
9. | 'Suedehead' (from Viva Hate, 1988) | Morrissey, Street | 3:49 |
10. | 'The Youngest Was the Most Loved' (from Ringleader of the Tormentors, 2006) | Morrissey, Tobias | 2:58 |
11. | 'The Last of the Famous International Playboys' (Non-album single, 1989) | Morrissey, Street | 3:36 |
12. | 'The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get' (from Vauxhall and I, 1994) | Morrissey, Boorer | 3:41 |
13. | 'All You Need Is Me' (new track and single 2008) | Morrissey, Tobias | 3:11 |
14. | 'Let Me Kiss You' (from You Are the Quarry, 2004) | Morrissey, Whyte | 3:30 |
15. | 'I Have Forgiven Jesus' (from You Are the Quarry, 2004) | Morrissey, Whyte | 3:43 |
Bonus live CD[edit]
Initial runs of the album were accompanied by a bonus CD of songs recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl in 2007. The international version features eight tracks, whereas the US version features 'That's How People Grow Up' (written by Morrissey and Boorer) as track 8, pushing 'Life Is a Pigsty' to track 9.
Track listing:
- 'The Last of the Famous International Playboys' (Morrissey, Street)
- 'The National Front Disco' (Morrissey, Whyte)
- 'Let Me Kiss You' (Morrissey, Whyte)
- 'Irish Blood, English Heart' (Morrissey, Whyte)
- 'I Will See You in Far-Off Places' (Morrissey, Whyte)
- 'First of the Gang to Die' (Morrissey, Whyte)
- 'I Just Want to See the Boy Happy' (Morrissey, Tobias)
- 'Life Is a Pigsty' (Morrissey, Whyte)
Etchings[edit]
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Given that the CD is a mock up of a vinyl record, the words WE ARE YOUR THOUGHTS appear on the runout grooves.
References[edit]
- ^Allmusic review
- ^Digital Spy review
- ^NME review
- ^Pitchfork Media review
Apparently the key to Morrissey's complaint about endless repackages and reissues in 'Paint a Vulgar Picture' is that they're done without the artist's consent. As long as the star is in on the game, those releases can keep on coming, as the 2008 release of the rather pointless but harmless Greatest Hits suggests. Purportedly, Greatest Hits has been assembled according to the British charts, concentrating on singles that reached the Top Ten, but the logic behind that approach is flimsy: chart placement is a mere guideline to both merit and popularity, especially for cult artists like Morrissey whose earliest records didn't sell as well initially as his latter-day albums, so Top Ten hits aren't quite an accurate indicator of how long a record stuck around, either in the charts or in the memory. And so it is with Greatest Hits, with the great majority of the 13 songs here -- there are two new tracks, one the brand-new OK 'That's How People Grow Up' and the other a live cover of Patti Smith's 'Redondo Beach' -- dating from the 21st century. Nine, to be exact. That's a lot, especially when you take into account that he's released just two albums in the course of the decade -- solid records both, but picking out highlights from them hardly constitutes a satisfying greatest-hits collection. Instead, it plays a bit like expanded label sampler, really, and on that level, it's all right -- it has solid singles like 'First of the Gang to Die,' 'Irish Blood, English Heart,' and 'I Have Forgiven Jesus' buttressed by the classics 'Everyday Is Like Sunday,' 'Suedehead,' 'Last of the Famous International Playboys,' and 'The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get,' shortchanging such superb albums as Your Arsenal and Vauxhall and I, not to mention all those various singles that never popped up on an official album. So, if that kind of hodgepodge is what you're looking for, well, you've now got it. Enjoy, then go out and get The Best of Morrissey, which comes closer to fulfilling its title promise than this.
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time |
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1 | 03:37 | ||
2 | Morrissey / Jesse Tobias | 03:52 | |
3 | 02:56 | ||
4 | Morrissey / Alain Whyte | 02:36 | |
5 | 03:06 | ||
6 | Boz Boorer / Morrissey | 02:59 | |
7 | 03:31 | ||
8 | Lenny Kaye / Patti Smith / Richard Sohl | 03:56 | |
9 | 03:49 | ||
10 | Morrissey / Jesse Tobias | 02:58 | |
11 | 03:36 | ||
12 | Boz Boorer / Morrissey | 03:41 | |
13 | 03:11 | ||
14 | Morrissey / Alain Whyte | 03:30 | |
15 | 03:43 |