From Rhino Records
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- THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME, THE CLOSER I GET [LP=3:44]
(Morrissey/Boz Boorer)
[UK] Parlophone single #6372 (2/28/94); #8
From the album Vauxhall And I (E)
- SUEDEHEAD [LP=3:53]
(Morrissey/Stephen Street)
[UK] HMV single #1618 (2/27/88); #5
From the album Viva Hate (A)
- EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY [LP=3:33]
(Morrissey/Stephen Street)
[UK] HMV single #1619 (6/11/88); #9
From the album Viva Hate (A)
- GLAMOROUS GLUE [LP=4:01]
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
From the album Your Arsenal (D)
- DO YOUR BEST AND DON'T WORRY [4:05]
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
From the album Southpaw Grammar (F)
- NOVEMBER SPAWNED A MONSTER [LP=5:25]
(Morrissey/Clive Langer)
[UK] HMV single #1623 (4/16/90); #12
From the album Bona Drag (B)
- THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS [LP=3:37]
(Morrissey/Stephen Street)
[UK] HMV single #1620 (2/11/89); #6
From the album Bona Drag (B)
- SING YOUR LIFE [LP=3:26]
(Morrissey/Mark E. Nevin)
[UK] HMV single #1626 (4/1/91); #33
From the album Kill Uncle (C)
- HAIRDRESSER ON FIRE [LP=3:49]
(Morrissey/Stephen Street)
[UK] HMV maxi-single #1618 (2/27/88)
From the album Viva Hate (A)
- INTERESTING DRUG [LP=3:27]
(Morrissey/Stephen Street)
[UK] HMV single #1621 (4/29/89); #9
From the album Bona Drag (B)
- WE HATE IT WHEN OUR FRIENDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL [LP=2:29]
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
[UK] HMV single #1629 (4/27/92); #17
From the album Your Arsenal (D)
- CERTAIN PEOPLE I KNOW [LP=3:11]
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
[UK] HMV single #1631 (12/7/92); #35
From the album Your Arsenal (D)
- NOW MY HEART IS FULL (Single Edit) [4:10]
(Morrissey/Boz Boorer)
[US] Sire/Reprise [promo] single #6970 (8/94)
Full-length version from the album Vauxhall And I (E)
- I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY
(Morrissey/Mark E. Nevin)
From the album Your Arsenal (D)
- SUNNY [LP=2:42]
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
[UK] Parlophone single #6243 (12/11/95); #42
From the album My Early Burglary Years (H)
- ALMA MATTERS [LP=4:47]
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
[UK] Island single #667 (7/21/97); #16
From the album Maladjusted (G)
- HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS [LP=4:03]
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
[UK] Parlophone single #6383 (5/30/94); #47
From the album Vauxhall And I (E)
- SISTER I'M A POET [LP=2:26]
(Morrissey/Stephen Street)
[UK] HMV maxi-single #1619 (6/11/88)
From the album My Early Burglary Years (H)
- DISAPPOINTED [LP=3:05]
(Morrissey/Stephen Street)
[UK] HMV single #1619 (6/11/88)
From the album Bona Drag (B)
- TOMORROW (Radio Remix) [3:21]
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
[US] Sire/Reprise [promo] single #5637 (9/92)
Original version from the album Your Arsenal (D)
- LOST [3:55]
(Morrissey/Spencer James Cobrin)
[UK] Island single #671 (10/6/97) (+)
NOTE: All selections are original full-length album versions, except where indicated otherwise. Numbers in italics denote peak positions obtained by singles on Music Week's Top 75 U.K. chart -- courtesy Miller Freeman Entertainment U.K. Selections with U.S. single references denote an exclusive domestic release. Code letters in parentheses correspond to entries in the following album discography.
ALBUM SOURCES (With Known Personnel)
A Select Discography
- Viva Hate
[UK] HMV #3787 (3/26/88); #1
[US] Sire/Reprise #25699 (3/22/88); #48
["Hairdresser On Fire" on U.S. CD and cassette versions only]
Produced by STEPHEN STREET * Assistant Engineer: STEVE WILLIAMS * STEPHEN STREET: guitar, bass * VINI REILLY : guitar, keyboard * ANDREW PARESI: drums * FENELLA BARTON & RICHARD KOSTER: violin * JOHN METCALFE: viola * MARK DAVIES, RACHEL MAGUIRE & ROBERT WOOLLARD: cello
- Bona Drag [compilation]
[UK] HMV #3788 (10/8/90); #9
[US] Sire/Reprise #26221 (11/6/90); #59
"November Spawned A Monster" Produced by CLIVE LANGER & ALAN WINSTANLEY * Assistant Engineer: STEWART DAY * MARY MARGARET O'HARA: additional voice
"The Last Of The Famous International Playboys," "Interesting Drug" & "Disappointed" Produced by STEPHEN STREET * Assistant Engineer: STEVE WILLIAMS * KIRSTY MacCOLL: additional voice on "Interesting Drug"
- Kill Uncle
[UK] HMV #3789 (3/4/91); #8
[US] Sire/Reprise #26514 (3/5/91); #52
Produced by CLIVE LANGER & ALAN WINSTANLEY * MARK E. NEVIN: guitars * SEAMUS BEAGHEN & STEVE HEART: keyboards * BEDDERS: bass * ANDREW PARESI: drums, percussion * NAWAZISH ALI KHAN: violin
- Your Arsenal
[UK] HMV #3790 (7/27/92); #4
[US] Sire/Reprise #26994 (7/28/92); #21
Produced by MICK RONSON * Engineered by PETER JONES * "Tomorrow" Remixed by STEVE PECK * BOZ BOORER & ALAIN WHYTE: guitars * GARY DAY: bass * SPENCER JAMES COBRIN: drums
- Vauxhall And I
[UK] Parlophone #148 (3/14/94); #1
[US] Sire/Reprise #45451 (3/22/94); #18
Produced by STEVE LILLYWHITE * Engineered by CHRIS DICKIE; Assisted by DANTON SUPPLE * BOZ BOORER: guitar * ALAIN WHYTE: guitar, backing vocals * JONNY BRIDGEWOOD: bass * WOODIE TAYLOR: drums
- Southpaw Grammar
[UK] RCA Victor/BMG #29953 (8/28/95); #4
[US] Reprise #45939 (9/12/95); #66
Produced by STEVE LILLYWHITE * Engineered by DANTON SUPPLE; Assisted by TOM ELMHIRST * BOZ BOORER & ALAIN WHYTE: guitars * JONNY BRIDGEWOOD: bass * SPENCER JAMES COBRIN: drums
- Maladjusted
[UK] Island #8059 (8/11/97); #8
[US] Mercury #536036 (8/12/97); #61
Produced by STEVE LILLYWHITE * Engineered by DANTON SUPPLE; Assisted by ALEX BLACK * BOZ BOORER: guitar, clarinet * ALAIN WHYTE: guitar, piano, backing vocals * JONNY BRIDGEWOOD: bass * SPENCER JAMES COBRIN: drums
† "Lost"
Produced by DANTON SUPPLE * BOZ BOORER: guitar * ALAIN WHYTE: guitar, backing vocals
* JONNY BRIDGEWOOD: bass * SPENCER JAMES COBRIN: drums
- My Early Burglary Years [compilation]
[US] Reprise #46874 (9/15/98)
"Sunny" Produced by STEVE LILLYWHITE * "Sister I'm A Poet" Produced by STEPHEN STREET
NOTE: Numbers in italics denote peak positions obtained by albums on Music Week's Top 100/Top 75 U.K. chart (courtesy Miller Freeman Entertainment U.K.) and Billboard's Top Pop Albums chart (courtesy BPI Communications and Joel Whitburn's Record Research Publications).
Compilation Produced by BILL INGLOT
Associate Producer: INGRID K. OLSON
A&R Supervision: GARY STEWART
Remastering:
Product Manager: EMILY CAGAN
Project Coordination: JO MOTTA
Discographical Annotation: REGGIE COLLINS
Liner Notes Coordination: LEIGH HALL
Editorial Supervision: JULEE STOVER
Editorial Research:
Art Direction: HUGH BROWN
Design: MARIA VILLAR
Photos:
Project Assistance: AMY UTSTEIN & RANDY PERRY
Special Thanks: HOWIE KLEIN, BARNEY HOSKYNS, CRAIG DeGRAFF & STEPHANE DAIGLE
Morrissey Wishes to Thank ALAIN WHYTE and BOZ BOORER...and also...GARY DAY, SPIKE SMITH, TINA DEHGHANI, WENDY WU, BLOSSOM WRIGHT, INGRID K. OLSON, MIKE HINC at HINC INC., MARSHA VLASIC at MVO, DEBRA COPELAN at T-ZELL, JULIA RILEY, LYN BOORER, JANICE LONG, PETER HOGG, CHARLES MONIZ, CHRISSIE HYNDE, NANCY POERTNER, LEIGH GORMAN, DAN MATHEWS, DEAN BUTTERWORTH, DEE ROBB, ANDREW PARESI, VINI REILLY, SHANE ZADE,...and KIRSTY MacCOLL.
Also available on Sire/Reprise:
Viva Hate
Bona Drag
Kill Uncle
Your Arsenal
Vauxhall And I
World Of Morrissey
Southpaw Grammar
My Early Burglary Years
Know what Morrissey likes? These other fine collections from Rhino, and he suggests you check them out!
JOBRIATH: The Elektra Recordings -- All of his Elektra masters in one marvelous place. Available exclusively at Rhino's internet-only label, Handmade ( www.rhinohandmade.com).
PHIL OCHS: Farewells & Fantasies -- 3 CDs filled with hits, key album tracks, and rarities from the cream of this folk legend's entire, illustrious career.
RAMONES: Hey Ho Let's Go!/Anthology -- 60 hard 'n' fast tracks from 14 albums recorded by these Forefathers Of Punk packed onto 2 CDs. R.I.P. Joey.
NANCY SINATRA: The Hit Years -- The best from rock's original tough girl, including "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'."
VARIOUS ARTISTS:
The Look Of Love/The Burt Bacharach Collection -- 3 CDs worth of the tunesmith's best known songs spanning his entire career so far.
Licensing Information:
Original Recordings P 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 & 1994 Sire Records Company; "SUNNY" P 1995 Reprise Records, produced under license from Warner Bros. Records Inc., except:
"ALMA MATTERS" & "LOST" P 1997 The Island Def Jam Music Group, courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group, under license from Universal Music Enterprises.
Original Recordings Produced by STEVE LILLYWHITE * STEPHEN STREET * MICK RONSON * CLIVE LANGER & ALAN WINSTANLEY * DANTON SUPPLE
Compilation Produced by BILL INGLOT
This Compilation P & C 2001 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025-4900. The Warner Music Group, an AOL Time Warner Company.
Printed in U.S.A.
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November 1, 2001
| November Spawns a Monster CD |
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From Rhino Records
NOVEMBER SPAWNS A MONSTER CD!
Every day will be like Sunday when Warner Archives/Rhino Records releases THE BEST OF MORRISSEY on November 6. Assembled with Morrissey's direct involvement, the CD is the first-ever U.S. greatest hits package from one of alternative rock's most distinctive voices.
The 21 recordings on this collection include tracks from all six of Morrissey's solo studio albums (1988's Viva Hate, 1991's Kill Uncle, 1992's Your Arsenal, 1994's Vauxhall And I, 1995's Southpaw Grammar, and 1997's Maladjusted) as well as the compilations Bona Drag and My Early Burglary Years. THE BEST OF MORRISSEY also includes the non-LP U.K. single "Lost" from 1997.
No less than eight of these songs reached the Top 20 in Morrissey's native England, and you can still hear alternative anthems like "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get," "Suedehead," "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys," "Interesting Drug," "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful," and "Alma Matters" all over modern rock radio here in the U.S. In addition to these more familiar tracks, Moz himself selected a complement of choice album sides. Available for $17.98 from retail outlets and www.rhino.com, THE BEST OF MORRISSEY also includes Michael Bracewell's illuminating liner notes, full lyrics, and numerous rare photos sure to thrill fans.
Born Steven Patrick Morrissey in a suburb of Manchester, Morrissey set the British music scene on its ear in the mid-1980s as frontman for The Smiths. Though that group's lifespan was brief, its influence was enormous and Morrissey emerged from its ashes in 1988 as a college rock icon. His solo career continues to reflect the sexual ambiguity, luxuriantly indulgent lyrics, and inimitable crooning style he made famous with The Smiths while allowing him greater freedom to drape them in musical textures like synth-pop, Latin or rockabilly.
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October 29, 2001
| Rhino To Unveil Morrissey's 'Best' |
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From
Billboard, via Morrissey-Solo and Dan Butt
Rhino To Unveil Morrissey's 'Best'
October 22, 2001, 4:00 PM
Rhino has set a Nov. 6 release date for the 21-track set "The Best of Morrissey." The collection was produced with the notoriously mercurial ex-Smiths frontman's "blessing and assistance," according to the label, and features such modern rock favorites as "Tomorrow," "November Spawned a Monster," "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get," and "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful."
Also included is the 1997 U.K. single "Lost," which has never been commercially released in the U.S. The album's booklet includes lyrics for each track, a new Morrissey interview, and rare photographs.
With no new Morrissey material in sight (the artist has not released a studio album since 1997's "Maladjusted"), archival and repackaged releases have reached new levels in recent years. In July, EMI U.K. released the 10-disc singles package "Singles Box - Volume 2," covering Morrissey's solo career from 1991-1995. In June, WEA U.K. released "The Very Best of the Smiths," which was quickly disavowed by the group's former guitarist Johnny Marr in a post on his official Web site.
Last year, Reprise issued separate video collections from both the Smiths and Morrissey.
Here is the tracklist for "The Best of Morrissey":
"The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get"
"Suedehead"
"Everyday Is Like Sunday"
"Glamorous Glue"
"Do Your Best and Don't Worry"
"November Spawned a Monster"
"The Last of the Famous International Playboys"
"Sing Your Life"
"Hairdresser on Fire"
"Interesting Drug"
"We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
"Certain People I Know"
"Now My Heart Is Full"
"I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday"
"Sunny"
"Alma Matters"
"Hold On to Your Friends"
"Sister I'm a Poet"
"Disappointed"
"Tomorrow"
"Lost"
-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
From Lorenzo Casini, via Morrissey-solo
There is The Best of Morrissey (due Nov. 6) announced on the upcoming list of Rhino records.
Morrissey - The Best Of Morrissey(Warner Archives)
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