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2008 box set by The Smiths
The Smiths Singles Box is a limited edition box set compilation of 45
RPM
7-inch single releases by
English rock band
The Smiths . It contains repressings of the Smiths' first ten 7-inch singles released in the
United Kingdom between May 1983 through May 1986, as well as the
Dutch -only single for "The Headmaster Ritual" and the DJ promotional single of "Still Ill," housed in reproductions of their original picture sleeves. The box also includes a 14x14 poster of the single sleeves, four collector's pins and a download code for the
mp3 versions.
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[2] It was released on 8 December 2008 in the UK.
A
compact disc version of the box set was issued on 22 June 2009 and featured a different track selection, largely reproducing the expanded track listings of the original
12-inch singles .
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[4]
The cover of the box features actor
Joel Fabiani , taken from the TV series
Department S and selected by Smiths frontman
Morrissey .
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Track listing
All songs written by Morrissey/
Johnny Marr
7" Version
7" 1
"
Hand in Glove " - 3:16
"Handsome Devil" (Live) - 2:56
7" 2
"
This Charming Man " - 2:43
"Jeane" - 3:04
7" 3
"
What Difference Does It Make? " - 3:26
"Back to the Old House" - 3:05
7" 4
"
Still Ill " - 3:22
"You've Got Everything Now" - 3:59
7" 5
"
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now " - 3:36
"
Suffer Little Children " - 5:27
7" 6
"
William, It Was Really Nothing " - 2:11
"
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want " - 1:52
7" 7
"
How Soon Is Now? " - 3:41
"Well I Wonder" - 4:00
7" 8
"
Shakespeare's Sister " - 2:09
"What She Said" - 2:40
7" 9
"
The Headmaster Ritual " - 4:54
"Oscillate Wildly" - 3:28
7" 10
"
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore " - 3:52
"Meat Is Murder" (Live) - 5:40
7" 11
"
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side " - 3:18
"Asleep" - 4:10
7" 12
"
Bigmouth Strikes Again " - 3:14
"Money Changes Everything" - 4:41
CD Version
CD 1
"Hand in Glove" - 3:17
"Handsome Devil" (Live) - 2:53
CD 2
"This Charming Man" (Manchester) - 2:42
"This Charming Man" (London) - 2:46
"Accept Yourself" - 3:58
"Wonderful Woman" - 3:08
"Jeane" - 3:02
CD 3
"This Charming Man" (New York Vocal) - 5:34
"This Charming Man" (New York Instrumental) - 4:18
CD 4
"What Difference Does It Make?" - 3:34
"Back to the Old House" - 3:04
"These Things Take Time" - 2:24
CD 5
"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" - 3:34
"Girl Afraid" - 2:44
"Suffer Little Children" - 5:27
CD 6
"William, It Was Really Nothing" - 2:10
"How Soon Is Now?" - 3:41
"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - 1:50
CD 7
"How Soon Is Now?" - 6:43
"Well I Wonder" - 4:32
"Oscillate Wildly" - 3:26
CD 8
"Shakespeare's Sister" - 2:09
"What She Said" - 3:13
"Stretch Out and Wait" - 2:37
CD 9
"Barbarism Begins at Home" - 3:49
"Shakespeare's Sister" - 2:09
"Stretch Out and Wait" - 2:37
CD 10
"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" - 4:57
"Nowhere Fast" (Live) - 2:31
"Stretch Out and Wait" (Live) - 2:49
"Shakespeare's Sister" (Live) - 2:12
"Meat Is Murder" (Live) - 5:34
CD 11
"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" - 3:17
"Rubber Ring" - 3:55
"Asleep" - 4:10
CD 12
"Bigmouth Strikes Again" - 3:12
"Money Changes Everything" - 4:40
"Unloveable" - 3:54
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