well theres another few quid for Morrissey the money grabbin bastard....since he hasnt written a good record since 1994 he should use it hire some people to write for him....i bet some of you people even respond by saying...morrissey doesnt approve of its release...BULLSHIT!

*plop*

Received my copy of 'The Sound Of The Smiths' today - and I think it's excellent! Nice punchy sound brings out the full power of the songs, especially on the muscular early material. And how wonderful it is to hear the remastering on tracks like 'Jeane' and 'Pretty Girls Make Graves'. (A great improvement on the bootlegs, that's for sure!) I'm sure the compilation's success will bode well for the possible reissue of the studio LPs remastered; and, hopefully, we might also see the release a fuller rarities collection or boxset (which is still sorely needed) one day too.

It's essentially an A- and B-sides collection (something the critics seem to have missed, the ones who have called the second disc 'messy' and 'unsatisfying' anyway), and it does the job very well. Although, it would have made an even better collection if a few liberties had been taken with the track selection, namely, replacing tracks like 'Oscillate Wildly' and 'Money Changes Everything' with vocal B-sides. (Ensures good continuity though.) And the preponderance of 'Meat Is Murder' tracks (6 in total) highlights the band's more abrasive, radical side, especially when placed alongside the one album-only track, 'The Queen Is Dead'. Shows The Smiths dancey side well too ('This Charming Man NY Vocal', 'Barbarism', 'Jeane').

This release scores well on all fronts, a fitting tribute to a great band.

A triumph!

Terence Stomp

I ordered my copy yesterday. The album will be released on the 20th. 19 Euros for two CDs seemed like a real bargain to me.

I bought my copy of The Sound of The Smiths. To my surprise, it was only $10 for the regular (1 disc) version, and only $16 for the Deluxe (2 disc)version. Just though some of you migh like to know about the sale.

Well, I nicked one from the local shop. Dead easy. Good compilation though. The Best of the comps so far.

make it all worth the money

i get tingly hearing it

why the hell arent all the Troy Tate songs treated this way?

47 next
off the charts the following
well, thats how it works in the states
we will see

why do people bemone the fact that The Smiths records are re-released?
Get over it, they are classics and will be around forever.
Fact is, it's the best Smiths comp so far(2 disc version) with the best sound.
I for one enjoyed listening to the re-mastered songs again(the 'new sound' is definately worth hearing) and if you resent paying for songs you've already bought many times over then it's fairly easy to download!
Just enjoy everyone!!!

Pretty piss-poor performance. Nice Job Rhino!

just goes to show that everyone has the songs and dont need this compilation.

Just curious.

.......with the sales of albums so low in the present industry
anything less than a top 10 spot is poor.
if this would of hit the top 10 it would of been seen by more
people and covered more by the media.

the t.v. adverts alone must of cost a bomb.

even re-hashed best of's by lame artists managed to scrap into the top 10 album charts these days.

also why is the two disc version so highly priced.
yesterday i saw it in a shop for £17.99, nuts.

no wonder record shops will not be around in 3 years.
amazon / play have all the market now.
shame.