Tracks

1. Panic

2. The Boy With A Thorn In His Side

3. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

4. Ask

5. Bigmouth Strikes Again

6. How Soon Is Now?

7. This Charming Man

8. What Difference Does It Make?

9. William, It Was Really Nothing

10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

11. Girlfriend In A Coma

12. Hand In Glove

13. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

14. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

15. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

16. I Know It's Over

17. Sheila Take A Bow

18. I Started Something That I Couldn't Finish

19. Still Ill

20. Shakespeare's Sister

21. Shoplifters Of The World Unite

22. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

23. Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before

Performer Notes

Audio Mixer: Steve Lillywhite.
Audio Remasterers: Daniel Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Liner Note Author: Paul Lester.
Photographers: Paul Slattery; Stephen Wright.
If you're looking for 23 songs that represent much of the Smiths' best work, 2001's The Very Best of the Smiths will do, since it does contain all the group's anthems without a misstep. It's better than the first two posthumous Best Of collections. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine