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THE SMITHS Compilation Album
Name	Singles
Release	20 February 1995 (UK) 23 May 1995 (US)
Total Length	62:32
Recorded	1983-1987
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Marr
Producer	Morrissey Johnny Marr John Porter The Smiths Stephen Street Roger Pusey [Dale "Buffin" Griffin
Art work	Cover star: Diana Dors in Yield To The Night
Publisher	WEA (UK) Reprise Records (US)
Format(s)	CD, Cassette
Chart position	UK #5 Did not chart in US
Compilation Album chronology
...Best II ← Singles → The Very Best Of The Smiths

Information

Track list

UK & Europe [WEA 4509-99090-2], US [Reprise 9 45932-2]

Hand In Glove – 3:21 (Morrissey/Marr)
This Charming Man – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
What Difference Does It Make? – 3:50 (Morrissey/Marr)
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now – 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
William, It Was Really Nothing – 2:10 (Morrissey/Marr)
How Soon Is Now? – 6:43 (Morrissey/Marr)
Shakespeare's Sister – 2:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore – 4:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side – 3:16 (Morrissey/Marr)
Bigmouth Strikes Again – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
Panic – 2:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
Ask – 3:15 (Morrissey/Marr)
Shoplifters Of The World Unite – 2:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
Sheila Take A Bow – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
Girlfriend In A Coma – 2:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish – 3:46 (Morrissey/Marr)
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me – 5:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)

Discogs Information

Credits

Model [Cover Star] - Diana Dors
Photography By [Group] - Stephen Wright (4)
Producer - John Porter
Producer - Johnny Marr
Producer - Morrissey
Producer - Stephen Street
Producer - The Smiths
Written-By - Johnny Marr
Written-By - Morrissey

Notes

Issued in a jewel case with a dark tray and with a twelve page fold-out booklet. Copies of the jewel case may be etched at the front with a Warner logo.

Photo courtesy of Lumiere Pictures Ltd.

Made in Germany

Cover insert: 3-fold, full-colour 2-sided sheet (6 sections to view). Displays 18 cover images on opened inner. Folds down horizontally, then roll-folds closed. Track-list on inside facing page. 8 albums, with track-lists displayed when facing page opened.

Licensed by Gema

Images

Singles - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/21124
Singles (Compilation) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/400509-The-Smiths-Singles

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

6 panel inlay printed boths sides. Clear cassette with silver slip sheets and on-body print. Made in Germany.

This version has vertical bars and numbers on the cassette window that differ from these other similar versions: Singles - Dots on window Singles - Nothing on window

Images

Singles (Compilation) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/16248235-The-Smiths-Singles

Wikipedia Information

Singles is the seventh compilation album by the English rock band the Smiths, pitched as a compilation of previously issued singles. It was released in February 1995 by the new owner of their back catalogue, WEA (Sire Records in the United States). Its highest British chart position was #5; it did not chart in the United States. Blender magazine listed the album among the "500 CDs You Must Own" on their website.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_(The_Smiths_album)

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