Morrissey - Greatest Hits (Deluxe Version)
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Artist: MorrisseyEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Extra tracks
CD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- First Of The Gang To Die
- In The Future when Alls Well
- I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
- Irish Blood, English Heart
- You Have Killed Me
- That's How People Grow Up [NEW]
- Everyday Is Like Sunday
- Redondo Beach
- SuedeHead
- The Youngest Was The Most Loved
- The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
- The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
- All You Need Is Me [NEW]
- Let Me Kiss You
- I Have Forgiven Jesus
- The Last of the Famous International Playboys
- The National Front Disco
- Let Me Kiss You
- Irish Blood, English Heart
- I Will See You in Far-off Places
- First of the Gang to Die
- I Just Want to See the Boy Happy
- Life is a Pigsty
- That's How People Grow Up (U.S. EXCLUSIVE)
Music reviews of Greatest Hits (Deluxe Version)
Music Review: The incredible 'Indian summer' of Morrissey.
Rating: 4 Stars
Supposedly presenting the finest moments of his solo career, it consists primarily of songs from his last two albums. There's no room for "November Spawned A Monster", "Piccadilly Palare" or "Boxers", while a ropey live version of Patti Smith's "Redondo Beach" does make the cut. And yet, strictly speaking, commercially, "Greatest Hits" does almost exactly what it says on the tin: collect all his Top 10 (and thereabouts) singles of the past two decades.
Twenty one years after splitting with The Smiths to pursue a solo career, Morrissey releases a 2CD compilation that's sure to have the fans queuing to buy it - but which also demonstrates why the singer has occasionally struggled to remain as influential as he was as the figurehead of that band.
Maybe this is all a way of demonstrating to his new label (Decca) that, far from trading on former glories, as he approaches 50, Morrissey is more popular than ever.
Morrissey has somehow contrived a solo career technically more successful than that of his former band.
How on earth has he managed it?
While his solo career has spawned seven studio albums, running from 1988's "Viva Hate" through to "Ringleader of the Tormentor" of 2006, his back catalogue now includes no less than five compilations, pulling together everything from singles to album tracks to B-sides, with a "Best Of" having turned up in 2001.
While this admittedly means it did not include anything from Morrissey's latter two albums of rejuvenation, the release of a new collection - under the reliable but often misleading old moniker of "Greatest Hits" - still seems a little unnecessary, not really something the world has been desperately crying out for.
But aside from any scepticism of the market for this CD, it does inevitably still include plenty of top class tunes, tinged - as ever - with a majestic melancholy.
Every song on the album is a UK Top 20 single and nine of these are Top 10 hits.
Both of the two new songs - the single "That's How People Grow Up" and "All You Need Is Me" - were recorded with Jerry Finn, producer of 2004's widely acclaimed No.2 album "You Are The Quarry".
"Everyday Is Like Sunday" is every bit as much a timeless classic as the likes of Smiths classics "How Soon Is Now" or "Bigmouth Strikes Again", the newer songs do not feel out of place, and the track-listing does not grate in the way that detracts from many of these sorts of releases.
However, there are few artists who could write songs with titles like "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful", and without some of those more original but somewhat less commercial moments, the true heart of Morrissey's craft does not feel fully represented.
This is not to mention a completely forgettable cover of Patti Smith's "Redondo Beach", adding nothing of note to a borrowed song in the way that Morrissey previously achieved on "Suedehead" with his wistful, melancholic take on the Jam's "That's Entertainment".
A second CD is comprised of tracks recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl and is notable for including a handful of selections not on the main greatest hits CD, most notably "Life Is A Pigsty" and "The National Front Disco". It helps to ensure the Greatest Hits collection becomes more of a collectors' piece.
Nevertheless, it's an album that's worth hearing, if only to understand what the fuss is all about whenever Morrissey opens his mouth.
For all this, there's still plenty to tap your foot to - if that's really all you want from Morrissey...
Highlights : "I Just Want To See The Boy Happy", "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys", "Everyday Is Like Sunday", "First Of The Gang To Die" and "You Have Killed Me".
Description of Greatest Hits (Deluxe Version)
The GREATEST HITS recording will be released in three versions; This version is the deluxe limited edition version. Disc 1 has 15 tracks plus an additional eight live songs on a second disc! The GREATEST HITS is the ultimate solo career retrospective spanning the years 1988 to the present day, a period where Morrissey hit his commercial and artistic peak. The album features many classic Morrissey tracks such as Every Day Is Like Sunday, the more recent Irish Blood, English Heart and the addition of two brand new songs That s How People Grow Up and All You Need Is Me.Alternative Rock CDs
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