| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/rhino | | UPC: 00081227837525 | | Release Date: 11/6/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60509429 | | Item#: MVR7QV | Format:  CD |
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| Cited by legions of today's artists as a primary influence, Morrissey is a true modern rock antihero. His literate and biting yet sensitive lyrics and dramatic singing style were taken to heart by alienated youth on both sides of the Atlantic during the '80s and '90s. The Best Of Morrissey is loaded with 21 of Morrissey's biggest singles and mightiest album tracks from his eight solo albums. Produced with the assistance of the artist, this first U.S. hits collection includes classics like "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get," "Suedehead," and "Everyday Is Like Sunday," plus two rare tracks, "Lost" and "Tomorrow."
"...Morrissey has continued to conflate the virtues of personal-but-ambitious vernacular poetry with sonic sensibility that is classic rock'n'roll." Billboard
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Morrissey (vocals); Boz Boorer (guitar, clarinet); Alain Whyte (guitar, piano, background vocals); Vini Reilly (guitar, keyboards); Stephen Street (guitar, bass); Fenella Barton, Richard Koster (violin); | | John Metcalfe (viola); Mark Davies (cello); Steven Heart (keyboards); Jonny Bridgewood (bass); Andrew Pares (drums, percussion); Woodie Taylor (drums); Kristy MacColl (background vocals). | | Producers include: Stephen Street, Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, Mick Ronson, Steve Lillywhite. | | Compilation producers: Bill Inglot, Ingrid K. Olson, Howie Klein. | | Engineers include: Steve Williams, Stewart Day, Peter Jones. | | Includes liner notes by Michael Bracewell. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot. | | Liner Note Author: Michael Bracewell. | | Photographers: Linder Sterling; Rankin. | | While there's more than one greatest hits collection from manic depression's pop bard Morrissey, this 2001 release is easily the definitive overview of the one-time Smiths frontman's solo career. Starting from late-1980s hits like the deceptively sunny "Everyday is Like Sunday," through the underrated '97 hit "Alma Matters," and including his modern rock number-ones "Tomorrow" and "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get," there's nary an omission on this thorough collection (well, maybe "Picadilly Palare," but it's hard to please everyone). |
| | Artist Overview | | The 1987 breakup of the Smiths saddened legions of fans, but it led to a fruitful solo career for lead singer and lyricist Morrissey. The Smiths were very much a singles band, and VIVA HATE, Morrissey's first record, continued in the Smiths vein with the gloriously sad singles "Suedehead" and "Every Day Is Like Sunday." As Morrissey soldiered on, he began to develop more of an individual style, although he never lost the elements of high drama and challenging pop that came together in the Smiths. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/06/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 78375 | | Label : Rhino Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227837525 |
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