The Smiths "Hang The DJ:The Very Best Of" track listing annoucned

Is the world ready for yet another Smiths compilation?  Warner Brothers sure thinks so.  The label will release Hang The DJ: The Very Best Of as a two-disc set on September 15th in the UK.

We do feel however that this collection is a bit more complete then most of the previous attempts.

The second disc compiles a few more rarities for the casual fan.  It is great to see stuff like Jeane and Meat Is Murder (Live at Oxford Apollo) included.

Hang The DJ: The Very Best Of track listing - via albumvote.co.uk (not 100% officially confirmed by the label yet) -

CD1
'Hand In Glove', 'This Charming Man', 'What Difference Does It Make?', 'Still Ill', 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', 'William, It Was Really Nothing', 'How Soon Is Now', 'I Want the One I Can't Have', 'Shakespeare's Sister', 'Barbarism Begins At Home', 'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore', 'The Headmaster Ritual', 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side', 'Bigmouth Strikes Again', 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out', 'Panic', 'Ask', 'You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby', 'Shoplifters Of The World Unite', 'Sheila Take A Bow', 'Girlfriend In A Coma', 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish', 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me'

CD2
'Jeane', 'Handsome Devil' (Live at Manchester Hacienda), 'This Charming Man' (New York Vocal), 'Wonderful Woman', 'Back To The Old House', 'These Things Take Time', 'Girl Afraid', 'Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want', 'Stretch Out And Wait', 'Oscillate Wildly' (Instrumental), 'Meat Is Murder' (Live at Oxford Apollo 18/3/85), 'Asleep', 'Money Changes Everything', 'The Queen Is Dead', 'Vicar In A Tutu', 'Cemetery Gates', 'Half A Person', 'Sweet And Tender Hooligan', 'I Keep Mine Hidden', 'Pretty Girls Make Graves', 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before', 'What's The World?' (Recorded Live in 1985), 'London' (Live at National Ballroom, Kilburn)

Comments

[Joseph]

Unfortunately, from what I've seen the second disc is going to be a lot less interesting than that. It's still a decent compilation (with this material, how could it not?) but it's not what the die-hards are looking for.