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As any Mozzer fan knows, his catalog is cluttered with compilations -- some good, some middling, many unnecessary. So, why the need for Rhino's 2001 collection The Best of Morrissey? Well, according to the press release, it's because there is no Morrissey hits collection available in the U.S., which is technically true, but compilations like Bona Drag, World of Morrissey, and My Early Burglary Years have certainly been on the American market (the catch is they're not hits compilations; actually, I have no idea what they are, since they're always album tracks, singles, and B-sides, playing like your resident Morrissey fanatic's favorite mix tape). This, however, is a genuine hits collection, attempting to gather the best of the EMI/Parlophone years and his tour of U.K. major labels (most of which were released on Sire/Warner in the U.S.). There are singles missing here, but they're by and large minor hits and personal favorites (Southpaw Grammar gets slighted, with no "Dagenham Dave" or "Boyracer"), and nearly every iconic Morrissey song is here. They might not be in chronological order, but they're present and accounted for, and it flows nicely, proving that Morrissey could always deliver gems, from "Suedehead" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday," through "Tomorrow," "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday," and "The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get," to the brilliant, underappreciated "Alma Matters." So, this very well may be the Morrissey album for those who don't need every Morrissey album -- but since this is a Morrissey compilation, it does have one piece of bait for collectors, the final Island single, "Lost," from 1998, which I can't even remember coming out and I collect these things. And you know what -- I really wouldn't want Morrissey any other way (which is why us Morrissey fans are considered a sado-masochistic lot, I guess).
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Jonny Bridgwood, Bass Guitar - Danton Supple, AssistantEngineer - Chris Dickie, Producer, Engineer - Boz Boorer, Guitar, Writer - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Background Vocals - Woodie Taylor, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1994 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Reprise Records.
Steve Williams, AssistantEngineer - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Guitar, Additional Guitar, Bass Guitar, Writer, Bass - MORRISSEY, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Vini Reilly, Guitar, Keyboards - Andrew Paresi, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Reprise Records.
Steve Williams, AssistantEngineer - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Guitar, Additional Guitar, Bass Guitar, Writer, Bass - MORRISSEY, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Vini Reilly, Guitar, Keyboards - Andrew Paresi, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Reprise Records.
Mick Ronson, Producer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Peter Jones, Engineer - Boz Boorer, Guitar - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Writer - Gary Day, Bass Guitar - Spencer Cobrin, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Sire Records Company
MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Gary Stewart, Contributor - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Jonny Bridgwood, Bass Guitar - Tom Elmhirst, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Engineer - Boz Boorer, Guitar, Bass Guitar - Emily Cagan, Contributor - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Spencer Cobrin, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1995 Reprise Records
CLIVE LANGER, Producer, Writer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Kevin Armstrong, Guitar - Andy Rourke, Bass Guitar - Mary Margaret O'Hara, Additional Vocals - Andrew Paresi, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Sire Records Company
Neil Taylor, Guitar - Dan Hersch, MasteringEngineer - Steve Williams, Engineer, AssistantEngineer - Bill Inglot, MasteringEngineer - CLIVE LANGER, Producer - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Andy Rourke, Bass Guitar - Mary Margaret O'Hara, Additional Vocals - Craig Gannon, Guitar - Mike Joyce, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Sire Records Company
Seamus Beaghen, Keyboards - Mark Nevin, Writer - CLIVE LANGER, Producer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Mark E. Nevin, Guitar - Andrew Paresi, Drums, Percussion - Steven Heart, Keyboards - Paul Mortimer, Engineer - Simon Metcalfe, AssistantEngineer - Nawazish Ali Khan, Violin, Vocals - Bedders, Bass Guitar - Linder Sterling, Backing Vocals
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Steve Williams, AssistantEngineer - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Guitar, Additional Guitar, Bass Guitar, Writer, Bass - MORRISSEY, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Gary Stewart, Contributor - Vini Reilly, Guitar, Keyboards - Emily Cagan, Contributor - Andrew Paresi, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Reprise Records.
Neil Taylor, Guitar - CLIVE LANGER, Producer - STEPHEN STREET, Keyboards, Writer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Andy Rourke, Bass Guitar - Mary Margaret O'Hara, Additional Vocals - Craig Gannon, Guitar - Mike Joyce, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Sire/Reprise
Mick Ronson, Producer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Peter Jones, Engineer - Boz Boorer, Guitar - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Writer - Gary Day, Bass Guitar - Spencer Cobrin, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Sire Records Company
Mick Ronson, Producer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Peter Jones, Engineer - Boz Boorer, Guitar - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Writer - Gary Day, Bass Guitar - Spencer Cobrin, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Sire Records Company
MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Jonny Bridgwood, Bass Guitar - Danton Supple, AssistantEngineer - Chris Dickie, Producer, Engineer - Boz Boorer, Guitar, Writer - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Background Vocals - Woodie Taylor, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1994 Sire Records Company
Mick Ronson, Producer - Mark Nevin, Writer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Gary Stewart, Contributor - Peter Jones, Engineer - Boz Boorer, Guitar - Emily Cagan, Contributor - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar - Gary Day, Bass Guitar - Spencer Cobrin, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Sire Records Company
MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Gary Stewart, Contributor - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Danton Supple, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Boz Boorer, Clarinet, Guitar, Saxophone - Jonny Bridgewood, Bass - Emily Cagan, Contributor - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Writer - Woodie Taylor, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Gary Stewart, Contributor - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Jonny Bridgwood, Bass Guitar - Danton Supple, AssistantEngineer - Chris Dickie, Producer, Engineer - Whores In Retirement, Contributor - Boz Boorer, Guitar - Emily Cagan, Contributor - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Woodie Taylor, Drums - Nancy Poertner, Contributor
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1994 Sire Records Company. Marketed by Reprise Records.
BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, MixingEngineer - Steve Williams, Engineer - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Writer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Boz Boorer, Clarinet, Guitar, Saxophone - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Gary Day, Bass Guitar - Woodie Taylor, Drums - Spencer Cobrin, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Sire Records Company
Louisa Fuller, Violin - John Metcalfe, Viola - Helen Kamminga, Viola - Steve Williams, Engineer - CLIVE LANGER, Producer - STEPHEN STREET, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Gary Stewart, Contributor - Vini Reilly, Guitar, Piano - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Mary Margaret O'Hara, Additional Vocals - Emily Cagan, Contributor - Andrew Paresi, Drums - Katherine Shave, Violin - Robert Woollard, Cello - Rachel Maguire, Cello
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Sire Records Company
Mick Ronson, Producer - MORRISSEY, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Peter Jones, Engineer - Boz Boorer, Guitar - ALAIN WHYTE, Guitar, Writer - Gary Day, Bass Guitar - Spencer Cobrin, Drums
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1992 Sire Records Company
Album review
As any Mozzer fan knows, his catalog is cluttered with compilations -- some good, some middling, many unnecessary. So, why the need for Rhino's 2001 collection The Best of Morrissey? Well, according to the press release, it's because there is no Morrissey hits collection available in the U.S., which is technically true, but compilations like Bona Drag, World of Morrissey, and My Early Burglary Years have certainly been on the American market (the catch is they're not hits compilations; actually, I have no idea what they are, since they're always album tracks, singles, and B-sides, playing like your resident Morrissey fanatic's favorite mix tape). This, however, is a genuine hits collection, attempting to gather the best of the EMI/Parlophone years and his tour of U.K. major labels (most of which were released on Sire/Warner in the U.S.). There are singles missing here, but they're by and large minor hits and personal favorites (Southpaw Grammar gets slighted, with no "Dagenham Dave" or "Boyracer"), and nearly every iconic Morrissey song is here. They might not be in chronological order, but they're present and accounted for, and it flows nicely, proving that Morrissey could always deliver gems, from "Suedehead" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday," through "Tomorrow," "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday," and "The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get," to the brilliant, underappreciated "Alma Matters." So, this very well may be the Morrissey album for those who don't need every Morrissey album -- but since this is a Morrissey compilation, it does have one piece of bait for collectors, the final Island single, "Lost," from 1998, which I can't even remember coming out and I collect these things. And you know what -- I really wouldn't want Morrissey any other way (which is why us Morrissey fans are considered a sado-masochistic lot, I guess).
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:09
- Main artists: Morrissey
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2001 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2001 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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