Greatest Hits (Morrissey album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits cover
Compilation album by Morrissey
Released 11th February 2008
Recorded 1987–2007
Genre Alternative rock
Label Polydor/Decca Records
Producer Jerry Finn, Tony Visconti, Stephen Street, Steve Lillywhite
Professional reviews
Morrissey chronology
Ringleader of the Tormentors
(2006)		 Greatest Hits
(2008)		 Years of Refusal (2008)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by English singer Morrissey, released on 11 February 2008. The album features two new songs, lead single "That's How People Grow Up" and "All You Need Is Me".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "First of the Gang to Die" (taken from You Are the Quarry) (Morrissey, Alain Whyte)
  2. "In the Future When All's Well" (taken from Ringleader of the Tormentors) (Morrissey, Jesse Tobias)
  3. "I Just Want to See the Boy Happy" (taken from Ringleader of the Tormentors) (Morrissey, Tobias)
  4. "Irish Blood, English Heart" (taken from You Are the Quarry) (Morrissey, Whyte)
  5. "You Have Killed Me (taken from Ringleader of the Tormentors) (Morrissey, Tobias)
  6. "That's How People Grow Up" (previously unreleased) (Morrissey, Boz Boorer)
  7. "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (taken from Viva Hate) (Morrissey, Stephen Street)
  8. "Redondo Beach" (taken from Live at Earls Court) (Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl)
  9. "Suedehead" (taken from Viva Hate) (Morrissey, Street)
  10. "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" (taken from Ringleader of the Tormentors) (Morrissey, Tobias)
  11. "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" (taken from Bona Drag) (Morrissey, Street)
  12. "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" (taken from Vauxhall and I) (Morrissey, Boorer)
  13. "All You Need Is Me" (previously unreleased) (Morrissey, Tobias)
  14. "Let Me Kiss You" (taken from You Are the Quarry) (Morrissey, Whyte)
  15. "I Have Forgiven Jesus" (taken from You Are the Quarry) (Morrissey, Whyte)

[edit] Bonus live CD

Initial runs of the album will be accompanied by a bonus CD of songs recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl in 2007. The international version features eight tracks, whereas the US version adds a ninth track.

International Tracklist:

  1. "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" (Morrissey, Street)
  2. "The National Front Disco" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  3. "Let Me Kiss You" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  4. "Irish Blood, English Heart" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  5. "I Will See You In Far-Off Places" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  6. "First of the Gang to Die" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  7. "I Just Want to See the Boy Happy" (Morrissey, Tobias)
  8. "Life Is a Pigsty" (Morrissey, Whyte)

US Tracklist:

  1. "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" (Morrissey, Street)
  2. "The National Front Disco" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  3. "Let Me Kiss You" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  4. "Irish Blood, English Heart" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  5. "I Will See You In Far-Off Places" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  6. "First of the Gang to Die" (Morrissey, Whyte)
  7. "I Just Want to See the Boy Happy" (Morrissey, Tobias)
  8. "That's How People Grow Up" (Morrissey, Boorer)
  9. "Life Is a Pigsty" (Morrissey, Whyte)


[edit] References

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Morrissey
Albums
Live albums
Compilations
Singles

"Suedehead" · "Everyday Is Like Sunday" · "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" · "Interesting Drug" · "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" · "November Spawned a Monster" · "Piccadilly Palare" · "Our Frank" · "Sing Your Life" · "Pregnant for the Last Time" · "My Love Life" · "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" · "You're the One for Me, Fatty" · "Certain People I Know" · "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" · "Hold on to Your Friends" · "Interlude" · "Boxers" · "Dagenham Dave" · "The Boy Racer" · "Sunny" · "Alma Matters" · "Roy's Keen" · "Satan Rejected My Soul" · "Irish Blood, English Heart" · "First of the Gang to Die" · "Let Me Kiss You" · "I Have Forgiven Jesus" · "Redondo Beach/There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" · "You Have Killed Me" · "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" · "In the Future When All's Well" · "I Just Want to See the Boy Happy" · "That's How People Grow Up" · "All You Need Is Me"
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