“Overseen by Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, this compilation emphasizes the compositional might behind the miserablism of England’s most idiosyncratic and influential Eighties band. Sound traces the quartet’s four-year evolution from savage tenderness to refined despair: Morrissey articulates both bleak romanticism and omni-deprecating humor, while Marr accompanies him with chiming, multilayered riffs. The Smiths often […]”
“They're on a very short list of the greatest bands of our time, but do we really need another compilation? This new two-disc introduction, overseen by Johnny Marr and Morrissey, makes its case.”
