The Smiths Singles Box is a limited edition box set compilation of 45 RPM 7-inch single releases by the English rock band the Smiths. It contains repressings of the Smiths' first ten 7-inch singles released in the United Kingdom between May 1983 through May 1986, as well as the Dutch-only single for "The Headmaster Ritual" and the DJ promotional single of "Still Ill", housed in reproductions of their original picture sleeves. The box also includes a 14×14 poster of the single sleeves, four collector's pins and a download code for the mp3 versions. It was released on 8 December 2008 in the UK.
A compact disc version of the box set was issued on 22 June 2009 and featured a different track selection, largely reproducing the expanded track listings of the original 12-inch singles.
The cover of the box features actor Joel Fabiani, taken from the TV series Department S and selected by Smiths frontman Morrissey.See TV Rage as well as IMDbThe image is included in the bonus material on the Department S 40th Anniversary Special Edition DVD (2008)
Track listing All songs written by Morrissey/Johnny Marr
7" Version 7" 1 "Hand in Glove" - 3:16 "Handsome Devil" (Live) - 2:56 7" 2 "This Charming Man" - 2:43 "Jeane" - 3:04 7" 3 "What Difference Does It Make?" - 3:26 "Back to the Old House" - 3:05 7" 4 "Still Ill" - 3:22 "You've Got Everything Now" - 3:59 7" 5 "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" - 3:36 "Suffer Little Children" - 5:27 7" 6 "William, It Was Really Nothing" - 2:11 "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - 1:52 7" 7 "How Soon Is Now?" - 3:41 "Well I Wonder" - 4:00 7" 8 "Shakespeare's Sister" - 2:09 "What She Said" - 2:40 7" 9 "The Headmaster Ritual" - 4:54 "Oscillate Wildly" - 3:28 7" 10 "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" - 3:52 "Meat Is Murder" (Live) - 5:40 7" 11 "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" - 3:18 "Asleep" - 4:10 7" 12 "Bigmouth Strikes Again" - 3:14 "Money Changes Everything" - 4:41
CD Version CD 1 "Hand in Glove" - 3:17 "Handsome Devil" (Live) - 2:53
CD 2 "This Charming Man" (Manchester) - 2:42 "This Charming Man" (London) - 2:46 "Accept Yourself" - 3:58 "Wonderful Woman" - 3:08 "Jeane" - 3:02
CD 3 "This Charming Man" (New York Vocal) - 5:34 "This Charming Man" (New York Instrumental) - 4:18
CD 4 "What Difference Does It Make?" - 3:34 "Back to the Old House" - 3:04 "These Things Take Time" - 2:24
CD 5 "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" - 3:34 "Girl Afraid" - 2:44 "Suffer Little Children" - 5:27
CD 6 "William, It Was Really Nothing" - 2:10 "How Soon Is Now?" - 3:41 "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - 1:50
CD 7 "How Soon Is Now?" - 6:43 "Well I Wonder" - 4:32 "Oscillate Wildly" - 3:26
CD 8 "Shakespeare's Sister" - 2:09 "What She Said" - 3:13 "Stretch Out and Wait" - 2:37
CD 9 "Barbarism Begins at Home" - 3:49 "Shakespeare's Sister" - 2:09 "Stretch Out and Wait" - 2:37
CD 10 "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" - 4:57 "Nowhere Fast" (Live) - 2:31 "Stretch Out and Wait" (Live) - 2:49 "Shakespeare's Sister" (Live) - 2:12 "Meat Is Murder" (Live) - 5:34
CD 11 "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" - 3:17 "Rubber Ring" - 3:55 "Asleep" - 4:10
CD 12 "Bigmouth Strikes Again" - 3:12 "Money Changes Everything" - 4:40 "Unloveable" - 3:54
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