Product Description Best...II by SMITHS, THE .com Sequels to best-of collections tend to be a bit suspect, unless, of course, the band in question had an exceptionally long run that was prematurely anthologized midway through. In the case of this posthumous souvenir of the Smiths' four-year career, casual fans may be disappointed to find that you can't sulk to "Girlfriend in a Coma" (like most of their hits, it's on volume one) or even moo along to "Meat Is Murder" (saved for a projected volume three?). Then again, Morrissey and Johnny Marr were anything but one-hit wonders, and tracks such as "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again" make it clear the band could turn out high-quality, hummable odes to melancholia until the cows come home, which, by the time of this 1992 anthology, they already had. --Bill Forman
J**G
Love The Smiths
This is a very hard to find CD and Amazon came through on this item for me. I owned this back in the nineties and it was abused. I tried to have it professionally resurfaced,but it did not come out that great. Some of the scratches where to deep.Glad I was able to find this after all this time. It is the second of two CDs that are basically greatest hits, but I wanted them even though I have all of there stuff on CD or iTunes. It is always nice to have a back up of the soundtrack of your youth.These two CDs are basically like "The Greatest Hits" collection of one of Manchester's greatest bands. I would agree with a lot of other reviewers about both of the CDs. They are really not the "best of " as far as the song collections, but if you are like me, you want every thing one of your favorite bands puts out. I have almost everything they ever released except for the complete collection. I think it is a little crazy for me to pay over $400.00 for something that I have most of the original releases of. It is a nice set, but I own just about every single and vinyl release that is offered in the set. I'm not talking about the newest set of albums, but he 1990 release which contained all of the singles (45rpm) and the albums. I have seen it listed for as much as $1500.00 on eBay.I am considering buying the latest box set as the vinyl is 180 gram and there is a big difference in the sound quality of the thicker vinyl than that of the original releases, as long as they are remastered correctly.
C**Y
Value
Gift for granddaughter who was very pleased.
D**N
Excellent Album!!!!!
This, along with Best I, are the one's to have from The Smiths!!!!!
W**E
Must have Smiths
Loved this Best...II. I thought the first Best was the best however. Nice song selection, but if you only need a Smith fix then go with the Smiths Best...vol. 1.
A**E
Once of my favorite bands. If you have ever listened to THE ...
Once of my favorite bands. If you have ever listened to THE SMITHS you will know that they are very unique! The lead singer is amazing! Love his voice! I bought the BEST of Part ONE and also PART TWO...Both are excellent Albums!
G**S
A must have for Smith and Morrissey fans alike!
I was a Morrissey before I was a Smith's fan due to Morressey's early 90's album "Your Arsenal". I love every song on that album, but never ventured further into the Morressey/Smiths collections until a couple of years ago. I really found out what I had been missing and have thoroughly enjoyed this and all other of His/Their albums.
A**M
excellent cd
Must-own CD for the casual Smiths fan, along with Vol. 1You could just buy "the Singles" if you're only looking for their biggest hits. But I'd really recommend Vols. 1 and 2 The Best of the Smiths instead! So many other great tracks.
J**I
Nice
Delivered in a day and husband was happy!
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