The Smiths bola britská rocková skupina pôsobiaca v rokoch 1982–1987, ktorú tvorilo duo textár Morrissey a gitarista Johnny Marr, doplnené basgitaristom Andym Rourkom a bubeníkom Mikeom Joyceom. Kritikmi označovaní za jednu z najvplyvnejších kapiel osemdesiatych rokov zásadne premenili tvár britskej gitarovej scény a definovali základy žánru indie rock.
Kompilácia The Sound of The Smiths vyšla v roku 2008 u vydavateľstva Rhino na dvoch CD s celkom 45 nahrávkami. Zoznam skladieb zostavil Morrissey, o precízny remastering sa postaral Johnny Marr. Kolekcia mapuje celú diskografiu kapely – od iskrivého debutu až po experimentálny záver kariéry – a prináša všetky zásadné singly (This Charming Man, How Soon Is Now?, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out) aj kľúčové albumové skladby v prvotriednej zvukovej kvalite. Digipack obsahuje farebný booklet s fotografiami kapely z rôznych fáz jej pôsobenia.
Skladby
1. Hand In Glove
2. This Charming Man
3. What Difference Does It Make (Peel Session Version)
4. Still Ill
5. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
6. William, It Was Really Nothing
7. How Soon Is Now (12" Version)
8. Nowhere Fast
9. Shakespeare's Sister
10. Barbarism Begins At Home (7" Version)
11. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
12. The Headmaster Ritual
13. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
14. Bigmouth Strikes Again
15. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
16. Panic
17. Ask
18. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
19. Shoplifters Of The World Unite
20. Sheila Take A Bow
21. Girlfriend In A Coma
22. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
23. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
24. Jeane
25. Handsome Devil (Live)
26. This Charming Man (New York Vocal) 27. Wonderful Woman
28. Back To The Old House
29. These Things Take Time
30. Girl Afraid
31. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
32. Stretch Out And Wait
33. Oscillate Wildly
34. Meat Is Murder (Live)
35. Asleep
36. Money Changes Everything
37. The Queen Is Dead
38. Vicar In A Tutu
39. Cemetry Gates
40. Half A Person
41. Sweet And Tender Hooligan
42. Pretty Girls Make Graves (Troy Tate Demo)
43. Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before
44. What's The World (Live)
45. London (Live)
