The Smiths boli britská indie rocková skupina pôsobiaca v rokoch 1982–1987, založená na tvorivej spolupráci textára Morrisseyho a gitaristu Johnnyho Marra. Kritikmi považovaní za jednu z najvýznamnejších a najvplyvnejších kapiel 80. rokov, stali sa ikonou alternatívneho rocku a dodnes inšpirujú ďalšie generácie skupín.
Kompilácia The Sound of The Smiths vyšla 10. novembra 2008 vo vydavateľstve Rhino ako dvojdiskové CD v digipackovom balení. Album v remasterovanej podobe prináša 45 skladieb z celej diskografie kapely, od raného singlu Hand in Glove cez kultové How Soon Is Now?, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out až po posledné single Girlfriend in a Coma a Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me. Obsahuje farebný booklet s fotografiami kapely z rôznych období ich kariéry.
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CD1
1 Hand In Glove 3:17
2 This Charming Man 2:41
3 What Difference Does It Make (Peel Session Version) 3:12
4 Still Ill 3:20
5 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 3:34
6 William, It Was Really Nothing 2:10
7 How Soon Is Now (12" Version) 6:45
8 Nowhere Fast 2:36
9 Shakespeare's Sister 2:08
10 Barbarism Begins At Home (7" Version) 3:49
11 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 4:58
12 The Headmaster Ritual 4:51
13 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 3:15
14 Bigmouth Strikes Again 3:12
15 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 4:03
16 Panic 2:19
17 Ask 3:14
18 You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby 4:03
19 Shoplifters Of The World Unite 2:56
20 Sheila Take A Bow 2:41
21 Girlfriend In A Coma 2:02
22 I Started Something I Couldn't Finish 3:47
23 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me 3:09
CD2
1 JeaneProducer – Troy Tate 3:02
2 Handsome Devil (Live) 2:53
3 This Charming Man (New York Vocal) 5:33
4 Wonderful Woman 3:08
5 Back To The Old House 3:04
6 These Things Take Time 2:22
7 Girl Afraid 2:44
8 Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want 1:50
9 Stretch Out And Wait 2:37
10 Oscillate Wildly 3:26
11 Meat Is Murder (Live) 5:34
12 Asleep 4:10
13 Money Changes Everything 4:40
14 The Queen Is Dead 6:23
15 Vicar In A Tutu 2:21
16 Cemetry Gates 3:35
17 Half A Person 3:35
18 Sweet And Tender Hooligan 3:44
19 Pretty Girls Make Graves (Troy Tate Demo) 3:42
20 Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before 3:31
21 What's The World (Live) 2:06
22 London (Live) 2:36
