{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = The Sound of The Smiths | type = compilation | artist = the Smiths | cover = SmithsSoundOf.jpg | alt = | released = 10 November 2008 | genre = Indie pop | length = 74:04 | label = Rhino Records UK | producer = * John Porter * The Smiths * Roger Pusey * Dale "Buffin" Griffin * Stephen Street | compiler = Rick Conrad | prev_title = The Very Best of The Smiths | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = The Smiths Singles Box | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = compilation | cover = SmithsDeluxe.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Deluxe edition cover }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen|last=Thomas Erlewine |title=The Smiths – The Sounds of the Smiths |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sound-of-the-smiths-mw0000799575 |publisher=AllMusic}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Blender'' |rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/reissue/55402/sound-smiths.html Blender review]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Guardian'' |rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/07/morrissey-popandrock The Smiths – The Sounds Of The Smiths Review] at The Guardian</ref> |rev4 = ''Hot Press'' |rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[https://www.hotpress.com/music/the-sound-of-the-smiths-5049788 The Smiths – The Sounds Of The Smiths (Album Review)] at Hot Press</ref> |rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' |rev5score = 7.5/10<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12385-the-sound-of-the-smiths/ The Smiths – The Sounds Of The Smiths (Album Review)]</ref> |rev6 = ''Rolling Stone'' |rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-sound-of-the-smiths-255409/ The Sound Of The Smiths – The Smiths (Album Review)] at Rolling Stone</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> '''''The Sound of The Smiths''''' is a compilation album by the English rock band the Smiths, released on 10 November 2008 by Rhino Records UK. It is available as both single and double disc editions. Morrissey is credited with having coined the compilation's title, while Johnny Marr was involved in the project's mastering.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/the-smiths/40013 New Musical Express]</ref> Early promotional material for the album originally saw it titled ''Hang the DJ: The Very Best of the Smiths'', but this was changed for the final release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morrissey-solo.com/article.pl?sid=08/08/18/1557246 |title='Hang The DJ: The Very Best Of' – The Smiths tracklist (UK, Sep. 15) |publisher=Morrissey-solo |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://www.popmatters.com/65379-the-smiths-the-sound-of-the-smiths-2496105065.html The Smiths – The Sounds Of The Smiths (Album Review)] at PopMatters</ref>
The album charted No. 21 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 98 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The pictures on the covers of the original and deluxe editions were taken by Tom Sheehan. It is their only album featuring the band members on the artwork.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = CD 1 | all_writing = Morrissey/Marr | extra_column = Source | title1 = Hand in Glove | note1 = Single version | extra1 = Single A-side | length1 = 3:17 | title2 = This Charming Man | extra2 = Single A-side | length2 = 2:44 | title3 = What Difference Does It Make? | note3 = Peel Session 18/5/83 | extra3 = ''Hatful of Hollow'' | length3 = 3:14 | title4 = Still Ill | extra4 = ''The Smiths'' | length4 = 3:22 | title5 = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now | extra5 = Single A-side | length5 = 3:35 | title6 = William, It Was Really Nothing | extra6 = Single A-side | length6 = 2:13 | title7 = How Soon Is Now? | note7 = 12" Version | extra7 = B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" 12" | length7 = 6:47 | title8 = Nowhere Fast | extra8 = ''Meat Is Murder'' | length8 = 2:38 | title9 = Shakespeare's Sister | extra9 = Single A-side | length9 = 2:09 | title10 = Barbarism Begins at Home | note10 = 7" edit Version | extra10 = ''Meat Is Murder''/Single A-side | length10 = 3:51 | title11 = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore | note11 = Single Edit | extra11 = ''Meat Is Murder''/Single A-side | length11 = 3:53 | title12 = The Headmaster Ritual | extra12 = ''Meat Is Murder'' | length12 = 4:56 | title13 = The Boy with the Thorn in His Side | extra13 = ''The Queen Is Dead'' | length13 = 3:18 | title14 = Bigmouth Strikes Again | extra14 = Single A-side/''The Queen Is Dead'' | length14 = 3:15 | title15 = There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | extra15 = ''The Queen Is Dead'' | length15 = 4:05 | title16 = Panic | extra16 = Single A-side | length16 = 2:20 | title17 = Ask | note17 = Album Version | extra17 = ''Louder Than Bombs'' | length17 = 3:17 | title18 = You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby | extra18 = ''The World Won't Listen'' | length18 = 3:33 | title19 = Shoplifters of the World Unite | extra19 = Single A-side | length19 = 2:58 | title20 = Sheila Take a Bow | extra20 = Single A-side/ ''Louder Than Bombs'' | length20 = 2:42 | title21 = Girlfriend in a Coma | extra21 = Single A-side/''Strangeways, Here We Come'' | length21 = 2:03 | title22 = I Started Something I Couldn't Finish | extra22 = Single A-side/ ''Strangeways, Here We Come'' | length22 = 3:49 | title23 = Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me | note23 = Single Edit | extra23 = ''Strangeways, Here We Come''/Single A-side | length23 = 3:11 }}
* The iTunes release of the deluxe edition includes the bonus tracks "Rubber Ring" (as track 14) and "The Draize Train" (as track 18) on CD 1. * Additionally, the iTunes edition of the single-disc version includes "What She Said" (as track 10) as a bonus track plus "Hand in Glove" (Live at Brixton Ace 29/6/83) (as track 25). * "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" is a slightly slower version than previously issued. According to an interview posted on Johnny Marr's homepage with mastering engineer Frank Arkwright, "[W]e removed the varispeed from the original release which I thought was too fast ..."<ref>[http://www.jmarr.com/johnny-marr/johnny-marr-news-comments.php?id=86_0_2_0_C Johnny Marr and Frank Arkwright on Mastering The Smiths (part 2)]</ref>
{{Track listing | headline = CD 2: deluxe edition | all_writing = Morrissey/Marr, except "What's the World?," by James, and "Oscillate Wildly", by Johnny Marr. | extra_column = Source | title1 = Jeane | extra1 = B-side of "This Charming Man" | length1 = 3:03 | title2 = Handsome Devil | note2 = Live at The Haçienda, Manchester, 4/2/83 | extra2 = B-side of "Hand in Glove" | length2 = 2:55 | title3 = This Charming Man | note3 = New York Vocal | extra3 = B-side of "This Charming Man" 12" | length3 = 5:35 | title4 = Wonderful Woman | extra4 = B-side of "This Charming Man" | length4 = 3:11 | title5 = Back to the Old House | extra5 = B-side of "What Difference Does it Make?" | length5 = 3:04 | title6 = These Things Take Time | extra6 = B-side of "What Difference Does It Make?" | length6 = 2:22 | title7 = Girl Afraid | extra7 = B-side of "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | length7 = 2:47 | title8 = Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want | extra8 = B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" | length8 = 1:50 | title9 = Stretch Out and Wait | note9 = Alternate Vocal Version | extra9 = ''The World Won't Listen'' | length9 = 2:44 | title10 = Oscillate Wildly | extra10 = B-side of "How Soon Is Now?" 12" | length10 = 3:29 | title11 = Meat Is Murder | note11 = Live at Oxford Apollo 18/3/85 | extra11 = B-side of "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" | length11 = 5:37 | title12 = Asleep | extra12 = B-side of "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side" | length12 = 4:10 | title13 = Money Changes Everything | extra13 = B-side of "Bigmouth Strikes Again" | length13 = 4:39 | title14 = The Queen Is Dead | extra14 = ''The Queen Is Dead'' | length14 = 6:23 | title15 = Vicar in a Tutu | extra15 = B-side of "Panic" /''The Queen Is Dead'' | length15 = 2:22 | title16 = Cemetry Gates | extra16 = B-side of "Ask" / ''The Queen Is Dead'' | length16 = 2:41 | title17 = Half a Person | extra17 = B-side of "Shoplifters of the World Unite" | length17 = 3:38 | title18 = Sweet and Tender Hooligan | note18 = Peel Session 2/12/86 | extra18 = ''Louder Than Bombs'' | length18 = 3:34 | title19 = Pretty Girls Make Graves | note19 = Troy Tate Demo | extra19 = B-side of "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" | length19 = 3:32 | title20 = Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before | extra20 = ''Strangeways, Here We Come'' | length20 = 3:31 | title21 = What's the World? | note21 = Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 25/9/85 | extra21 = B-side of "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" | length21 = 2:06 | title22 = London | note22 = Live at National Ballroom, Kilburn | extra22 = ''Rank'' | length22 = 2:40 }}
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''The Sound of The Smiths'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2008–2010) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/ndpFzND.jpeg|title=The Smiths chart history, received from ARIA on 27 May 2021|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|via=Imgur|access-date=5 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> |114 |- {{album chart|Flanders|68|artist=The Smiths|album=The Sound of the Smiths|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2023}} |- {{album chart|Italy|18|artist=The Smiths|album=The Sound of the Smiths|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2023}} |- {{album chart|Ireland2|28|artist=The Smiths|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2023}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|23|date=20081116|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2023}} |- {{album chart|Portugal|50|artist=The Smiths|album=The Sound of the Smiths|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2023}} |- {{album chart|UK2|21|date=20081116|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2023}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|98|artist=The Smiths|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2023}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''The Sound of The Smiths'' ! scope="col"| Chart ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20230101/37502/|title=End of Year Albums Chart – 2023|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref> | 2023 | 71 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20240101/37502/|title=End of Year Albums Chart – 2024|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref> | 2024 | 52 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20250101/37502/|title=End of Year Albums Chart – 2025|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=1 January 2026}}</ref> | 2025 | 64 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''The Sound of The Smiths''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=The Sound of the Smiths|artist=The Smiths|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2008|access-date=11 November 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=The Sound of|artist=The Smiths|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|id=8539-175-2|relyear=2008|certyear=2024|access-date=16 March 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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