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Rhino Readies Two-Disc Smiths Set

Rhino will release Hang the DJ: The Very Best of the Smiths, a one and two-CD collection of Smiths cuts, on October 7. While the standard version includes 23 of the band's greatest hits and fan favorites in chronological order, the bonus disc features B-sides, alternate versions ("This Charming Man," "Pretty Girls Make Graves"), and live tracks ("Handsome Devil," "Meat is Murder," "What's the World," "London").

According to Nielsen SoundScan numbers, the band's most popular compilation, Best of Vol. 1, has sold 435,000 copies since its 1992 release.

Kill the DJ: The Very Best of The Smiths:

Disc One:
1. Hand In Glove
2. Reel Around The Fountain
3. This Charming Man
4. What Difference Does It Make
5. Still Ill
6. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
7. William, It Was Really Nothing
8. How Soon Is Now?
9. Shakespeare's Sister
10. Barbarism Begins At Home
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

Disc Two:
1. Handsome Devil (live)
2. Jeane
3. This Charming Man (New York vocal)
4. Back To The Old House
5. These Things Take Time
6. Girl Afraid
7. Please, Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
8. Oscillate Wildly
9. Stretch Out And Wait
10. Meat Is Murder (live)
11. Asleep
12. Money Changes Everything
13. The Queen Is Dead
14. Vicar In A Tutu
15. Cemetry Gates
16. Half A Person
17. Sweet And Tender Hooligan
18. I Keep Mine Hidden
19. Pretty Girls Make Graves (Troy Tate version)
20. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
21. What's The World (live)

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
08.29.08