Smiths Anthology Coming

Let's say you want to listen to The Smiths, but can't decide which album to pop in the CD player, and you don't just want a greatest hits compilation or their singles collection because you also enjoy the band's B-sides. There's a new anthology coming out which might solve your problem.

Two versions of Hang The DJ: The Very Best Of The Smiths will be out Oct. 7 through Rhino Records. The single disc version will feature the same track list as the first disc of the two-CD version. The first disc features nearly all of the band's singles, while the second features fan favourites, B-sides and live tracks.

As for former Smiths frontman Morrissey, he's completed his ninth solo album, Years Of Refusal, which will tentatively be released on Feb. 2. It was the last album produced by Jerry Finn (Blink-182, Sum 41) before he recently passed away. Though a track list for Years Of Refusal has yet to be announced, "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris," "One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell" and "Black Cloud" will be included.

Here's what's on the double-disc version of Hang The DJ: The Very Best Of The Smiths:

Disc one:
"Hand In Glove"
"Reel Around The Fountain"
"This Charming Man"
"What Difference Does It Make?"
"Still Ill"
"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"
"William, It Was Really Nothing"
"How Soon Is Now?"
"Shakespeare's Sister"
"Barbarism Begins At Home"
"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
"The Headmaster Ritual"
"The Boy With The Thorn In His Side"
"Bigmouth Strikes Again"
"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
"Panic"
"Ask"
"You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby"
"Shoplifters Of The World Unite"
"Sheila Take A Bow"
"Girlfriend In A Coma"
"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"
"Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me"

Disc two:
"Handsome Devil" (live)
"Jeane"
"This Charming Man" (New York vocal)
"Back To The Old House"
"These Things Take Time"
"Girl Afraid"
"Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"
"Oscillate Wildly"
"Stretch Out And Wait"
"Meat Is Murder" (live)
"Asleep"
"Money Changes Everything"
"The Queen Is Dead"
"Vicar In A Tutu"
"Cemetry Gates"
"Half A Person"
"Sweet And Tender Hooligan"
"I Keep Mine Hidden"
"Pretty Girls Make Graves" (Troy Tate version)
"Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before"
"What's The World" (live)