UK edition Published by Ebury Press/Random House in July 2009 ISBN: 978-0091927097 Lavish, hardback encyclopedic A-Z. Every song, album, collaborator and major cultural influence. Over 700 entries across 500 plus pages featuring new interviews and 32 pages of photographs. By the author of the essential The Smiths - Songs That Saved Your Life.

USA edition Published by Plume in September 2010 ISBN: 0452296676 / 978-0452296671 American edition. Features an additional entry for the "Swords" album and extra information about the song "Roy's Keen" not in the original UK edition.

UK paperback edition Published by Ebury Press in September 2012 ISBN: 9780091927103 This is mostly the same as the 2010 American edition, with redesigned front artwork and a few minor corrections.

Brazil edition Published by Leya in November 2013 ISBN: 9788580447446