"The CD-Singles 88-91" [box set]
19 June 2000
Suedehead
I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Hairdresser On Fire
Oh Well, I'll Never Learn
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Sister I'm A Poet
Disappointed
Will Never Marry
The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Lucky Lisp
Michael's Bones
Interesting Drug
Such A Little Thing Makes A Big Difference
Sweet And Tender Hooligan (live Wolverhampton 1988)
Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Yes, I'm Blind
East West
November Spawned A Monster
He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Girl Least Likely To
Piccadilly Palare
Get Off The Stage
At Amber
Our Frank
Journalists Who Lie
Tony the Pony
Sing Your Life
That's Entertainment
The Loop
Pregnant For The Last Time
Skin Storm
Cosmic Dancer (live Utrecht, Holland 1/5/91)
Disappointed (live Utrecht, Holland 1/5/91)
Europe 10xCD5 [EMI 887293-2]
Additional information:
The box set contains Morrissey's first 10 cd-singles released by EMI in the UK: "Suedehead", "Everyday Is Like Sunday", "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys", "Interesting Drug", "Ouija Board, Ouija Board", "November Spawned A Monster", "Piccadilly Palare", "Our Frank", "Sing Your Life" and "Pregnant For The Last Time". Compact discs are found in slipcases instead of the original thin jewelcases. Click on titles above for more information about the original releases and their respective artwork.
A second box set of cd-singles, this one covering the years 1991-1995, was released later in the year. For more information, see "The CD-Singles 91-95" box set. All the material from these two box sets was released in 2009 on a 3-cd set titled "HMV/Parlophone Singles '88-'95".
Similar box sets of 7" singles instead of cd-singles were released in 2009. For more information, see "The 7" Singles 88-91" box set and "The 7" Singles 91-95" box set.
Artwork information:
Morrissey, photographed by Anton Corbijn. The photo originally appeared inside the "Viva Hate" cd booklet.
Promotion:
A special EMI promo cd was sent to retail for instore play. It featured 17 songs from this box set and its companion "The CD-Singles 91-95". An EMI various artists promo cd intended for radio featured one song from each box-set.