UK CD [HMV CDCLP3788]
UK CS [HMV TCCLP3788]
UK LP [HMV CLP3788]
UK CD [Parlophone 794298-2]
UK LP [Parlophone PCS7374]

Australia CS [EMI Australia 794298-4]

Austria CD [EMI CDCLP3788]

Brazil CD [EMI-Odeon 794298-2]
Brazil CS [EMI-Odeon 794298-4]
Brazil LP [EMI-Odeon 794298-1]

Canada CD [Sire/Reprise CD-26221]
Canada CS [Sire/Reprise 92 62214]

EEC CD [Fame CDFA-3280]
EEC CS [Fame TCFA-3280]
EEC LP [EMI 794298-1]

Greece LP [EMI 062-7942981]

Holland CD [EMI CDP794298 2]

Italy LP [EMI Italiana 794298-1]

Japan CD [Toshiba EMI TOCP-6472]

Mexico CD [EMI 794298-2]
Mexico CS [EMI 794298-4]

Saudi Arabia CS [Thames Original TE 1345]

South Africa CS [EMI L4 EMCJ(N)5408]
South Africa LP [EMI EMCJ(D)5408]

Spain LP [EMI 794298-1]

Taiwan CS [EMI EM0030]

USA CD [Sire/Reprise 9 26221-2]
USA CS [Sire/Reprise 9 26221-4]

Yugoslavia LP [EMI Jugoton LP-7-1 2028146]
Yugoslavia CS [EMI Jugoton MC-7-S 3028145]

Additional information:
Compilation of tracks from Morrissey's first seven singles.

Artwork information:
This photo is a still from the "November Spawned A Monster" video by Tim Broad, with the colours redone. The back photo (in front of Battersea Power Station) and the one found inside were taken by Jurgen Teller. The LP's inner sleeve has the front cover photo in a pale yellow tint, on both sides.

Etchings on vinyl:
"AESTHETICS VERSUS ATHLETICS" / none
(only on original HMV LP, not on Parlophone 1995 reissue)

Additional release date information:
UK/Europe: 8/15 October 1990
Japan: 24 October 1990
USA/Canada: 6 November 1990
UK Parlophone reissue: 1995

Chart peak information:
UK: 9
USA: 59

Certifications:
UK: Silver on 23 October 1990

Promotion:
UK: This album seems to not have been promoted in the UK.

Australia: The album was promoted by a 4-track 12" (EMI Australia RP213) of b-sides that didn't make the cut. The tracks are "Girl Least Likely To", "Michael's Bones", "Sister I'm A Poet" and "I Know Very Well How I Got My Name". View artwork in left bar.

Brazil: Copies of the LP were distributed for promotion with a promo sticker on the back.

Japan: Promos cds have a red and white promo sticker on the back and 'sample not for sale' etched around the cd's inner ring.

USA: "Piccadilly Palare" was included on volume V of Warner's "Follow Our Trax" various artists promo/sampler series. This one was distributed on LP (PRO-A-4557), cassette (PRO-C-4557) and compact disc (PRO-CD-4557).

Quotes:
In an interview to Len Brown published in the November 1990 issue of Vox, Morrissey said: "People will view [Bona Drag] suspiciously in England but not in the rest of the world where all those funny little singles were never released. It was initially for the rest of the world, but EMI were determined to release it here [in the UK]."