UK CD [HMV CDCSD3790]
UK CS [HMV TCCSD3790]
UK LP [HMV CSD3790]
UK LP [2001 reissue on Simply Vinyl SVLP244]

Australia CD [EMI Australasia 799794-2]
Australia CS [EMI Australasia 799794-4]

Brazil CD [EMI-Odeon 799794-2]
Brazil CS [EMI-Odeon 799794-4]
Brazil LP [EMI-Odeon 799794-1]

Canada CD [Sire/Reprise CD-26994]
Canada CS [Sire/Reprise 92 69944]

Germany/EEC LP [EMI 799794-1]

Greece LP [EMI Greece 799794-1]

Holland CD [EMI 799794-2]
Holland CS [EMI 799794-2]

Israel CS [CBS/Capitol 99794-4]

Italy CD [EMI 799794-2]

Japan CD [Toshiba TOCP-7273]
Japan CD [1998 reissue on Toshiba TOCP-3421]

Poland CS [Mag Magic/Zaiks Biem MM0967]

South Africa CD [EMI ??]
South Africa CS [EMI ??]

Turkey CS [EMI TCP2576]

Uruguay CS [EMI 501821-4]

USA CD [Sire/Reprise 9 26994-2]
USA CS [Sire/Reprise 9 26994-4]

Additional information:
This album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the 'Best Alternative Album' category. Morrissey lost to Tom Waits.

Artwork information:
The front and back photos of Morrissey were taken by his friend Linder Sterling at the Nassau Coliseum on 11 November 1991. These have also appeared in the book "Morrissey Shot" which chronicles the Kill Uncle tour. The inside photo is of gangster Charlie Richardson, circa 1962, taken from his 1991 autobiography titled "My Manor". The photo is used on both sides of the LP's inner sleeve and inside the cd foldout inlay. The photo is in black and white in most countries except the UK where it is gold tinted. The same photo was used as a backdrop on the Your Arsenal tour and appeared on the second programme from that tour.

Etchings on vinyl:
None.

Additional release date information:
UK: 27 July 1992
USA/Canada: 28 July 1992
Japan 1998 reissue: 24 June 1998

Chart peak information:
UK: 4
Australia: 12
USA: 21

Promotion:
UK: This album seems to have been promoted in the UK only through its singles. No promo of any format has ever surfaced for this title. "Glamorous Glue" was included on a various artists sampler cd titled "Parlophone In The City" (ITC1), but this was in 1994 or 1995, perhaps to mark repressings of catalog material including this album.

Brazil: Copies of the LP were distributed for promotion with a 'Produto Invendavel' sticker on the back. "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" was included on a various artists promo LP sent to radio at the time of release of this album.

Canada: The single remix of "Tomorrow" was included on a September 1992 various artists radio promo sampler cd numbered PROC92150.

Japan: Promos cds (of the original 1992 edition) have a red and white promo sticker on the back and 'sample not for sale' etched around the cd's inner ring.

USA: Direct promotion of this album was done via 3 different promotional cassettes. The first two were advance cassettes, the first one with a blue titles insert (Reprise Records 4-26994-A) and the second with a pink one (Sire/Reprise 4-26994). The third one, a 2-track cassette featuring "You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side" and "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday", was given away at events during the week preceding the release of the album. The cassette had a white inlay card with the release date '7/28/92' on the front. The album was also promoted in the USA with the help of two one-title promo cds. The first one, distributed for promotion around the time of release featured the album version and an otherwise unavailable edit of "Tomorrow" (Sire/Reprise, PRO-CD-5637; no front artwork to display). This promo cd is not to be confused with the one-track promo cd for the "Tomorrow" single. A second one-title promo cd (Sire/Reprise, PRO-CD-5752) was distributed to radio in December 1992, this time with "Glamorous Glue". The song was once intended as a commercial single, backed by the same b-sides as the UK "Certain People I Know" single, but those plans were scrapped. Although it didn't make the Hot 100, the song made it to #13 on the Modern Rock chart on airplay only. A various artists promo sampler titled FMBQ Artist Report also featured the song.

USA (continued): This album was very heavily promoted in the USA and besides all the appearances of the promo videos listed for "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" and "Tomorrow", a Warner promo video numbered D58498 was made of assorted footage from concerts and other live performances. A promo video was also shot for the radio-only single "Glamorous Glue" and this was included on many Warner various artists promo compilations, such as: #332 dated 10/23/92, "Holiday Heavy Hitters" dated 11-18-92, "8 Videos Tied" dated 11-13-93 (D65812) and another one dated 12-2-93 (D73733) also featuring the video for "Tomorrow". The "Glamorous Glue" video was also distributed on the December 1992 issue of the Rockamerica various artists promo video series.