UK CD [Island CID8059]
UK CS [Island ICT8059]
UK LP [Island ILPS8059]

Australia CD [Mercury 314536036-2]
Australia CS [Mercury 314536036-4]

Brazil CD [Polygram 314536036-2]

Canada CD [Mercury 314536036-2]
Canada CS [Mercury 314536036-4]

Europe CD [Mercury 314536036-2 (Made in France)]
Europe CS [Mercury 314536036-4 (Made in France)]

Japan CD [Mercury PHCR-1531]

Mexico CD [Mercury 314536036-2]
Mexico CS [Polygram 314536036-4]

Taiwan CD [Mercury 314536036-2]

Thailand CS [Polygram 536036-4]

Turkey CS [Mercury/Raks 536036-4]

USA CD [Mercury 314536036-2]
USA CS [Mercury 314536036-4]
USA LP [Mercury 314536036-1]

Additional information:
* "Sorrow Will Come In The End" is not included on UK pressings of either format.

A cd featuring a recent Morrissey interview on KROQ (Los Angeles radio station) was given away with some cd copies of the album in the USA. View here.

Although record club editions are not covered here on "Passions Just Like Mine", it should be mentioned that the record club edition of "Maladjusted" has an otherwise unavailable white background instead of a (more expensive to produce) silver one.

Artwork information:
Morrissey, photographed by Rankin.

Additional release date information:
Japan: 30 July 1997
UK: 11 August 1997
Australia: 11 August 1997
USA LP: 5 August 1997
USA cd and cassette: 12 August 1997

Chart peak information:
UK: 8
Australia: 62
Germany: 76
Sweden: 10
USA: 61

Promotion:
UK: Promotion was done via a specially pressed cd (CID8059) slipped inside a brown card sleeve with a die-cut see-though hole. Some copies of the stock cd with promo sticker were also sent to radio or record stores for promotional purposes.

Australia: A cassette of the whole album with generic artwork was sent to radio for promotion.

Brazil: One minute of "Alma Matters" with voiceover description was included on a various artists promo cd titled "Suplemento Setembro '97 by Polygram" (#2809) sent to radio at the time of release of this album.

Canada: "Alma Matters" was included on a September 1997 Polygram various artists radio sampler cd (PCD520).

Italy: "Alma Matters" was included on a 1997 various artists radio promo cd titled "PC Disc Special For Radio" (PRCD 5002-393).

Japan: Promo cds have a white and red numbered sticker on the obi and promo-only text etched on the inner ring of the cd.

Taiwan: "Alma Matters" was included on a 1997 Polygram various artists radio sampler cd titled "Polygram Mega Hits volume 16".

USA: A cd version of the album (Mercury, MEAD111) with generic text artwork (view in left frame) and stamped copies of the stock cd served promotional purposes. These were occasionally paired with a press kit of bio and photo. Besides that, a one-track promo cd (Mercury, MECP274) of "Alma Matters" was sent to radio in the USA to promote that single and this album. A second one-track cd (Mercury, MECP337) was produced at the end of the year to promote the album, this time with "Satan Rejected My Soul". The latter song was not released in the USA as a single like it was elsewhere, but the song was still sent to radio for promotion. View artwork for the latter two items by clicking on the corresponding titles. A different interview cd than the freebie one mentioned above was also distributed for promotion of this album in the USA. The cd also included snippets of the songs "Maladjusted" and "Alma Matters". More information and scan here. "Alma Matters" and a snippet of "Maladjusted" were included on a various artists Mercury promo sampler titled "August Sales 1997" (MECD137). The radio-only single "Satan Rejected My Soul" was included on two various artists promo samplers, "Mercury CMJ Sampler" (MECD145) and "Hitdisc November 1997" (TM Century 225B). "Trouble Loves Me" was included on a various artists promo cd titled "Tip Sheet". A video of Morrissey's performance of "Alma Matters" on David Letterman's late night programme was also limitedly distributed for promotion.