"Best...II"
November/December 1992
The Boy With the Thorn In His Side(album version)
The Headmaster Ritual
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Ask
Oscillate Wildly
Nowhere Fast
Still Ill
Bigmouth Strikes Again
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Shakespeare's Sister
Girl Afraid
Reel Around the Fountain
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
There Is A Light that Never Goes Out
Argentina CD [WEA 90406-2]
Argentina CS [WEA 90406-4]

Australia CD [Warner Australia 90406-2]
Australia CS [Warner Australia 90406-4]

Brazil CD [WEA 90406-2]
Brazil CS [WEA 90406-4]
Brazil LP (WEA 670.8278]

Canada CD [Sire/Reprise CDW45097]
Canada CS [Sire/Reprise 24 50974]

Croatia LP [Croatia Records 2041392]

Czechoslovakia CD [WEA 90406-2]
Czechoslovakia CS [WEA 90406-4]

Europe CD [WEA 90406-2]
Europe CS [WEA 90406-4]
Europe LP [WEA 90406-1]

Japan CD [WEA WMC5-541]
Japan CD [1997 reissue on WEA WPCR-1272]

Mexico CD [WEA 90406-2]
Mexico CS [WEA 90406-4]

USA CD [Sire/Reprise 9 45097-2]
USA CS [Sire/Reprise 9 45097-4]

 

Artwork information:
The USA and Canada artwork was designed by Morrissey, but not the alternate artwork used by WEA for the rest of the world. The front image is of Richard Davalos from "East Of Eden".

For the rest of the world, WEA used a Dennis Hopper photograph of a man and a woman sitting side by side at a table. Best...I has the left half of the photograph while "Best...II" has the right one. The photo is titled "Biker Couple" and is taken from Hopper's 1986 collection "Out Of The Sixties". The cd back insert and back of the booklet have the same artwork as Best...I.

 

Additional release date information:
UK/Europe: 2 November 1992
Australia: 23 November 1992
USA/Canada: 8 December 1992
Japanese reissue: 30 September 1997

 

Chart peak information:
UK: 29
USA: didn't make the top 200

 

Certifications:
UK: Silver on 1 November 1992

 

Promotion:
UK/Europe: This album seems to have been promoted mostly through its singles. Only stock copies of the LP with a promo sticker on the back of the sleeve seem to have served (albeit limited) promotional purposes.

USA: A 4-artists promo compilation titled "Flashback Four" included songs from "Best...I" and "Best...II". The compilation was produced on 12" (PRO-A-5930), compact disc (PRO-CD-5930) and video. The 12" featured the New York Vocal mix of "This Charming Man" as well as "Ask", while the cd included the latter plus "How Soon Is Now?". The video promo included the videos for "This Charming Man" and "Ask".