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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0093624520528
Item Dimensions: 24
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
MPN: 45205
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: November 09, 1993
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The Smiths tend to be thought of as a band one grows out of--music you listened to as a depressed adolescent and then abandoned when you overcame it all. Such a notion denies them their place in the rock pantheon, not only as an inspiration to countless indie-rock outfits but also as the band that challenged the received wisdom of rock & roll machismo. Fronted by the fey, sexually ambiguous Steven Patrick Morrissey, who married painfully honest lyrics--almost embarrassing in their self-effacement--with arch humor and a melancholic delivery, the British band was quite an anomaly to an America still emerging from the bloated-rock tyranny of the likes of Journey and REO Speedwagon. Hatful of Hollow, released as an import in 1984 and domestically in 1993, is a collection of singles, many recorded live for various radio shows. More-muscular versions of most of the tracks here can be found on the collection Louder Than Bombs, but Hatful has a vitality to it that the studio-bound, somewhat antiseptic Bombs lacks. Check out Johnny Marr's delicate acoustic guitar on the aching "Back to the Old House" or the band's looser workouts of such now-classics as "This Charming Man" and "Still Ill." Two songs not found on other albums make this a must for fans: "Handsome Devil" and "Accept Yourself," a bouncy, jangly number on which Morrissey croons convincingly, "Others conquered love, but I ran / I sat in my room and I drew up a plan." Perfect music for your awkward inner child. --Steve Landau
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Man I love The Smiths. I will continue hoping they will reunite but until then, I will crank this album all the way up along with The Queen Is Dead. Shipped quickly and perfectly.
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About other Smiths albums and compilations vis-a-vis this one: Yeah, I've heard the hype about how great and minimal and raw and rock-and-roll-authentic Louder Than Bombs is, and I know that most consider The Queen is Dead to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, Vegemite, or SPAM, and I'm sorry some of you didn't GET Meat Is Murder, but IMHO the single >>BEST<< Smiths collection and possibly third-best album (NOT including The Queen Is Dead but rather Strangeways) is THIS.
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Hatful of Hollow being a compilation album that spanns the years 1983-1984. I agree with another reviewer that this is landmark release as the quality of the tracks is astounding. Here we have my all time favourite Smiths track "How Soon Is Now" along with other great tracks such as "This Charming Man", "Hand in Glove" and "William it was really nothing". The booklet is very nice with all the lyrics included and many very nice photographs. 5/5.
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I don't have much to add that has not already been addressed as to the music, as the album is top to bottom exceptional, except to say that, as a straight guy who was a teenager when "Hatful" and "the Smiths" (twin sides from the Atlantic) hit the record shops, I immediately responded to the incredible musicality of Marr and lyricism of Morrissey. What intrigued me most, and does so to this day, is that Morrissey was able to convey the subjectivity of a gay man and make it accessible to someone who ... Read More
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'Hatful of Hollow' is one of those releases brought about by an opportunistic record company (in this case deservedly) milking the cash cow 'til it's udders sting.
Rough Trade is far and away the most important UK record label; its roster of vitally important acts is massive and unsurpassed anywhere music's made, so when it finally hit big with Salford's finest, not many begrudged the necessary avarice.
On the surface; shameful bleeding, just a few short months after the Smiths' fine ... Read More
