Best

Tracklist

• CD 1: Best... I
• 1
  This Charming Man
  2:41
• 2
  William, It Was Really Nothing
  2:10
• 3
  What Difference Does It Make?
  3:50
  4.1 ★
• 4
  Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
  3:33
  4.3 ★
• 5
  Girlfriend in a Coma
  2:02
• 6
  Half a Person
  3:35
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Rubber Ring
  3:46
• 8
  How Soon Is Now?
  6:43
  4.8 ★
• 9
  Hand in Glove
  3:21
• 10
  Shoplifters of the World Unite
  2:57
• 11
  Sheila Take a Bow
  2:41
• 12
  Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
  3:14
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Panic
  2:19
• 14
  Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
  1:50
  4.2 ★
• CD 2: Best... II
• 1
  The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
  3:16
• 2
  The Headmaster Ritual
  4:52
• 3
  Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
  3:34
• 4
  Ask
  3:15
• 5
  Oscillate Wildly
  3:26
  3.4 ★
• 6
  Nowhere Fast
  2:35
• 7
  Still Ill
  3:20
• 8
  Bigmouth Strikes Again
  3:14
• 9
  That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
  4:57
• 10
  Shakespeare’s Sister
  2:08
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Girl Afraid
  2:46
• 12
  Reel Around the Fountain
  5:56
• 13
  Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
  5:02
  4.0 ★
• 14
  There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
  4:02
  4.5 ★

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Release credits

• Andy Rourke
  bass [12], bass guitar [2.5, 2.10, 2.13-14, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.14], cello [5, 10]
• Craig Gannon
  additional [6], guitar [6]
• Dennis Hopper
  photography
• John Porter
  producer [1.3, 1.8, 1.14, 2.5]
• Johnny Marr
  guitar [1.3-4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.14, 2.5, 2.10, 2.13-14], harmonica [3], mandolin [14], piano [1.4, 2.13], producer [2.13-14, 1.4, 1.6, 1.12]
• Mike Joyce
  drums (drum set) [1.3-4, 1.6, 1.12, 1.14, 2.5, 2.10, 2.13-14]
• Morrissey
  lead vocals [1.6, 1.12, 1.14, 2.10, 2.14], producer [1.4, 1.6, 1.12, 2.13-14], vocal [2.13, 1.3-4]
• Neill King
  engineer [3]
• Phil Bush
  engineer [3]
• Stephen Street
  engineer [2.10, 2.14, 1.8, 1.12], producer [1.4, 1.6, 2.13]
• Steve Williams
  assistant [1.4, 2.13]
• The Smiths
  producer [1.6, 2.5, 2.10]

Issues

• 

  B
  (Combined release view)
• 

  B
  Best

  2x CD
  1992