The Greatest Hits compilation album Best 2 from 1992 is now being re-released on vinyl for the first time since its original release. This also marks the first time a The Smiths Best Of compilation has been re-released on vinyl since its original issue.

Best II contains a total of 14 of The Smiths’ strongest songs, including immortal favorites like ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’, ‘The Boy With the Thorn in His Side’ and their by far biggest song ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’, often considered one of the best songs ever written.

Tracklist:

A1 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
A2 The Headmaster Ritual
A3 Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
A4 Ask
A5 Oscillate Wildly
A6 Nowhere Fast
A7 Still Ill
B1 Bigmouth Strikes Again
B2 That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
B3 Shakespeare’s Sister
B4 Girl Afraid
B5 Reel Around The Fountain
B6 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
B7 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

WEA had acquired the entireSmiths back catalogue in early 1992 and they immediately set to work compiling a ‘best of’ collection in two volumes. It was the first time a regular best of compilation had ever been made of The Smiths’ material and ‘Best I’ effortlessly reached the top of the British charts.

‘Best II’ was the follow up the same year to its sibling, …‘Best I’, with the material similarly more or less picked and sequenced at random, consisting of both singles and album cuts.

Black Vinyl LP

Tracklist:
01. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
02. The Headmaster Ritual
03. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
04. Ask
05. Oscillate Wildly
06. Nowhere Fast
07. Still Ill
08. Bigmouth Strikes Again
09. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
10. Shakespeare’s Sister
11. Girl Afraid
12. Reel Around The Fountain
13. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
14. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out