The Greatest Hits compilation album Best 1 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 release. Best 1 features a total of 14 of The Smiths’ greatest tracks, including classics like ‘This Charming Man’, ‘How Soon Is Now?’ and ‘William, It Was Really Nothing’.

To Be Released: July 24th 2026

Tracklist:

A1 This Charming Man
A2 William, It Was Really Nothing
A3 What Difference Does It Make?
A4 Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
A5 Girlfriend In A Coma
A6 Half A Person
A7 Rubber Ring
B1 How Soon Is Now?
B2 Hand In Glove
B3 Shoplifters Of The World Unite
B4 Sheila Take A Bow
B5 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
B6 Panic
B7 Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

WEA had acquired the entire Smiths 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. The material is more or less picked and sequenced at random, and consists of both singles and album cuts. It was followed later the same year by its sibling, …Best II.

Black Vinyl LP

Tracklist:
01. This Charming Man
02. William, It Was Really Nothing
03. What Difference Does It Make?
04. Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
05. Girlfriend In A Coma
06. Half A Person
07. Rubber Ring
08. How Soon Is Now?
09. Hand In Glove
10. Shoplifters Of The World Unite
11. Sheila Take A Bow
12. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
13. Panic
14. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want