Morrissey isn't happy. Why is this news?
From The Boston Herald:
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Another Smiths greatest hits package is on the way, and Morrissey isn’t happy about it.
The new compilation, a 23-track retrospective titled “Hang the DJ: the Very Best Of,” drops stateside Nov. 4 through Warner Bros. It will also be available in the UK in a 46-track deluxe CD edition.
But it’s not enough to satiate Moz fans - they already have all his best. They’ll have to wait until Feb. 2 to hear something fresh on his new album, “Years of Refusal.”
The “Years of Refusal” title plays on a famous lyric from the song “Panic” but has already been used a gazillion times over for ’80s compilations. It will be sold alongside “The Very Best of the Smiths” (2001); “Singles” (1995); “The Best of the Smiths Vol. 1” (1992); “The Best of the Smiths Vol. 2” (1992); “The World Won’t Listen” (1987); and BBC1 recording session “Hatful of Hollow” (1984).
Now Morrissey is railing against Warner for over-saturating the market with Smiths compilations. He was similarly displeased in 2001 with the release of “The Very Best.” But this time he has another piece of product to hate on: an upcoming live DVD, “Morrissey Live at the Hollywood Bowl.”
“It is the work of cash-hounds, and I urge people not to buy it,” Moz said last week in a statement. “No royalties from this DVD will come to me. Please spend your money elsewhere.”
