Sweet and Tender Hooligan

by

The Smiths

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While probably not worthwhile for the casual fan, those who crave access to the rarer Smiths songs will find this CD to be of great value. I Keep Mine Hidden is a short and chipper little song that grows on you in time, Work is a Four Letter Word is a fine cover of the Cilla Black song, and What's the World? is my personal favorite on the disc, a live cover of an excellent James song. Definitely worth it for those who yearn for those rare songs.

This single is necessary for Smiths completists, as it contains their two last songs, not available elsewhere, a cover of Cilia Black's Work is a Four-letter Word and I Keep Mine Hidden. Both of them are pleasant enough, if not exactly stunning--no need for the casual fan to bother. Oh yeah, it also for some reason features an ancient James song, What's the World, which is quite good and makes it valuable for James fans as well. Still, this is mainly a completists' CD...