Hatful of Hollow

Hatful of Hollow
Compilation album by
the Smiths
Released2 November 1984
Recorded1983–1984
Genre
Length56:11
LabelRough Trade
Producer
The Smiths chronology
The Smiths
(1984) 		Hatful of Hollow
(1984) 		Meat Is Murder
(1985)
Singles from Hatful of Hollow
  1. "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"
    Released: 21 May 1984
  2. "William, It Was Really Nothing"
    Released: 20 August 1984
  3. "How Soon Is Now?"
    Released: 28 January 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Pitchfork10/10[4]
Q[5]
Record Mirror[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Select5/5[8]
Sounds[9]
Uncut[10]

Hatful of Hollow is a compilation album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 2 November 1984[11] by Rough Trade Records. The album features tracks from BBC Radio 1 sessions, their first single "Hand in Glove" (a different mix of which had been included on their first album) and two new singles and their B-sides. It was eventually released in the United States on 9 November 1993 by Sire Records, who had initially declined to release the album in the US. Sire instead released Louder Than Bombs in the US in 1987—which is effectively a hybrid of Hatful of Hollow and a subsequent UK compilation album The World Won't Listen plus some tracks which do not appear on either.

Hatful of Hollow reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart, remaining on the chart for 46 weeks.[12] In 2000, Q magazine placed the album at No. 44 on its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever".

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hatful of Hollow – The Smiths". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ Power, Tony (October 2004). "The Smiths: Hatful of Hollow". Blender. Vol. 3, no. 8. Archived from the original on 30 June 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ Kot, Greg (7 July 1991). "The Smiths And Solo". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ^ Wolk, Douglas (18 November 2011). "The Smiths: The Smiths Complete". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Radio Ga Ga". Q. No. 401. August 2019. p. 119.
  6. ^ Jones, Dylan (10 November 1984). "The Smiths: Hatful of Hollow". Record Mirror. p. 17.
  7. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Smiths". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 753–754. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Harrison, Andrew (May 1993). "Buy the Big Reissue...". Select. No. 35. pp. 104–105.
  9. ^ Black, Bill (17 November 1984). "It's a Fair Cap!". Sounds.
  10. ^ Dalton, Stephen (August 1998). "The Smiths Discography". Uncut. No. 15. p. 67.
  11. ^ "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 20 October 1984. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022. The Smiths release a bargain price special album on November 2. 'Hatful Of Hollow'
  12. ^ David Roberts British Hit Singles and Albums, Guinness World Records Limited