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The Smiths' back catalogue been remastered and re-released on iTunes today (12 February, 2014).
The re-release marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the band's 1984 debut, self-titled album. Also re-issued are Meat Is Murder (1985), The Queen Is Dead (1986) and final studio album Strangeways, Here We Come (1987). Live album Rank, b-sides collections Hatful Of Hollow and The World Won't Listen are also included.
For The Smiths MP3 die-hards, however, all these albums will be available in one 'deluxe digital product', titled simply, Complete.
Click here to download the album on iTunes
Rumours of a Smiths reunion refuse to die, but these new iTunes releases may be the best anyone is going to get, with the Johnny Marr urging fans to quit hoping for the band to reform.
"Fans hope there will be some big happy ending. The fact it, there is a happy ending – I’m happy," Marr told NPR in 2013. "It’s all cool. It’s slightly difficult when people assume that your life will be complete, or everybody’s life will be complete, if this band from 25 years ago reforms."
"Life doesn’t need that to happen to be okay."
