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How Soon Is Now: The Songs of the Smiths

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This album is a WASTE of MONEY!!!

Don't buy it!

I cannot stress this enough!

The singer/band (The Beautiful Mistake) for the Cemetry Gates cover didn't even bother to LEARN THE WORDS to Cemetry Gates! (and it's not like he made up his own -- he didn't, he just mumbled. How disrespectful to Morrissey, the genius who created the song in the first place. It's disgusting of Beautiful Mistake to sing that song on a commercial recording without even knowing the words...

What a waste of one of the most beautiful songs Morrissey has ever written! I was so looking forward to hearing this cover, I really was, and it was horrible and disappointing.

Do yourself a favor: buy all the Morrissey and Smiths albums if you don't already have them, and don't waste your time, money, or energy buying this third-rate covers album.

Surely the people who produced this album could have found some better bands/singers for this venture. What a unneccessary waste, especially on a project that could have been so good!!!

When I bought this album, I was totally surprised and shocked in what I heard.

Yes, I knew it would've been all of the no-talent bands that are out today, but come on! I really didn't think it would've been THIS bad!! It is the worst record I have ever owned. This ruined the legacy of the Smiths, one of the best bands of all time.

If you want to hear REAL talented music, look no further than The Smiths or Morrissey.

Don't even waste your money, let alone TIME, on this crap.

I saw this in the store, and I just had to have it. Firstly, I love the Smiths, and secondly, I absolutely obsess over Cursive. I saw that they had done a cover of "Frankly, Mr.Shankly" and I bought it right away. I went home to listen to it, and I was disappointed. The Cursive song was great, as expected, but all of the other songs fell short.

If you're considering buying this, don't. Just download the Cursive cover and don't waste your time on the rest.

First of all I cannot stress enough how much The Beautiful Mistake butchered "Cemetary Gates" It makes my stomach turn. Every single song is butchered. To the point that it's disrespectful. "Frankly Mr. Shankly" "Panic" "There's a light..." such beautiful songs to just have some horrible band cover it. Every band on this cd shouldn't be allowed to record again. Cursive, Beautiful Mistake etc. should be fined for this.

Well, I had the cd for awhile and thought it was rather good. Sadly, it was stolen from me by some hoodlums and now I must buy it again. I am surprised at all of the 1 star reviews that this album got. This is a fairly good way to introduce the youngin's to a great band like The Smiths. Obviously the music doesn't sound like The Smiths, and it really doesn't come close. But isn't that the point of a cover album? I say give the kids some credit and stop being so crotchety.

I purchased this CD too quickly; I thought it was a best of the Smiths compilation. So it arrives and I see that is a modern compilation from other bands. I think, okay, how bad can it be. Buyers, it can be very, very bad. If this is the impact that The Smiths has had on music then maybe Morrissey should have have been an electrician. I can say good things about three bands on the CD. Hundred Reasons, Walter Walter and The Beautiful Mistake succeed only because they stay somewhat true to the original. The other bands try so hard to sound hurt and damaged that they completely miss the beauty that is The Smiths. I just hope that I can sell it to a used CD store for a dollar.

I'm not sure what these other people are listening to but this album is brilliant. In my opinion, it completely captures a piece of the smiths. There are different arrangements and similar ones to the originals. Never having heard any of these bands makes it that much better. Its well worth the money! If I ever meet Morrisey or Marr, I will tell them about this album. peace out

Erik Steffenson

I bought this CD by accident. At the initial listen, I thought it was terrible, but if you listen to all of it, it seems that it's so bad that it is almost quite good. Actually the band and the arrangements are very good, in my opinion. The lead singer really can't sing, but he does tongue and cheek things with the words, phrasing and timing (whether intentionally or not) that makes the whole thing rather surreal and funny. I think if this lead singer actually improves his voice a bit this band could be quite good in a sort of tongue and cheek way.

Please don't ever let this happen again. I will immediately proceed to finding out who owns the rights to these songs and write them regarding this stupid decision they chose to make.

I've only listened to "There is a light that never goes out", and it is one of the most horribly arranged and dreadfully executed covers I've ever heard. This band, "My Awesome Compilation" completely butchered a wonderful song by calling it a "tribute?" ... I'd suggest getting Seven Worlds Collide if you want to hear someone other than Morrissey do justice to this song.