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If you thought you already had the best of Morrissey on CD – even if you probably do – Moz is going to prove you wrong with The Very Best of Morrissey, a new CD/DVD compilation due in April.

If our count is correct, this is Morrissey’s seventh or eighth compilation, but it’s good to see he’s still active. The track list collects pretty much all the hits you’d expect from the HMV/Parlophone era of 1988 to 1995, including a few choice B-sides and single material (U.S. mixes of “Tomorrow” and “My Love Life” from the early 1990s make rare compilation appearances, as does the full version of Morrissey’s B-side cover of “Moon River”). The sole unreleased track is a fully solo version of the non-LP single “Interlude,” originally sung as a duet with Siouxsie Sioux.

The set will come with a bonus DVD as well, compiling the best of Moz’s videos along with one unreleased TV performance – his first live appearance on a show other than Top of the Pops – on Tonight with Jonathan Ross in 1990. The best of the unreleased material will be found on a single released to promote the compilation; “Glamorous Glue” from 1992’s Your Arsenal will feature two outtakes as B-sides (“Safe, Warm Lancashire Home” on the 45 and “Treat Me Like a Human Being” on CD, both from the Viva Hate sessions in 1988).

The set will be out on April 25. Have a look at the full track info after the jump.

Morrissey, The Very Best of Morrissey (EMI/Major Minor, 2011)

Disc 1: CD

1. The Last of the Famous International Playboys
2. You’re Gonna Need Someone on Your Side
3. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
4. Glamorous Glue
5. Girl Least Likely To
6. Suedehead
7. Tomorrow (U.S. Remix Radio Edit)
8. Boxers
9. My Love Life (U.S. Mix)
10. Break Up the Family
11. I’ve Changed My Plea to Guilty
12. Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference
13. Ouija Board, Ouija Board
14. Interesting Drug
15. November Spawned a Monster
16. Everyday is Like Sunday
17. Interlude (Solo Version) *
18. Moonriver (Extended Version)

Tracks 1, 5 and 12-15 originally released on HMV (U.K.) singles, 1989 (except 5 and 15, 1990). First released together (except 5) on Bona Drag (HMV (U.K.), 1990)
Tracks 2, 4 and original version of 7 from Your Arsenal (HMV (U.K.), 1992)
Track 3 from Vauxhall and I (Parlophone (U.K.), 1994)
Tracks 6, 10 and 16 from Viva Hate (HMV (U.K.), 1988)
Track 8 from Parlophone (U.K.) single, 1995. First compilation release was World of Morrissey (Parlophone (U.K.), 1995).
Track 9 from Sire/Reprise single (U.S.), 1991
Track 11 was the B-side to “My Love Life” (HMV (U.K.), 1991)
Original version of Track 17 from Parlophone single (U.K.), 1994. This version previously unreleased.
Track 18 was the 12″/CD single B-side to “Hold on to Your Friends” (Parlophone (U.K.), 1994)

Disc 2: DVD

1. The Last of the Famous International Playboys
2. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
3. Glamorous Glue
4. Suedehead
5. Tomorrow
6. Boxers
7. My Love Life
8. I’ve Changed My Plea to Guilty (Live on Tonight with Jonathan Ross, Channel 4 (U.K.) – 12/10/1990) *
9. Interesting Drug
10. November Spawned a Monster
11. Everyday is Like Sunday
12. Sunny

Track 8 previously unreleased