Advantages: Good compilation of The Smiths for someone wanting to get into the band, or someone with an interest in their music
Disadvantages: Some of their best material weren't released as singles, and so aren't on this album. Not as good as 'Very Best of the Smiths'

...'t long before the two were writing songs and their initial idea was to sell the songs they wrote, but instead (thankfully, and mostly due to Morrissey's aspirations of pop stardom (he had been in some unsuccessful bands like 'Wild Ram', who later called themselves 'Not Sensibles' then 'Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds' and finally 'The Nosebleeds') they recruited Mike Joyce to be their drummer and Andy Rourke to be their bassist. The name 'The Smiths' incidently was used as a backlash to contemporary eighties artists who to give themselves the most over the top names (who would do a thing like that) to disguise their musical inadequcies. The first single the new four-piece release was 'Hand in Glove' in May 1983, but it charted very poorly. Fortunately their luck changed six months later with one of their most famous songs 'This Charming Man... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Low income, struggle alone, no status - I could go on

...Single parents everywhere should be congratulated at the sterling work they are doing single-handedly, in bringing up members of our future generation. Thankfully, these days, you don’t often see single parents, or should I say single mums, being disparaged in the media, but it wasn’t like this a few years ago. Woe betide single mums who worked … or who didn’t work, as they were seen as neglecting their children / scrounging off the state. (Please cross out which ever is applicable.) ~~~ They were being allocated the cream of the housing stock (apparently). Could never work this one out, as a large percentage of them ended up in low demand accommodation on the worst council housing estates or in grotty run down flats. Many of them were thought to have got pregnant ‘on purpose’. Funny though, I... Read review

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Advantages: You will be able to beat anyone in a music quiz
Disadvantages: It's annually updated...

...I have always been a bit of a fact junkie and I love finding out new information and at Christmas I regularly receive titles like The Top 10 of Everything and the Guinness Book of Records and that is probably why this Christmas from my gran I received my first ever British Hit Singles book… …When I unwrapped the book my eyes sparkled at the bright psychedelic purpley-pink cover and then in big bold letters BRITISH HIT SINGLES. I had never seen this book before and was unsure of what it contained as it is such a large book but a Guinness World Records symbol on the front reassured me that this was to be a factually based book and one I would adore reading… …Don’t be fooled by the name the book is not just a list of every British Hit Single ever, although that is part of the book, there are many other... Read review

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Advantages: Your life is your own and you are answerable to nobody
Disadvantages: Loneliness

...As you read the title of my review, don't panic I am still very much with my man, but as I begin to leave my single life well and truly behind me with the planning of a wedding and moving into our first home together I decided to finally complete this review. I'm here to give my opinion on being single and not being single as I had many many years of single life before I met my true love. *~*~*~*~A bit of Kelly's History*~*~*~*~ I will introduce you to a bit of my history when it comes to the opposite sex which has not completely been all fun and games. My first interest in boys was when I reached secondary school and I had a crush on the most popular boy in school (who didn't) but as I was not one of the best looking girls and definately not one of the ladies with the best figure I never really got anywhere and spent most... Read review

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Advantages: I now have a life
Disadvantages: Few and mainly Irrelevant

...If you have read any of my reviews in the past you will notice a similar theme to most of them, they're quite homely and comforting a bit like going round your grandma's house and having scones and jam!!! Well that's all about to change, as I have recently been dumped by my boyfriend of ten years and I am now going to be living the single life. (I would like to add at this point everyone I've told about the break-up has politely said "Well I always thought you could do better anyway" which I have to say is a great confidence booster and something I told myself constantly for the first week afterwards. I have to say I know it sound's cheesy but it has definitely worked now I know I can do better a lot lot better.) Now as I am 31 at first the prospect of single seemed quite daunting, you know what it's like when you've been... Read review

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Advantages: Its about me
Disadvantages: Its about me

...The single life can sometimes be referred to the simple life, but to be honest I am not too sure. There are many pro's and con's to being single, but to be honest I think it depends mainly on the individual. Many people can survive throughout life with just passing flings or the odd romance, while others choose to remain virgins until the day they die then on the other hand there are those who find love and feel that being on their own is unbearable and that they cannot live alone. As there are so many aspects that a person can discuss on this topic, I will concentrate on only one myself. Well we all like to talk about ourselves don't we and besides this is based on my opinion so how best to describe my thoughts other than through my life itself. So lets ask me some questions: - What is my relationship status... Read review

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Advantages: Great in almost every incarnation
Disadvantages: Beware the Bowmore 'Legend'

...Bowmore is another of the Islay single malts, a distinctive kind of single malt (the others broad categories being Highlands, Lowlands, and Campbelltown). Islay is one of the western Hebrides islands, and has a rich tradition of scotch whisky production. Of the eight licensed distilleries on Islay, Bowmore has the claim to being the oldest, dating back to 1779. The Bowmore distillery is located in the town of the same name, on the Loch Indall inlet. Bowmore, located in the geographic centre of the island, produces a scotch whisky likewise with attributes that lie somewhere between the variants produced on the islands southern edge (like Laphroaig -- see my review on that) and the whiskies produced in the north (such as Bruichladdich, the subject of a future review). One commentator says of the Bowmore, 'They possess the poise... Read review

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Advantages: in article
Disadvantages: in article

...I could make a list (and I will, a little further down this article) on the pros and contras, but cmon now. You can argue anything you want, but always somebody else will argue the exact opposite and there is no one and only solution to this question. It depends on what kind of people we are and what do we expect from life. I believe people were "made" to live in a society, where a family is the smallest and primary social group. Living in a pair also seems natural for the human kind somehow, even if some cultures tend to practice polygamy or living in communities ignoring which family you belong to. Myself, I consider the single status a pain, innatural and I feel "more complete" myself when not single, so I kept trying to get out of singletonship and now I have been happily engaged. I do need some time on my own only, too... Read review

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Advantages: perfect little gem of a film
Disadvantages: none

...“I’d try to comprehend you but I got a dyslexic heart…” Singles, Cameron Crowe’s 1992 tale of the twentysomething search for love in Seattle, is one of my all-time favourite films. This sweet, episodic mix of neatly interlinking storylines is very human, very funny and has probably the best soundtrack of any film in that decade (yes, that includes Pulp Fiction). “How did this stuff get so complicated? I don’t know.” The storyline strands are relatively few, and this is why the film continues to be coherent and believable. Poor Linda has been dumped on more times than she cares to remember, so is in no mood to meet Steve, who might just be the love of her life. Steve’s ex Janet is, meanwhile, in love with her neighbour in the block of “singles” in which they live, but Cliff is just too wrapped up in his music to give a damn... Read review

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Advantages: Classic Play song, excellent Red Jerry mix, good video.
Disadvantages: Original mixes were not very good.

...'Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?' was released twice as a single - first in mid-1999 before 'Play' had really taken off, and again in October 2000 as a double A-Side with 'Honey (featuring Kelis)' after the growing success of 'Play' made it one of the biggest selling albums of 2000. The initial 1999 release was as a double CD set and 12" vinyl release, in 2000 the double A-side came out across two CD2 and a consumer-friendly cassette. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad Enhanced CD (1999) 1. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? 2. Flying Foxes 3. Princess 4. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Video) 'Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?' is classic 'Play' stuff, bluesy vocals, house beats and piano riffs blended together precisely and originally. It's very low-key and downbeat, unlike the threes singles that preceded it ('Honey', 'Run On... Read review

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