Hatful of Hollow is a compilation album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 2 November 1984[11] by Rough Trade Records.

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.

"This Night Has Opened My Eyes" was recorded in the studio in June 1984, but the only version ever released was the September Peel session.

[14][better source needed] Additionally, the old cover had a large sky-blue frame with the legends "The Smiths" and "Hatful of Hollow" above and underneath the picture.

Editions after 1987 feature the cropped version with the text superimposed, although the 2011 vinyl re-issue reinstated the original sleeve.

As well as being a pun on Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, it is an allusion to the impotence that Ernest Hemingway suffered in his final years.