Family Line is a limited edition CD compilation from 1994 given away free to subscribers of Les Inrockuptibles, a French cultural magazine1. The CD giveaway was part of issue number 56 of the magazine.
Family Line consists of eight songs spanning Morrissey's first three studio albums. The CD contains 'Suedehead', 'Everyday Is Like Sunday', 'Late Night, Maudlin Street', 'Sing Your Life', 'Driving Your Girlfriend Home', '(I'm) The End Of The Family Line', 'Certain People I Know', and 'Tomorrow'. The last two tracks are mislabeled as 'The National Front Disco' and 'Seasick, Yet Still Docked' on both the cover art as well as on the CD itself.
The cover art for Family Line consists of a photograph of Morrissey in front of a billboard with an identical photograph of him with the CD name and song listing, creating a Droste effect. The cover art is a retouched version of an earlier advertisement for his 1993 Beethoven Was Deaf live album, which did not contain the Droste effect.
The obverse of the CD sleeve was white, with “interdit a la vente” (prohibited for sale) printed on it.
Les Inrockuptibles (usually abbreviated as Les Inrocks) started as a monthly magazine in 1986. It became weekly in 1995. As of 2021, it has gone back to a monthly format. In the beginning, rock music was the magazine's primary focus, though every issue included articles on other topics, generally with a left-wing perspective. Its name is a blend of the words "rock" and "incorruptibles" and a spoonerism of the latter. Since 1988, it has included CD compilations as part of individual issues. Guillaume B. Decherf, a music critic and journalist for the magazine, was killed during the November 2015 Paris attacks at an Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan.
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