The World Won't Listen (compilation album) by The Smiths

The World Won't Listen by The Smiths
(Compilation album)
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 4,790th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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80/100 (from 179 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (60th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (711th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,790th)
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The World Won't Listen is ranked 7th best out of 15 albums by The Smiths on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Smiths is The Queen Is Dead which is ranked number 17 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 39,181.

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.

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From 05/19/2019 00:28
Of course this is superior to Louder Than Bombs...it doesn’t contain that truly awful cover version of ‘Golden Lights’ for starters. More importantly it actually gels like an album where as LTB feels very much as a collection of bits and bobs.
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From 10/15/2016 00:44
'How Soon Is Now' is one of the greatest songs ever, and to think it started as a B side!!
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From 09/15/2016 23:57
the comments are so misleading. if you have louder than bombs + their studio albums, you have every track on here except for 1, "Money Changes Everything." and that track isn't even on the vinyl version of this record. and it's an instrumental. and stays too samey to justify its runtime.

in other words, this album is 100% unnecessary fluff. hatful of hollow and louder than bombs aren't even really compilation albums, the smiths don't have any records with those songs on them. well, a few songs overlap but they're alternate versions anyway. this album just sucks. "there is a light that never goes out" doesn't fit in between "shakespeare's sister" and "shoplifters of the world unite." among many, many other gripes that aren't worth my time explaining.
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From 06/07/2016 17:42
The best of The Smith's 'compilation' albums. The world won't listen, is full of all those fantastic Morrisey-Marr tracks. Panic, half a person, and, you just haven't earned it yet, baby, are just three highlights from this great album. Just as essential as any of their other records. Brilliant.
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From 05/12/2015 12:10
One of the best compilations of all time. This and Hatful of Hollow are a must for all Smiths fans along with their 4 studio albums. These 6 albums are all you need you don't need to bother with all the other comps. out there.
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From 01/06/2015 23:51
Fine compilation of some great singles that weren't found in any of The Smiths' four studio albums.
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From 11/27/2013 12:47
Arguably the greatest compilation album I've ever owned. Was my fave album through the 80's
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Best Albums of 1987
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2. Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
3. Sign 'O' The Times by Prince
4. Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths
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