The Very Best Of The Smiths
by The Smiths
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The Smiths bestography
The Very Best Of The Smiths is ranked 12th best out of 16 albums by The Smiths on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Smiths is The Queen Is Dead which is ranked number 16 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 31,491.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Very Best Of The Smiths track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Very Best Of The Smiths rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 33/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Purplepash | Top 68 Music Albums of 2001 | 4/68 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Ilolahti | Top 43 Music Albums of the 2000s | 39/43 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2023 |  RevolverCB72 | The Smiths: Best Compilation/Live Albums | 9/10 | - |
| 2023 |  NowhereMan | Essential Compilations/Best Ofs: | 16/81 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 33/100 | 14 |
| 2020 |  CharlieBarley | My Favourite Smiths Albums In Order | 13/14 | - |
| 2014 | evazan | Top 39 Greatest Music Albums | 9/39 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 41 | |||
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The Very Best Of The Smiths ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/08/2026 13:01 | Ilolahti | 153 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/19/2025 06:16 |  nextorgd | 1,221 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2024 21:30 | r0b07 | 801 | 83/100 |
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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 77.9/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.7.
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Purplepash 10/05/2025 05:53 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Purplepash 09/25/2020 04:48 in What album are you listening to right now?The Very Best Of The Smiths comments
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Lacking a lot from "Meat Is Murder", but overall it's a solid compilation.
my favourite is How Soon Is Now
SingingPeasant96 04/11/2013 07:42 | #72409
Solid Compliation though I want them to add "The Headmaster Ritual"
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