Rank (live album)
by The Smiths
The Smiths bestography
Rank is ranked 8th 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 16 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 33,874.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/10/2025 03:28 | Sonoffatboy | 505 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:45 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2025 23:04 | edguyerrison | 135 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2025 01:46 | matterhornrider | 4,783 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2024 13:50 |  cestuneblague | 7,982 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Pity this is the sole live document of the Smiths. Worthwhile but scrappy. The best review was by the band itself that insisted on it being called "Rank"
Non-essential, even for Smiths fans. Apart from the instrumental "Draize Train" and the snippet of Elvis's "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" you're not going to be surprised by anything contained on this live disc. None of the songs struck me as being improved through live performance
Excellent live album! It's a very good example of how good The Smiths were during their heyday.
Hayden 01/29/2015 23:41 | #133048
That version of London is awesome. Is there a studio recording of it?
Very disappointed to see nothing from Meat Is Murder on here. It was their best album too. Either way, solid live album, The Smiths were/are truly excellent.
Entertaining live album.
Graeme2 12/01/2013 20:15 | #95883
Best live album ever. Maybe.
SingingPeasant96 04/11/2013 07:38 | #72408
BLT: Bigmouth Strikes Again
Norman Bates 05/12/2012 13:55 | #42073
Sure, it's just a live album from The Smiths, and it cannot be considered their best record. Still, it's a great live LP, showing how The Smiths could rock on stage so much more than on album format. Check out their punkish version of "London" for instance.
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