The Smiths
by The Smiths
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The Smiths bestography
The Smiths is ranked 2nd 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 31,479.
(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 Smiths track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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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: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 20/100 | 75 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 7 Music Albums of 1984 | 1/7 | 5 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 8/100 | 91 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 59/98 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Self-Titled | 50/50 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Smiths & Morrissey ranked | 6/19 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 31 Music Albums of 1984 | 5/31 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 979 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7,662 | |||
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The Smiths ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 11:44 | JoshN125 | 151 | 68/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 15:23 | TheWongs | 840 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 00:44 | xhitmanx | 1,602 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.7/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5418): By baystateoftheart BestEverAlbums 08/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5410): By Deckiller BestEverAlbums 08/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5392): By leniadThe Smiths comments
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VictorVale 08/18/2026 13:34 | #315728
De grande impacto e virtuosismo, Smith se revela com canções lendários, timbres quase alegres iluminando a melancolia de seus versos.
Incredible first record. (Edited)
Hearing this album in 1984 was really a breath of fresh air.
The U.S. Version including "This Charming Man," makes a very good album a great one.
Other favorite tracks "Reel Around the Fountain," "Pretty Girls Make Graves," "Still Ill," "Hand in Glove" and "What Difference Does It Make."
For the total 1984 Smiths sound, 'Hatful of Hollow' is highly recommended.
To come out of the gate with this album is extremely impressive. They seem to have found their sound extremely quickly and put it to fantastic use on this project. We have all the members of the
band doing what they do best in a mature and knowledgeable way making this feel more like a record that a band would release mid way through their career. This is such a strong testament to the quality and consistency of the Smiths and demonstrate why they are one of the greatest bands of all time. The peak of the record for me is as soon as This Charming Man comes on and after that it is just greatness right up to the conclusion of the music. What makes this album special in my opinion is that we can see the beginning of two of the greatest artists of all time. I am obviously referring to Marr and Morrissey with the latter being extremely impressive on here. His words are intelligent and engaging and you can plainly see the quality he not only produced on here but would go on to produce in later years. Overall, being able to witness the brilliance the Smiths began their career with is something that is very special and they did it in such style which makes this an elite level record. (Edited)
Phenomenal, groundbreaking record with top notch songwriting throughout. Every track here is a standout, the biggest one probably is What Difference Does It Make? with Still Ill close behind. The only bad thing I can point out that some tracks are too long, when there is no point for it.
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