The Sound Of The Smiths
by The Smiths
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The Smiths bestography
The Sound Of The Smiths is ranked 10th 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 31,467.
(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 Sound Of The Smiths track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Sound 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: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 49 Music Albums of 2008 | 3/49 | 5 |
| 2026 | Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 19 Music Albums of 2008 | 17/19 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2008 | 59/99 | 2 |
| 2024 |  pedro1976 | 2023: Most Played | 68/100 | - |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever compilations | 87/100 | - |
| 2024 | pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - November 2023 | 3/10 | - |
| 2023 |  RevolverCB72 | The Smiths: Best Compilation/Live Albums | 8/10 | - |
| 2023 |  NowhereMan | Essential Compilations/Best Ofs: | 17/81 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 38 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 86 | |||
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The Sound Of The Smiths ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/04/2026 00:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,610 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2025 10:26 | TonySayers61 | 25,537 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2025 12:33 | mash | 1,491 | 89/100 |
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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 79.9/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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Forum mentions
CharlieBarley 07/11/2024 15:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 11/27/2023 13:55 in What album are you listening to right now? pedro1976 11/11/2023 18:17 in What album are you listening to right now?The Sound Of The Smiths comments
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DeusExMackia 12/28/2016 13:55 | #181136
None of the magic of their studio albums, but its a stellar collection nonetheless.
A good collection of this influential Indie rock band from Manchester. Many of their greatest songs are on here, though some of the other great songs aren't on here
love teh deluxe version
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