The Smiths United Kingdom

The best album credited to The Smiths is The Queen Is Dead which is ranked number 17 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 40,494.

The Smiths is ranked number 12 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 73,388.

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The Smiths best albums

The following albums by The Smiths are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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1986
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1988
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164
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1995
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Total albums: 15. Page 1 of 2

This may not be a complete discography for The Smiths.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

The Smiths bestography composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 0 0%
1980s 9 0%
1990s 3 0%
2000s 2 0%
2010s 1 0%
2020s 0 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 6 40%
Yes 9 60%
Live? Albums %
No 14 93%
Yes 1 7%

The Smiths best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Rating: 93 (535 votes)Comments: 8
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(from the album Hatful Of Hollow)
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Rating: 92 (421 votes)Comments: 7
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(from the album Hatful Of Hollow)
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Rating: 92 (805 votes)Comments: 11
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(from the album The Queen Is Dead)
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Rating: 90 (724 votes)Comments: 13
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(from the album The Queen Is Dead)
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Rating: 90 (714 votes)Comments: 10
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(from the album The Queen Is Dead)
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Rating: 90 (379 votes)Comments: 6
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(from the album The Smiths)
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Rating: 89 (338 votes)Comments: 5
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(from the album Meat Is Murder)
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Rating: 89 (283 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Hatful Of Hollow)
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Rating: 89 (405 votes)Comments: 4
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(from the album The Smiths)
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Rating: 89 (212 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hatful Of Hollow)
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Rating: 89 (324 votes)Comments: 5
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(from the album Meat Is Murder)
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Rating: 88 (280 votes)Comments: 5
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(from the album Meat Is Murder)
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Rating: 88 (293 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album Strangeways, Here We Come)
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The Smiths ratings

Average Rating: 
87/100 (from 440 votes)
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This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 86.6/100, a mean average of 85.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.1.

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The Smiths comments

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75/100
From 07/26/2023 11:18
Feeling sorry to see I'm not part of the Smiths best audience given to their albums average ratings.

My personal 'The Smiths' ranking albums :

1- The Queen Is Dead (1986) => 78
2- Hatful Of Hollow (Live session 1984) => 75.6
3- Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) => 74
4- Meat Is Murder (1985) => 72.8
5- The Smiths (1984) => 68.5

If I had to create a 'Best of The Smiths', it would be made of 16 tracks :

⦁ Reel Around the Fountain (1984) => 85
⦁ What Difference Does It Make ? (1984) => 80
⦁ William, It Was Really Nothing (Live session 1984) => 80
⦁ These Things Take Time (Live session 1984) => 80
⦁ This Charming Man (Live session1984) => 85
⦁ How Soon Is Now (Live session 1984) => 80
⦁ Still Ill (Live session 1984) => 80
⦁ Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (Live session 1984) => 80
⦁ Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Live session 1984) => 80
⦁ I Want the One I Can't Have (1985) => 80
⦁ The Queen Is Dead / Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty (Medley) (1986) => 80
⦁ I Know It's Over (1986) => 80
⦁ Bigmouth Strikes Again (1986) => 85
⦁ The Boy With the Thorn in His Side (1986) => 80
⦁ There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1986) => 90
⦁ Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (1987) => 80
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From 03/22/2023 09:48
Foo Fighters is in the rock and roll hall of fame. The Smiths are not. Let that sink in.
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From 11/04/2022 09:43
I'll get downvoted for this but I wonder if I'm alone to think this way: It's strange. I find the music is good... I like punk, so post-punk music always sounds fairly good to me... when production and singing isn't over the top... but that voice... He's a decent singer no doubt, but that voice just isn't to my taste no matter how hard I try to listen and like this band... I rather listen to Bob Dylan's infamously bad voice over Morrissey's smooth but odd singing 100 times over... sorry. Maybe I just need to give them some time.
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From 02/17/2022 11:04
Incredible band. Marr's genius on guitar and Morrissey's melancholy lyrics - it's a perfect storm. Shame we only got 4 studio albums but what a legacy they have left.
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From 02/03/2022 21:36
Hell yeah!
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From 10/04/2021 23:23
Rediscovering this band and oh boy, I forgot just how good they were - hardly a bad song in their career, a product both of their immense talent and their short lifespan. On top of that, they were one of the most important bands in my formative years as a music fan. As with many of my early discoveries, my dad introduced them to me, and as an introverted and bookish teen, Morrissey's lyrics spoke to me deeply, while Marr was one of my biggest influences as a guitar player and composer. It's a shame that Morrissey has only gotten more jaundiced, but it hasn't affected his music very much (at least in the case of the Smiths - not as familiar with his solo work). These guys are still one of the greatest bands of all time, in my opinion - but then, I am biased.

P.S. Shout-out to Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke, who often go under-appreciated and unmentioned but provided a solid foundation for the band. Rourke's bass lines were often really melodic and catchy, while also providing a great rhythmic bounce, while Joyce, though unflashy, played with a lot of power and always provided just what was needed for the song.
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55/100
From 05/13/2021 13:09
a bit too banal for my tastes...but really nice melodies and guitar work...
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90/100
From 06/13/2020 17:43
Good band from the 80s with my favorite album the queen is dead in my top 10.
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95/100
From 06/12/2019 03:32
Some of the comments here..."Morrissey may be an awful person...", "Despite Morrisey's questionable remarks", "The Smiths succeed despite Morrissey's obnoxiousness".. etc...

Such comments come across as nothing more than insincere virtue signalling. The Guardian would be so proud of you... if they cared.
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From 04/21/2019 23:43
Morrissey may be an awful person, but damn if he isn't a fantastic poet. In conjunction with Johnny Marr, the Smiths were destined to make classics.
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