The Smiths 
The best album credited to The Smiths is The Queen Is Dead which is ranked number 16 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 31,513.
The Smiths is ranked number 14 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 60,111.
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- Johnny Marr
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The Smiths best albums
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The Smiths best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 03/01/2026 23:19 |  JR | 345 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 10:53 | aramsamsam | 20 | 47/100 |
| ! | 11/01/2025 03:21 |  LukasAntoine00s | 91 | 69/100 |
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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 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.7.
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BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5423): By serpico BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5422): By CharlieBarley BestEverAlbums 08/31/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5421): By Simon_bramhallThe Smiths comments
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I'd say one of the few hip and trendy BEA bands that is not overrated at all. They are exactly where they should be. IMO of course. (Edited)
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
Foo Fighters is in the rock and roll hall of fame. The Smiths are not. Let that sink in. (Edited)
Larcx13 11/04/2022 09:43 | #291030
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. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
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