Top 40 Artists!
by TheSmiths82-87 
- Chart updated: 11/18/2019 09:15
- (Created: 02/03/2016 11:27).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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My favourite band by far! I only got into the Smiths in 1989, sadly, the group had disbanded two years prior, but at least I have had Morrissey's solo career to enjoy over the years. But whereas the Smiths recorded around 150 tracks in just 5 years and almost all of them are near faultless, Morrissey has since taken a lot longer to record the same amount of quality and over more albums.
All four studio albums - The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead and Strangeways Here We Come have a case for being their finest hour, but so does Hatful Of Hollow which is a collection of early b-sides and radio sessions, with some of the tracks from the debut album sounding less murky.
The murkiness of the debut is not necessarily a bad thing, it makes it all sound very indie and lo-fi but the quality of the songwriting shines through regardless. It does contain Reel Around The Fountain, Still Ill and The Hand That Rocks The Cradle so it has to be considered to be one of the bands best albums.
Meat Is Murder's opening side is as good as anything they did, and side two somehow includes Well I Wonder...The songwriting is more direct than the debut, the guitar is not as jangly and the lyrics are not as vague but it is right up there for brilliance.
The Queen Is Dead is the one considered to be their masterpiece, I have to confess this is my favourite even though it is such an obvious choice. But how could this album ever be dismissed when it contains such tracks as There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Frankly Mr Shankly, I Know It's Over, Cemetry Gates and the title track. Genius!
Strangeways has always been my least favourite, it does contain a couple of fillers, but Smiths fillers are still pretty good and as good as anything else around at that time. So for me, Death At One's Elbow and Unhappy Birthday do somewhat hold the album back from becoming their career defining masterpiece. At some point, both Morrissey and Marr have said this is their favourite Smiths album. [First added to this chart: 02/03/2016]
All four studio albums - The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead and Strangeways Here We Come have a case for being their finest hour, but so does Hatful Of Hollow which is a collection of early b-sides and radio sessions, with some of the tracks from the debut album sounding less murky.
The murkiness of the debut is not necessarily a bad thing, it makes it all sound very indie and lo-fi but the quality of the songwriting shines through regardless. It does contain Reel Around The Fountain, Still Ill and The Hand That Rocks The Cradle so it has to be considered to be one of the bands best albums.
Meat Is Murder's opening side is as good as anything they did, and side two somehow includes Well I Wonder...The songwriting is more direct than the debut, the guitar is not as jangly and the lyrics are not as vague but it is right up there for brilliance.
The Queen Is Dead is the one considered to be their masterpiece, I have to confess this is my favourite even though it is such an obvious choice. But how could this album ever be dismissed when it contains such tracks as There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Frankly Mr Shankly, I Know It's Over, Cemetry Gates and the title track. Genius!
Strangeways has always been my least favourite, it does contain a couple of fillers, but Smiths fillers are still pretty good and as good as anything else around at that time. So for me, Death At One's Elbow and Unhappy Birthday do somewhat hold the album back from becoming their career defining masterpiece. At some point, both Morrissey and Marr have said this is their favourite Smiths album. [First added to this chart: 02/03/2016]
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Top 40 Artists! composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 40% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Syd Barrett | 1 | 3% | |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico | 1 | 3% | |
| The Wedding Present | 1 | 3% | |
| The Smiths | 1 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 1 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 1 | 3% | |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Artists! chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 12 from 19th to 7th If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle And Sebastian |
| Up 11 from 30th to 19th Doolittle by Pixies |
| Up 8 from 24th to 16th The Joshua Tree by U2 |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 8 from 15th to 23rd Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
| Down 8 from 25th to 33rd Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin |
| Down 7 from 17th to 24th Blue by Joni Mitchell |
| Leavers |
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 The All Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbisonby Roy Orbison |
| In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel |
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