Never Had No One Ever (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1986
From the album The Queen Is Dead (track #4)
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Never Had No One Ever appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- The Queen Is Dead (track #4) (this album) (1986)
- Complete (track #24) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 12/18/2025 18:13 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 | |
| 11/10/2025 18:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,702 | 70/100 | |
| 11/04/2025 23:26 | Oid | 2,945 | 79/100 | |
| 10/17/2025 11:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 10/15/2025 21:08 | 991 | 87/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.7/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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I've always been vexed by the decision to place NHNE right after I Know It's Over, an equally gloomy track in an almost identical tempo.
I think people would enjoy this song more if it had appeared on a different part of the record.
Fairly good track, but not up there with the best for me.
i like it but it could have been shorter
Bit of a boring track
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