Reel Around The Fountain (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1984
From the album The Smiths (track #1)
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Reel Around The Fountain appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Hatful Of Hollow (track #15) (1984)
- The Smiths (track #1) (this album) (1984)
- ...Best II (track #12) (compilation) (1992)
- Complete (track #1) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #69) (compilation) (2011)
- Meat Is Murder / The Smiths (track #11) (compilation) (1986)
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| ! | 06/22/2026 14:44 |  DommeDamian | 76,141 | 51/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2026 13:33 | shawnd27 | 83 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2026 19:21 |  nitomano | 27,181 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 11:17 | dukeboxkool | 8,459 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 17:51 | michelefarina | 376 | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 88.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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I prefer this version to the one on Hateful of Hollow. Piano isn’t featured on many Smiths songs but it really works here. (Edited)
Beautiful song instrumentally and lyrically, but maybe it goes on a bit too long
A beautiful, moody, and introspective track. This album version is one of three equally excellent recordings of this song.
SuedeSwede 09/09/2014 21:50 | #121599
Compelling beauty, lyrics are sublime, instrumentation is great, the guitar riffs are fabulous, this is truly a great start to a great discography.
GandalfORiley345 06/22/2014 16:54 | #115008
Awesome intro, the drums of the start are incredible, the tired voice is incredible, and the rhythm stills amazing, actually an incredible start
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