Still Ill (track)
by The Smiths
Still Ill appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Hatful Of Hollow (track #8) (1984)
- The Smiths (track #6) (this album) (1984)
- The Sound Of The Smiths (track #4) (compilation) (2008)
- ...Best II (track #7) (compilation) (1992)
- The Very Best Of The Smiths (track #19) (compilation) (2001)
- Rank (track #13) (1988)
- Complete (track #7) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #53) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #62) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 5 days ago | Fritz | 4,278 | 85/100 | |
| 11/11/2025 06:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 88,562 | 71/100 | |
| 10/17/2025 11:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,615 | 100/100 | |
| 09/13/2025 13:56 | gmessian | 1,472 | 55/100 | |
| 08/09/2025 22:47 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 |
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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 87.5/100, a mean average of 86.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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The guitar is stunning. Incredibly catchy song.
First time listening to this album I gave this song a 65... It must have been before I ate lunch or something. Does the stomach rule the mind or does the mind rule the stomach? Anyway, If you're in the same boat I encourage you to give it another listen. The guitar work in this song is fantastic.
One of the best off the album
DeusExMackia 11/01/2015 13:46 | #152351
'Still Ill' was one of The Smiths' early greats. Morrissey's lyrics are completely on form here - "For there are brighter sides to life and I should know because I've seen them, but not very often" is one of my favorite lines ever - while Marr's delectable guitar work (and that goddamn flat bass riff that opens the song) defines the sound of the song.
One of the best songs they have ever written
GandalfORiley345 06/22/2014 18:19 | #115017
I think is underrated, is by far one of the bests from the album, this one makes me start listening to Smiths, simply awesome
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