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)
- Meat Is Murder / The Smiths (track #16) (compilation) (1986)
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| ! | 09/01/2026 10:39 | Siromynian | 20,040 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2026 12:50 |  Tamthebam | 46,260 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2026 23:11 |  VictorVale | 44,381 | 89/100 |
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The guitar is stunning. Incredibly catchy song. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
One of the best off the album
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 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
