Suffer Little Children (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1984
From the album The Smiths (track #10)
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Suffer Little Children appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- The Smiths (track #10) (this album) (1984)
- Complete (track #11) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/04/2025 22:22 | araidernomore | 4,313 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 06:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,752 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2025 11:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,437 | 100/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 23:08 |  Superunknown | 506 | 86/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2025 01:43 | clarky | 145 | 84/100 |
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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 84.4/100, a mean average of 83.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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Haunting song. The guitar is absolutely gorgeous. The subject matter is very dark but I absolutely love the lyrics. Atrocities such as the Moors murders need to be discussed, and to me this is done in good taste and with utmost respect to the families involved. "Manchester, so much to answer for"
Allegedly the first song they ever wrote.
What a way to begin a magical 5-year journey.
DeusExMackia 07/19/2015 16:56 | #146063
Suffer Little Children is beautifully disturbing and dark. 'Like' seems to be the wrong way to describe it. Marr's melancholy and almost ironic guitar work has as much creepiness in it as Morrissey's repetition of "Manchester; so much to answer for" does.
In the context of the album, it's the only way their debut could have closed. I see it almost as an after-credits scene, with the tone implying that while this album is coming to a close, 'The Smiths' are only just getting started.
GandalfORiley345 06/22/2014 21:29 | #115030
Incredible way to close this super album
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