I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1987
From the album Strangeways, Here We Come (track #2)
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I Started Something I Couldn't Finish appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Strangeways, Here We Come (track #2) (this album) (1987)
- The Sound Of The Smiths (track #22) (compilation) (2008)
- Singles (track #16) (compilation) (1995)
- The Very Best Of The Smiths (track #18) (compilation) (2001)
- Complete (track #32) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/18/2025 16:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 25,751 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2025 11:32 | kinginsomniac12 | 4,230 | 100/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2025 00:30 |  Brandon8 | 4,375 | 88/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2025 08:48 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2024 10:40 | ItNrok | 463 | 89/100 |
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DeusExMackia 07/25/2015 21:53 | #146447
Listen out for Marr's fantastic use of guitars here; on one hand, there's one playing a dirty overdrive and another, lighter acoustic sound. Yet on both of them, he plays a similar bouncy and energetic riff. They work so damn well.
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