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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| ! | 09/01/2026 10:48 | Siromynian | 20,223 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2026 00:24 | BurndenAce | 6,143 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2026 16:32 | Fritz | 4,474 | 85/100 |
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 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. (Edited)
