Paint A Vulgar Picture (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1987
From the album Strangeways, Here We Come (track #8)
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Paint A Vulgar Picture appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Strangeways, Here We Come (track #8) (this album) (1987)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 10:48 | Siromynian | 18,971 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 15:15 | mash | 4,607 | 92/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2026 19:08 | Fritz | 4,452 | 84/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.9/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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Even by Smiths standards lyrically superb.
Great song, possibly my favourite all time Smiths song, but it's getting to be a bit ironic now considering the amount of Smiths compilations out there. Still, brilliant song.
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