Is It Really So Strange? (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1987
From the album Louder Than Bombs (track #1)
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Is It Really So Strange? appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Louder Than Bombs (track #1) (this album) (compilation) (1987)
- Rank (track #8) (1988)
- Complete (track #48) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #89) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/29/2025 04:44 |  imacgill | 29,907 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 03:29 | Exist-en-ciel | 46,725 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2025 11:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 4,398 | 100/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2025 01:48 | matterhornrider | 22,494 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2024 19:19 | CokeBabies | 2,071 | 84/100 |
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DeusExMackia 02/29/2016 20:57 | #161034
A bumbling, jumpy, upbeat sing-a-long, with the perfect dash of melancholy and a splash of Johnny Marr's guitar wizardry.
Great opener to the Louder Than Bombs compilation album and one of my most favorite tracks from The Smiths
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