Ask (track)
by The Smiths
Ask appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Louder Than Bombs (track #13) (this album) (compilation) (1987)
- The World Won't Listen (track #2) (compilation) (1987)
- The Sound Of The Smiths (track #17) (compilation) (2008)
- Singles (track #12) (compilation) (1995)
- ...Best II (track #4) (compilation) (1992)
- The Very Best Of The Smiths (track #4) (compilation) (2001)
- Rank (track #4) (1988)
- Complete (track #44) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #72) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #101) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/30/2026 10:57 |  DommeDamian | 77,237 | 51/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 21:28 |  HoldenM | 9,578 | 91/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2026 00:40 | Fritz | 4,452 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 03:29 | Sonoffatboy | 3,963 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 04:45 |  imacgill | 33,201 | 81/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.6/100, a mean average of 88.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.3.
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Great track. Definitely one of my favorites from the Smiths. Brilliant lyrically, but what of theirs isn't? The added background sound at around 0:50 really adds to the listening experience for me...
DeusExMackia 05/09/2015 18:21 | #141157
"Spending warm summer days indoors/Writing frightening verse to a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg" might just be the two best lines ever written.
Fantastic track!
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