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- The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?” When the Smiths ventured out of their comfort zone, the results could be dicey (see: “Golden Lights,” “Draize Train”).
- The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again” It’s a tough trick to make yourself a pitiable figure after threatening to knock someone’s teeth out or bludgeoning them while they sleep, but Irascible Moz has always been irresistible to Smiths’ fans.
- The Smiths – “Ask” Has Morrissey ever sounded so friendly, before or since? Sure, he barks the titular word like a battle cry on the Rank live version, but “Ask” remains one of the nicest songs in the Smiths catalog both musically and lyrically, with a sprightly guitar riff and shuffling handclap beat complementing Moz’s gentle invitation for the listener to come out of their shell.
- The Smiths – “This Charming Man” “This Charming Man” is a perfect point of entry for the nascent Smiths fan: Marr’s ringing guitar hops and bops atop a jaunty bass line (the song’s instrumental MVP) while Morrissey casually tosses out lyrics 19th century poets would trade a year’s supply of quills for.
- “Accept Yourself” (1983) In their all-too-brief existence, the Smiths blazed through dozens upon dozens of brilliant tunes. “Accept Yourself” is not one of them.
- “Barbarism Begins at Home” (1985) The longest Smiths song at seven minutes, which is either a sign of how deeply they cared about child abuse or a sign of how desperate they were to fill out Side Two of Meat Is Murder.
- “Paint a Vulgar Picture” (1987) A tacky badge of celebrity complaints, taking up too much space on their farewell album, Strangeways, Here We Come. Morrissey gripes about record companies, media whores, MTV and the BBC – but George Michael did it better a few years later with “Freedom! ’
- “Meat Is Murder” (1985) Moooooo! Morrissey milks the audience’s pity for cows, for turkeys, but most of all for English rock stars facing the Difficult Second Album syndrome.
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- ‘Cemetry Gates’ (1986) … This unabashedly beautiful monument to the band’s legacy. An album track buried midway through ‘The Queen Is Dead’, it’s the kind of obsessive anorak’s pick that Moz and Marr themselves would have dusted off and brought to the light in all its shimmering majesty.
- ‘This Charming Man’ (1983) If your indie disco doesn’t go off in the first three seconds of this one, kick out every single snowflake in there. The start of a very gentle revolution was also the sound of a band working together in perfect harmony – Rourke’s pogoing bassline, Joyce’s bone-dry percussion, Marr’s clarion call of a guitar riff.
- ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ (1986) Unbelievably, when a 2023 survey revealed the 10 most popular UK funeral tunes, this bright spot in the Smiths’ canon was nowhere to be seen.
- ‘How Soon Is Now?’ (1984) This masterwork is an anomaly in an oeuvre that is, with trademark contrariness, full of anomalies. It was initially inspired by the primitive rock’n’roll and blues of Bo Diddley and early Elvis, though a spliff in the studio (prim Morrissey was at home) loosened the band up, resulting in their trippiest track.
- “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” Single; appears on The Queen is Dead (1986) | 2,687 votes.
- “How Soon Is Now?” B-side of “William, It Was Really Nothing” (1984) | 2,453 votes.
- “This Charming Man” Single; appears on The Smiths (1983/1984) | 2,321 votes.
- “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” B-side of “William, It Was Really Nothing” (1984) | 2,240 votes.
- How Soon Is Now. (William, It Was really Nothing 12-inch B-side, 1984) The juddering, swampy atmospherics of Marr’s guitar soundscapes and Morrissey’s gold standard lyrics of loneliness created a dark nightclub of the soul from which the singer dejectedly walked home alone.
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out. (from The Queen Is Dead, 1986) As fully realised a vision of what made The Smiths so magical as they managed. Poignancy, longing and – with the help of The Emulator II sampler’s string settings – divine musical beauty.
- This Charming Man. (Single, 1983) Assembled in just 20 minutes in early 1983, This Charming Man is the sound of a new pop language for the lonely being born.
- The Queen Is Dead. (from The Queen Is Dead, 1986) A storming MC5-meets-The Velvets squall meets Morrissey’s scathing, state of the nation address - The Daily Mail and a crossdressing Prince Charles et al.
May 20, 2022 · The Smiths have various songs that highlight one of the member’s strengths, but the band is truly at their best when all four come together cohesively. “Hand in Glove” is one of the best examples of The Smiths putting together a completely robust, dynamic performance.
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May 20, 2022 · Every Song by The Smiths Ranked From Worst to Best. All 72 songs that helped define a generation of misfits straight outta Manchester. Illustration by Steven Fiche. Consequence Staff. May 20, 2022 | 10:00am ET. We revisit our definitive Smiths ranking as Morrissey celebrates his birthday on May 22nd.
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