Ranking: Every Song by The Smiths from Worst to Best - Consequence Of Sound ('revisited' 21 Feb)

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Ranking: Every Song by The Smiths from Worst to Best

All 72 songs that helped define a generation of misfits straight outta Manchester


"We revisit our definitive Smiths ranking as their debut turns 35 this week."

https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/02/ranking-every-song-by-the-smiths-from-worst-to-best/

A huge slice of subjectivity with a comment on each track from 72->1.
Regards,
FWD.
 
poor golden lights,bottom rung of the ladder.panic,london and you just haven't earned it yet baby are probably my favourite three.
 
poor golden lights,bottom rung of the ladder.panic,london and you just haven't earned it yet baby are probably my favourite three.

I stopped reading after I saw that "Well I Wonder" was placed in the bottom dozen. I mean, really, that song is a gem!
 
I stopped reading after I saw that "Well I Wonder" was placed in the bottom dozen. I mean, really, that song is a gem!
I agree...thought exactly the same and it is better than many more, plus the instrumentals get very negative comments which are in reality glorious....but as i you go down the list you realise what an amazing, iconic band The Smiths were and what an amazing legacy they have left us.
The glory of the Smiths was that each song then and moreso now, after the passing of time evokes personal memories of good and bad times to the listener that makes lists like just like many others really irrelevant...my favourite is Jeane which is a lowly 65th....will i lose any sleep....mmmm ....no.
 
just give us a list,not click sideways to refresh the page each time,i chucked it after a while.
 
Well I wonder and what she said in worst 10 smiths songs?
 
I started reading this thinking "it's all subjective, no need to get upset" then I found Paint A Vulgar Picture below Death At One's Elbow and nearly booted the screen in.
 
I stopped reading after I saw that "Well I Wonder" was placed in the bottom dozen. I mean, really, that song is a gem!
Exactly. And they have Asleep at #5. I like that song but no way is it even in the top 40 Smiths songs. Bit of a joke of a list. The obligatory There Is A Light as #1. Pointless exercise really.
 
Moz saying The Draize Train is the weakest Marr song. I don't agree. Death At One's Elbow is far worse. I always liked Draize and wish Moz had sung on it. It's better than anything his current band has handed him in years.
 
Here's how we, the users of M-solo, voted the top-73:

1) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 9,89
2) Still Ill 9,57
3) I Know It’s Over 9,56
4) The Queen Is Dead 9,55
5) This Charming Man 9,50
6) Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want 9,50
7) The Headmaster Ritual 9,49
8) Rubber Ring 9,43
9) Reel Around The Fountain 9,41
10) Panic 9,41
11) Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before 9,39
12) Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me 9,39
13) The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 9,37
14) That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore 9,36
15) Hand In Glove 9,32
16) Bigmouth Strikes Again 9,31
17) Well I Wonder 9,30
18) Shoplifters Of The World Unite 9,29
19) How Soon Is Now? 9,28
20) Cemetry Gates 9,24
21) William It Was Really Nothing 9,22
22) Half A Person 9,13
23) Asleep 9,10
24) I Want The One I Can’t Have 9,02
25) What Difference Does It Make? 8,96
26) A Rush And A Push 8,95
27) Handsome Devil 8,90
28) Girlfriend In A Coma 8,90
29) Nowhere Fast 8,90
30) Sweet And Tender Hooligan 8,87
31) Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now 8,84
32) Stretch Out And Wait 8,82
33) Paint A Vulgar Picture 8,81
34) Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 8,76
35) Rusholme Ruffians 8,76
36) You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby 8,74
37) I Won’t Share You 8,72
38) Girl Afraid 8,70
39) Frankly Mr Shankly 8,62
40) Sheila Take A Bow 8,61
41) Suffer Little Children 8,59
42) This Night Has Opened My Eyes 8,58
43) Is It Really So Strange? 8,58
44) What She Said 8,57
45) I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish 8,56
46) Unlovable 8,53
47) These Things Take Time 8,53
48) The Hand That Rocks The Cradle 8,52
49) Back To The Old House 8,52
50) Ask 8,49
51) You’ve Got Everything Now 8,49
52) Pretty Girls Make Graves 8,48
53) Jeane 8,42
54) London 8,39
55) Barbarism Begins At Home 8,34
56) Shakespeare’s Sister 8,26
57) Never Had No One Ever 8,25
58) Wonderful Woman 8,10
59) I Don’t Owe You Anything 8,09
60) Vicar In A Tutu 8,05
61) Death Of A Disco Dancer 8,02
62) Meat Is Murder 8,00
63) Miserable Lie 7,78
64) Unhappy Birthday 7,62
65) Oscillate Wildly 7,59
66) Accept Yourself 7,50
67) I Keep Mine Hidden 7,27
68) The Draize Train 6,74
69) Work Is A Four Letter Word 6,48
70) Death At One’s Elbow 6,38
71) Money Changes Everything 6,37
72) What’s The World 6,13
73) Golden Lights 4,93

https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/the-moz-smiths-top-100-final-results.83646/
 
Here's my Top 10:

1) Asleep
2) The Headmaster Ritual
3) Well I Wonder
4) That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
5) Reel Around the Fountain
6) Unloveable
7) Stretch Out and Wait
8) You've Got Everything Now
9) The Queen Is Dead
10) Never Had No One Ever
 
Here's my Top 10:

1) Asleep
2) The Headmaster Ritual
3) Well I Wonder
4) That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
5) Reel Around the Fountain
6) Unloveable
7) Stretch Out and Wait
8) You've Got Everything Now
9) The Queen Is Dead
10) Never Had No One Ever

My top 10 Moz songs that should have been Smiths songs if Jinky Marred could write a song:
1. Sweetie Pie
2. I'm not a Man - intro noises
3. Roy's Keen
4. Get Off The Stage
5. Our Frank
6. Journalists Who Lie
7. Moonriver - extended final minutes of noise
8. Art Hounds
9. The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye - camera noises
10. Papa Jacksey
 
My top 10 Moz songs that should have been Smiths songs if Jinky Marred could write a song:
1. Sweetie Pie
2. I'm not a Man - intro noises
3. Roy's Keen
4. Get Off The Stage
5. Our Frank
6. Journalists Who Lie
7. Moonriver - extended final minutes of noise
8. Art Hounds
9. The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye - camera noises
10. Papa Jacksey
Call to prayer on Istanbul?
 
William It Was Really Nothing
The Headmaster Ritual
Wonderful Woman
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
What She Said
Suffer Little Children
Well, I Wonder
Nowhere Fast
Half A Person
 
Paint A Vulgar Picture
Shoplifters of the World Unite
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Girl Afraid
Barbarism Begins At Home
Panic
I Know It's Over
This Charming Man
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
 

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