Your combined Morrissey/Smiths Top 20 songs

[BookishBoy]

I'm feeling kind of listy today and I've seen countless "Smiths best songs" and "Solo best songs" rankings over the years but not so many where it's all smooshed together (for obvious reasons I guess).

If anyone fancies posting their list below, I'd love to read a few. Here's mine (for today):

Speedway
A Swallow on My Neck
What She Said
Half a Person
Nobody Loves Us
Come Back to Camden
Well I Wonder
Rusholme Ruffians
Girl Afraid
Drag the River
Life Is a Pigsty
I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Panic
You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side
I've Changed My Plea to Guilty
Late Night, Maudlin Street
Rubber Ring
Cemetry Gates
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Trouble Loves Me

 

[gashonthenail]

Hard to whittle it down. Here goes (in no particular order):

This Charming Man
What Difference Does It Make?
Rusholme Ruffians
Well I Wonder
The Queen Is Dead
There Is A Light
Death of a Disco Dancer
Last Night I Dreamt
I Won't Share You
Rubber Ring
Shoplifters of the World
Now My Heart Is Full
Billy Budd
Nobody Loves Us
The Boy Racer
Lost
We'll Let You Know
Blue Dreamer's Eyes
Sister, I'm A Poet
Once I Saw The River Clean

 

[The.Boy.Racer]

Here's mine, in no particular order.
I could do a whole different list tomorrow!

I Have Forgiven Jesus
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Well I Wonder
Southpaw
This Charming Man
That's How People Grow up
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Let Me Kiss You
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
You Have Killed Me
Rubber Ring/Asleep
My Dearest Love
What Difference Does It Make?
Suedehead
I Know It's Over
Boxers
Meat Is Murder
Dear God Please Help Me
I Won't Share You

 

[Lucifer Sam]

• A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours
• Back to the Old House
• Handsome Devil
• The Headmaster Ritual
• I Know It's Over (Rank)
• I Want the One I Can't Have
• Jack the Ripper
• Life Is a Pigsty
• Mountjoy
• Nowhere Fast
• Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
• Reel Around the Fountain (Troy Tate session)
• Seasick, Yet Still Docked
• Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
• Still Ill (Rank)
• Suffer Little Children
• Well I Wonder
• Wonderful Woman (Troy Tate session)
• Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself
• The World Is Full of Crashing Bores

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

Oooh, getting fancy with the formatting Audrey!

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

I appreciate someone who knows they’re in the mood for some bullet points!

 

[brody]

NOT in a particular order. I cannot rank these songs


Why don’t you find out for yourself
There is a light that never goes out
Last of the famous international playboys
Last night I dreamt
Late night maudlin street
I want the one I can’t have
Come back to Camden
Hand in glove
Christian Dior
These things take time
The National front disco
Cemetery Gates
Lost
Bigmouth Strikes Again
It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore
How soon is now
Life is a pigsty
The Queen Is Dead
Everyday is like Sunday
I know it’s over (rank)

Honorable mentions: Drag The River, Headmaster Ritual

 

[Ryan]

It’s good to see Well I Wonder on almost every list so far.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Is it ten from each or however one wishes? I’ll post my list tomorrow.

 

[Tea with the taste]

. B

 

[gordyboy9]

my list changes evert week,by the time i type out 20 songs my number 1 will now be number 8.
dearest.
blue dreamer.
kit.
pillow.
jim.
marry.
mama.
israel.
fatty.
swallow.
forgive.
happy lovers.
striptease.
its over,as in i know and not its over.
candle.
picadilly.
edges.
tomorrow.
southpaw.
staircase.

this will be available on streaming,cd,vinyl and wind-up radio on monday morning in all woolworths stores throughout the uk.

 

[Tea with the taste]

Impossible task really …. as his oeuvre is really an embarrassment of riches - but for what it’s worth and because I too like making lists and treasuring these songs like exquisite jewels in my mind …. here goes ….

There is a light that never goes out

I know it’s over

You have killed me

Cemetry gates

I wish you lonely

Spent the day in bed

Now my heart is full

Please please please let me get what I want

Some girls are bigger than others

Christian Dior

Forgive someone

Come back to Camden

I’m throwing my arms around Paris

Well I wonder

Once I saw the river clean

Late night maudlin street

Panic

Life is a Pigsty

Trouble loves me

Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me

Honourable mentions :

Darling I hug a pillow

Art hounds

Blue dreamer’s eyes

A rush and a push and the land is ours

You knew I couldn’t last

 

[The Alchemist]

I just can't bring myself to do it.

The only way would be to purchase a typewriter and remain in my bedroom for 3 months.

 

[gordyboy9]

I just can't bring myself to do it.

The only way would be to purchse a typewriter and remain in my bedroom for 3 months.

go on alchemist give it ago.

 

[The Alchemist]

go on alchemist give it ago.

I've ordered the typewriter. I'll be coming back in here...

 

[Was I ever any good]

I've ordered the typewriter. I'll be coming back in here...

Ohh. My fave film.

 

[Mozzer1980]

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. Speedway
3. Life Is a Pigsty
4. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
5. I Know It's Over
6. Meat Is Murder
7. My Hurling Days Are Done
8. Southpaw
9. Asleep
10. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
11. Jim Jim Falls
12. The Edges Are No Longer Parallel
13. Nobody Loves Us
14. Alma Matters
15. All You Need is Me
16. Saint In A Stained Glass Window
17. Jack The Ripper
18. I'm Not A Man
19. Trouble Loves Me
20. Everyday Is Like Sunday

 

[Was I ever any good]

1. STILL ILL
2.SUNDAY
3. PLAYBOYS.
4. WHAT DIFFERENCE.
5. FIRST OF THE GANG.
6. LITTLE MAN.
7. YOUR GONNA NEED.
8. SHEILA
9. ITS OVER.
10. THIS NIGHT HAS OPENED
11. WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR LEGS
12. I WISH YOU LONELY.
13. THE QUEEN IS OFFICIALLY DEAD.
14. THERE IS A LIGHT.
15. I KNOW ITS OVER.
16. ART HOUNDS.
17. ONE OF OUR OWN.
18. THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME.
19. THE BOY RACER.
20. ACCEPT YOURSELF/ HALF A PERSON.
And this concludes the voting from
The frozen north

 

[The Alchemist]

Well I Wonder
Still Ill
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
What Difference Does It Make?
Reel Around The Fountain
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Bigmouth Strikes Again
Last Night I Dreamt....
Hand In Glove
This Night Has Opened My Eyes

Will Never Marry
Let Me Kiss You
Now My Heart Is Full
My Dearest Love
Girl Least Likely To
I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
One of Our Own
Jack The Ripper
Trouble Loves Me
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself

I feel very unwell now, because there were at least 30 songs I wanted to include but couldn't.

An enjoyable (but also nauseating) experience.

 

[Mozzer1980]

And now let's realize how many outstanding songs we haven't mentioned...
And these are all songs sung by one human being.
Incredible !