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Manchester, England (1982 – 1987)

The Smiths were an alternative rock band which formed in 1982 in Manchester, England. The band originally consisted of Steven Patrick Morrissey (Vocals, Lyrics), Johnny Marr (Guitar, Music), Mike Joyce (Drums) and Andy Rourke (Bass). Hugely influential, The Smiths lasted all of five years from 1982 to 1987, releasing during this period four studio albums (The Smiths , Meat Is Murder , The Queen Is Dead and finally Strangeways, Here We Come ) and three compilation albums (Hatful of Hollow, The World Won’t Listen and Louder Than Bombs). Meat Is Murder went on to enter the British charts at number one in February of 1985, and The Queen Is Dead further confirmed the band’s popularity with its release in spring 1986. Greeted with enthusiastic reviews and peaking at number two on the U.K. charts, the album also developed The Smiths’ cult following in the U.S., breaking into the Top 100.

After the band’s split in 1987, a further six albums have been released, bringing the total number of Smiths albums to 13. These albums consisted of another five compilation albums (‘Best … I’, ‘…Best II’, ‘Singles’, ‘The Very Best of the Smiths’ and ‘The Sound Of The Smiths’), and one live album (‘Rank’) recorded before the band’s split during ‘The Queen Is Dead’ tour. Both ‘Best 1’ and ‘Best 2’ were heavily criticised by critics and some fans; however ‘The Very Best Of’, although with very similar content to said ‘Best’ albums, sold excellently, and drew much approval from critics.

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1	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out	11,407
2	This Charming Man	9,168
3	How Soon Is Now?	8,052
4	Bigmouth Strikes Again	7,243
5	The Boy With the Thorn in His Side	5,777
6	Hand in Glove	5,717
7	Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now	5,544
8	Panic	5,362
9	William, It Was Really Nothing	4,805
10	Ask	4,744
11	Girlfriend in a Coma	4,441
12	Still Ill	4,370
13	Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want	3,825
14	That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore	3,763
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If only I was subscribed..

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Life is never kind, but I know what will make you smile tonight.

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Igor2010 wrote:
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best band of all time.

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VGoRiLLaZ wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Svaka šuša Smitse sluša.

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yessmiths wrote:
yesterday morning

"Ride a bicycle whilst listening to the Smiths. Morrissey would want you to. " haha. will do.

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AutoDef wrote:
yesterday morning

New band here on last fm. We love the smiths. Indie Fans unite ! anyone out there?

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JeffMec wrote:
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It's the bomb for sure!

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JeffMec wrote:
Saturday evening

Brilliant. To say something.

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Izzyeviel wrote:
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I love the Smiths

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johnnymarr23 wrote:
Saturday evening

johnny marr's guitar is magic...

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alemegadeth55 wrote:
Saturday morning

living again!! years... 80s

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zlavek wrote:
Friday evening

best band of all time.

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deadri5 wrote:
Friday evening

"'I think. There is a reunion.' lmao" lmao" lmao

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timricemorissey wrote:
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couldn't agree with you more boingocure :)

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aaronws wrote:
Friday morning

"'I think. There is a reunion.' lmao" lmao

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boingocure wrote:
Friday morning

Yep...still the greatest band of all time

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VasunyaX wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Huge love till the day i die

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r0tt3n wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Great lyrics with a special voice, Moz you are the man.

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Wednesday afternoon

ilovestarburst said it right. <3

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<3

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