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[2] [7] The live album Rank followed in 1988. [8] The majority of the Smiths' songs were written by the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr. [1] Throughout their career, their songs differed from the predominant synth-pop British sound of the early 1980s, [2] instead fusing together 1960s rock and post-punk. [9]
In the tradition of other Smiths compilations which largely overlapped except for a few songs, this album does contain two versions not available on any other of The Smiths' albums: the single mix of "Ask" and the 7-inch edit of "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me". The Singles compilation used the album versions of these songs.
Rolling Stone ranked the song as the 14th best Smiths song, [3] while NME named it the band's 16th best. [13] Consequence ranked the song as the band's 28th best, calling it "a testament to The Smiths' power in 1987". [14] Guitar named the song as the band's 20th greatest guitar moment. [15]
The album ranked number 3 among "Albums of the Year" for 1987 in the annual NME critics' poll, and "Girlfriend in a Coma" ranked number 11 among songs. [23] In 2000 it was voted number 601 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. [24] Rolling Stone said the record "stands as one of their best and most varied". [25]
Billboard named the song as the seventh best Smiths song, praising Marr's "uplifting" guitar line, [18] while Louder included the song in their unranked top ten Smiths songs, calling the track "beautifully written." [19] Rolling Stone ranked the song as the 11th best Smiths song, [5] while NME named it the band's 15th best. [20]
Rolling Stone ranked the song as the Smiths' 36th best song, while Consequence of Sound named it as the band's 53rd best track. [ 9 ] Comedian Stephen Merchant praised the song, stating that the song "has this electrifying opening; it sort of eases in slowly with this fade and then the guitars (sic) come crashing in.
Andy Strickland in Record Mirror said, "Morrissey and Marr still can't quite get it together all the time, 'Never Had No One Ever' and 'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others' bearing all the hallmarks of the familiar Smiths filler, where music and words hardly embrace," [5] while Nick Kent wrote, "'Vicar in a Tutu' and 'Some Girls Are Bigger Than ...
Several publications have ranked the song as one of the band's best songs. Billboard ranked the song as the band's second best, [14] while NME named it the band's fourth best. [15] Paste called it the band's tenth best, [16] while Louder included it in their unranked top ten, writing, "This could be their most iconic song."