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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]
WEA (now the Warner Music Group) had acquired the entire Smiths back catalogue in early 1992.Along with the re-release of the eight original albums (the four studio albums, the Rank live album and the three compilation albums issued while the band were still active), they immediately set to work compiling a 'best of' collection in two volumes.
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]
In early 1992 WEA acquired the entire back catalogue of the Smiths and produced two compilations – Best I and Best II – the first of which went to the top of the UK Albums Chart. The following year, 1993, WEA re-released the four studio albums, Rank and the three earlier compilation albums.
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."
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]
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.
Rolling Stone ranked the song as the 23rd best Smiths song, stating, "Playing this song together, the Smiths all sound intimately in sync." [12] while NME named it the band's 19th best. [13] Consequence ranked the song as the band's 18th best, noting that the song has "one of The Smiths' most explicitly hopeless choruses". [4]