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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 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.
The Very Best of The Smiths is a compilation album by English rock band The Smiths. It was released in June 2001 by WEA in Europe, without consent or input from the band. It reached number 30 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was not released in the United States.
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.
All of the songs were composed by Johnny Marr, with lyrics written and sung by Morrissey. The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart , staying in the chart for 17 weeks. [ 1 ] The album also became an international success, peaking at number 16 in the European Albums Chart ; from sales covering the 18 major European countries, [ 2 ...
Louder Than Bombs is a compilation album by English rock band the Smiths, released as a double album in March 1987 by their American record company, Sire Records. It peaked at number 62 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. [9] Popular demand prompted their British record company, Rough Trade, to issue the album domestically as well. Upon its ...
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."
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.