The Smiths discography
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| The Smiths discography | |
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| File:Smiths rockband collage.jpg
Members of the Smiths from left to right: Morissey, Marr, Rourke, Joyce
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| Studio albums | 4 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 10 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 13 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 25 |
The English alternative rock band the Smiths released four studio albums, three extended plays (EPs), one live album, 10 compilation albums, 25 singles, one video album and 13 music videos on the Rough Trade, Sire and WEA record labels. The band was formed in 1982 in Manchester by vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bass player Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.[1]
The Smiths' debut single was "Hand in Glove" (May 1983); it failed to chart. Its follow-up, "This Charming Man" (October 1983), met with critical approval and reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] In 1984 the band reached number 12 in the UK with the single "What Difference Does It Make?" and went to number two on the UK Albums Chart with their debut album, The Smiths. Their next three singles all went into the top 20 of the charts in the UK, helping to consolidate their previous chart success. The next studio album, Meat Is Murder (1985), reached the top of the British charts; the only single to be released from the album, "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" (1985), failed to break into the UK Top 40. The Smiths' next six singles all made the top 30 in the UK, and their third album, The Queen Is Dead (1986), climbed to number two in the UK.[3]
Despite the Smiths' chart success, Marr left the group in August 1987 because of a strained relationship with Morrissey.[4] Failing to find a replacement, the Smiths disbanded by the time of the release of their final studio album, Strangeways, Here We Come, in September that year. Strangeways, Here We Come climbed to number two in the UK and became the band's highest-charting release in the United States when it reached number 55 on the Billboard 200. 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. WEA released two further singles compilations in 1995 and 2001, with a further compilation, The Sound of The Smiths, released in November 2008.[3]
Contents
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| UK [5] |
UK Indie [6] |
AUS [7] |
CAN | GER [8] |
NL [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
US [12] |
US Cash Box [13] |
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| The Smiths |
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2 | 1 | 77 | 65 [14] |
— | 28 | 9 | 44 | 150 | 129 |
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| Meat Is Murder |
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1 | 1 | 58 | 40 [16] |
45 | 39 | 13 | 27 | 110 | 73 |
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| The Queen Is Dead |
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2 | 1 | 30 | 29 [17] |
33 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 70 | 59 | |
| Strangeways, Here We Come |
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2 | 1 | 28 | 27 [19] |
33 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 29 | |
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| UK [5] |
UK Indie [6] |
AUS |
CAN [20] |
GER [8] |
NL [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
US [12] |
US Cash Box [13] |
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| Rank | 2 | 1 | 30 | 82 | 47 | 42 | 25 | 32 | 77 | 54 |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| UK [3] |
UK Indie [6] |
AUS [7] |
CAN | GER [8] |
IRE [21] |
NL [9] |
NZ [10] |
NOR [22] |
SWE [11] |
US [12] |
US Cash Box [13] |
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| Hatful of Hollow |
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7 | 1 | — | 91 [23] |
— | — | — | 21 | — | 28 | — | — |
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| The World Won't Listen |
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2 | 1 | 25 | — | 41 | — | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | — | — |
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| Louder Than Bombs |
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38 | 2 | — | 29 [24] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 27 | |||
| Best... I |
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1 | — | 64 | 38 [25] |
— | 56 | 74 | 15 | 35 | 45 | 139 | 49 |
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| ...Best II |
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29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Singles |
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5 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Very Best of The Smiths |
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30 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Sound of The Smiths |
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21 [26] |
— | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | 98 | — |
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| The Smiths Singles Box |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Complete | 63 | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Ref. | Peak chart positions | |
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| UK | UK Indie [6] |
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| GIV 1 |
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[27] [28] |
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| The 12" Mixes |
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| The Peel Sessions |
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[5] | 90 | 9 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||
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| UK [29] |
UK Indie [6] |
AUS [7] |
IRE [30] |
NZ [31] |
US Dance [32] |
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| 1983 | "Hand in Glove" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "This Charming Man" | 25 | 1 | 52 | — | 15 | — |
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| 1984 | "What Difference Does It Make?" | 12 | 1 | — | 12 | — | — | The Smiths | |
| "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | 10 | 1 | — | 11 | — | — |
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Non-album singles | |
| "William, It Was Really Nothing" | 17 | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | |||
| 1985 | "How Soon Is Now?" | 24 | 1 | — | 5 | 39 | 36 |
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| "Shakespeare's Sister" | 26 | 1 | — | 11 | — | — | |||
| "Barbarism Begins at Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meat Is Murder | ||
| "The Headmaster Ritual" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" | 49 | 1 | — | 20 | — | — | |||
| "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" | 23 | 1 | — | 15 | 46 | 49 | The Queen Is Dead | ||
| 1986 | "Bigmouth Strikes Again" | 26 | 1 | — | — | 40 | — |
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| "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Panic" | 11 | 1 | — | 7 | — | — |
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Non-album singles | |
| "Ask" | 14 | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | |||
| 1987 | "Shoplifters of the World Unite" | 12 | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | ||
| "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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The Queen Is Dead | |
| "Sheila Take a Bow" | 10 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Girlfriend in a Coma" | 13 | 1 | — | 12 | 29 | — | Strangeways, Here We Come | ||
| "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" | 23 | 2 | — | 13 | — | — | |||
| "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" | 30 | 2 | — | 17 | — | — | |||
| "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" | — | — | 91 | — | 31 | — | |||
| 1992 | "This Charming Man" (re-issue) | 8 | — | — | 9 | — | — |
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Best... I |
| "How Soon Is Now?" (re-issue) | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (re-issue) | 25 | — | — | 22 | — | — |
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...Best II | |
| 1995 | "Ask" (re-issue) | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | Singles | |
| "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" (demo) | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Queen Is Dead (2017 collector's edition) | |
| "The Queen Is Dead" | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Other charted releases
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album |
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| UK [29] |
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| 2011 | "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" | 121 |
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Video albums
| Title | Album details | Ref. | Certification |
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| The Complete Picture | [33] | * UK: Platinum |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1985 | "How Soon Is Now?" | Paula Grief and Richard Levine | [34] | |
| "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" | Ken O'Neill | [35] | ||
| 1986 | "The Queen Is Dead"/"Panic"/"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" | Derek Jarman | A short film made for the 1986 Edinburgh Festival. | [36] |
| "Panic" | Derek Jarman | A promo video for the "Panic" single was made using a mixture of concert footage and footage from Jarman's film. | [36] | |
| "Ask" | Derek Jarman | [36] | ||
| 1987 | "Shoplifters of the World Unite" | Tamra Davis | Combines footage of The Smiths on The Tube in April 1987 with footage from the film A Place in the Sun. | [35] |
| "Sheila Take a Bow" | Tamra Davis | [37] | ||
| "Girlfriend in a Coma" | Tim Broad | [38] | ||
| "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" | Tim Broad | Video produced for a single whose release was cancelled. | [39] | |
| "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" | Tim Broad | Promo video released after The Smiths had split, which recycles footage from the "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" video. | [40] | |
| 1988 | "Ask" (live) | Peter Fowler | Promo video produced to promote the Rank live album. | [41] |
| 1992 | "This Charming Man" | Unknown | Uses footage originally shot for the Tyne Tees Television show The Tube in 1983. | [35] |
| "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" | Tim Broad | Recycles footage from the "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" promo video. | [42] |
References
- ↑ Fletcher 2012, pp. 2–4.
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- ↑ Fletcher 2012, p. 465.
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External links
- The Smiths discography at AllMusic
- The Smiths discography at Discogs
