The Smiths discography
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 Morrissey (left) and Johnny Marr (right) post-The Smiths |
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 4 | |
| ↙Live albums | 1 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 10 | |
| ↙EPs | 1 | |
| ↙Singles | 20 | |
| ↙Video albums | 1 | |
| ↙Music videos | 14 | |
The discography of the English alternative rock band The Smiths consists of four studio albums, one extended play (EP), one live album, ten compilation albums, nineteen singles and one music video on Rough Trade Records, Sire Records and WEA. The band was formed in 1982 in Manchester by vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bass player Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.
Despite being championed by BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel, the band's debut single, "Hand in Glove" (May 1983), failed to chart. The follow-up single, "This Charming Man" (October 1983), met with critical acclaim and reached number twenty-five on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The Smiths' cult status was followed by mainstream success in 1984, as they reached number twelve in the UK with the "What Difference Does It Make?" single and reached number two on the UK Albums Chart with their debut album, The Smiths (1984). Their next three singles all reached the top twenty 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; however, the only single to be released from the album, "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" (1985), failed to break the UK Top 40. Returning to form, The Smiths' next six singles all reached the higher than number thirty in the UK and their third album, The Queen Is Dead (1986), reached number two in the UK.
Despite the band's chart success, Marr left the group in August 1987 due to a strained relationship with Morrissey.[2] Failing to find a replacement, The Smiths disbanded by the time their final studio album, Strangeways, Here We Come, was released in September that year. Strangeways, Here We Come reached number two in the UK and became the band's highest-charting release in the United States when it reached number fifty-five 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 reached 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.
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[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
US [4] |
AUS [5] |
CAN | GER [6] |
NL [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
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| 1984 | The Smiths
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2 | 150 | 77 | 65 [10] |
— | 28 | 9 | 44 | UK: Gold[11] |
| 1985 | Meat Is Murder
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1 | 110 | 58 | 40 [12] |
45 | 39 | 13 | 27 | UK: Gold[11] |
| 1986 | The Queen Is Dead
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2 | 70 | 30 | 29 [13] |
45 | 11 | 17 | 39 | UK: Gold[11] |
| 1987 | Strangeways, Here We Come
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2 | 55 | 28 | 27 [15] |
33 | 20 | 14 | 13 | UK: Gold[11]
US: Gold[14] |
[edit] Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
US [4] |
AUS [5] |
CAN [16] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
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| 1988 | Rank
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2 | 77 | 30 [A] |
82 | 47 | 42 | 25 | 32 | UK: Gold[11] |
- A^ 30 is the peak position of Rank in Australia on the Kent Music Report; the peak position on the ARIA Charts (who began compiling their own data from that year on) is 33.
[edit] Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
US [4] |
AUS [5] |
CAN | GER [6] |
IRE [17] |
NL [7] |
NZ [8] |
NOR [18] |
SWE [9] |
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| 1984 | Hatful of Hollow
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7 | — | — | 91 [19] |
— | — | — | 21 | — | 28 | UK: Platinum[11] | ||
| 1987 | The World Won't Listen
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2 | — | 25 | — | 41 | — | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | UK: Gold[11] | ||
Louder Than Bombs
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38 | 62 | — | 29 [20] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | UK: Gold[11]
US: Gold[14] |
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| 1992 | Best...I
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1 | 139 | 46 [B] |
38 [21] |
— | 56 | 74 | 15 | 35 | 45 | UK: Gold[11] | ||
...Best II
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29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | UK: Gold[11] | |||
| 1995 | Singles
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5 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | UK: Platinum[11] | ||
| 2001 | The Very Best of The Smiths
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30 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | UK: Gold[11] | ||
| 2008 | The Sound of The Smiths
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21 [22] |
98 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | UK: Gold[11] | ||
| The Smiths Singles Box | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | The Smiths Complete
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63 | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
- B^ 46 is the peak position of Rank in Australia on the AMR Chart; the peak position on the ARIA Charts is 64.
[edit] Extended plays
| Year | EP details |
|---|---|
| 1988 | The Peel Sessions
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[edit] Other album appearances
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Girl Afraid"[23] | Department of Enjoyment | A live version of the song performed on 2 March 1984 in Glasgow. |
| 1985 | "What She Said"[23] | Poll Winners EP | A live version of the song performed on 18 March 1985 in Oxford. |
| "Miserable Lie"[23] | A Rough Trade Compilation | A live version of the song performed on 18 March 1985 in Oxford. | |
| 1987 | "Meat Is Murder"[23] | Animal Liberation | A live version of the song performed on 18 March 1985 in Oxford. |
| 1997 | "This Charming Man (New York Vocal)"[23] | The Ongoing History of New Music Volume 2 | An alternative mix to the 1983 single. |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
US Dance [24] |
IRE [25] |
AUS [5] |
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| 1983 | "Hand in Glove" | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "This Charming Man" | 25 | — | — | 52 | ||
| 1984 | "What Difference Does It Make?" | 12 | — | 12 | — | The Smiths |
| "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | 10 | — | 11 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "William, It Was Really Nothing" | 17 | — | 8 | — | ||
| 1985 | "How Soon Is Now?" | 25 | 36 | 5 | — | |
| "Shakespeare's Sister" | 26 | — | 11 | — | ||
| "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" | 49 | — | 20 | — | Meat Is Murder | |
| "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" | 23 | 49 | 15 | — | The Queen Is Dead | |
| 1986 | "Bigmouth Strikes Again" | 26 | — | — | — | |
| "Panic" | 11 | — | 7 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Ask" | 14 | — | 9 | — | ||
| 1987 | "Shoplifters of the World Unite" | 12 | — | 7 | — | |
| "Sheila Take a Bow" | 10 | — | 3 | — | ||
| "Girlfriend in a Coma" | 13 | — | 12 | — | Strangeways, Here We Come | |
| "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" | 23 | — | 13 | — | ||
| "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" | 30 | — | 17 | — | ||
| "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" | — | — | — | 91 | ||
| 1992 | "This Charming Man" | 8 | — | 9 | — | ...Best I |
| "How Soon Is Now?" | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" | 25 | — | 22 | — | ...Best II | |
| 1995 | "Ask" | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
- Although it was not released as a single, "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" (from The Smiths Complete compilation) reached the 121st spot in the UK in November 2011.[26]
[edit] Video albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1992 | The Complete Picture
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[edit] Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "How Soon Is Now?" | Paula Greif and Richard Levine | |
| "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" | Ken O'Neill | ||
| 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. |
| "Panic" | Derek Jarman | A promo video for the "Panic" single was made using a mixture of concert footage and footage from Jarman's film. | |
| "Ask" | Derek Jarman | ||
| 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 . |
| "Sheila Take a Bow" | Tamra Davis | ||
| "Girlfriend in a Coma" | Tim Broad | ||
| "Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before" | Tim Broad | ||
| "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. | |
| 1988 | "Ask" (live) | Peter Fowler | Promo video produced to promote the Rank live album. |
| 1992 | "This Charming Man" | Unknown | Uses footage originally shot for the Tyne Tees Television show Riverside in 1983. |
| "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. |
[edit] References
- General
- The Smiths discography at Allmusic
- The Smiths discography at Discogs
- Specific
- ^ Morley, Paul (12 November 1983). "This Charming Man". NME.
- ^ Rogan, Johnny. "The Smiths: Johnny Marr's View". Record Collector (London: Diamond Publishing) (November/December 1992).
- ^ a b c d Roberts, David (ed.) (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b c "The Smiths: Chart History". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/the-smiths/chart-history/5703. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d Kent, David (compiler) (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c "Charts.de - Album suche: The Smiths". Media Control. http://www.charts.de/search.asp?search=the+smiths&x=11&y=6&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ a b c "Discography The Smiths". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Smiths. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ a b c "Discography The Smiths". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Smiths. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ a b c "Discography The Smiths". Swedishcharts.com. http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Smiths. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM 40 (9). 5 May 1984. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6754b&volume=40&issue=9&issue_dt=May%2005%201984&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 27 August 2009. Note: User needs to enter "Smiths" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM 42 (7). 27 April 1985. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0514&volume=42&issue=7&issue_dt=April%2027%201985&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM 44 (23). 30 August 1986. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0718&volume=44&issue=23&issue_dt=August%2030%201986&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ a b c "Search Results". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=The%20Smiths&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM 47 (8). 28 November 1987. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0904&volume=47&issue=8&issue_dt=November%2028%201987&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM 48 (26). 15 October 1988. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8686&volume=48&issue=26&issue_dt=October%2015%201988&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "Discography The Smiths". irish-charts.com. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Smiths. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "Discography The Smiths". Norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Smiths. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM (11). 12 January 1985. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9662&volume=42&issue=18&issue_dt=December%2001%201985&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM 46 (8). 20 May 1987. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0813&volume=46&issue=8&issue_dt=May%2030%201987&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM 56 (20). 14 November 1992. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1857&volume=56&issue=20&issue_dt=November%2014%201992&type=2&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "The Smiths". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3970. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Various artists compilations (with unique tracks only)". Passionsjustlikemine. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080527013435/http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/disc/smiths-dcomp.htm. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "The Smiths > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5466. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irish Recorded Music Association. 2008. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ Jones, Alan (November 21, 2011). "Music Week - UK Singles Chart Analysis: Rihanna equals Adele record". Music Week. http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1047553. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
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