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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2165849)

'The Headmaster Ritual' from Meat Is Murder is the only Smiths song I truly love, but TQID is a charming album thru'n'thru.

A truly great song that would probably be on my top 5.

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2165849)

'The Headmaster Ritual' from Meat Is Murder is the only Smiths song I truly love, but TQID is a charming album thru'n'thru.

Hatful of Hollow and Louder than Bombs have tons of gems. You don't love nothing on there? No love for Rubber Ring?

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks (Post 2165852)

Hatful of Hollow and Louder than Bombs have tons of gems. You don't love nothing on there? No love for Rubber Ring?

As a pleb Hatful of Hollow is a solid contender for best Smiths album aside from The Queen Is Dead

Basic Channel really minimal techno bops

You should try it sometime

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2165855)

As a pleb Hatful of Hollow is a solid contender for best Smiths album aside from The Queen Is Dead

I can't argue with that. Track for track, it's solid as hell. Louder than Bombs might have a greater quantity of awesome tracks - but Hatful of Hollow is tighter and more focused. I don't think the Smiths have a bad record honestly. Strangeways is probably their weakest, but yet, in some ways, it is also one of their most unique and most interesting. It's too bad Morrissey is such a diva - it would've been awesome to hear what him and Johnny could've cooked up on a fourth album.

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks (Post 2165852)

Hatful of Hollow and Louder than Bombs have tons of gems. You don't love nothing on there? No love for Rubber Ring?

I like 'em, as well as the self-titled ('You've Got Everything Now' is a bit of a bop).

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2165845)

I'm too green to have a top 5 but Morrrissey's performance on your top 1 is truly perfect. He embodies the opener of an album. If there's one thing to turn me off The Smiths it's Morrissey's singing but God damn there's nothing like Morrissey in all of music and once I'm over the hump of appreciating his pretentiousnous there's no replacement for his expressiveness.

Yeah initially I also had to get over his voice, but it really grows on you, I wouldn't have his vocals any other way

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2165855)

As a pleb Hatful of Hollow is a solid contender for best Smiths album aside from The Queen Is Dead

Hell yes those are my two favourites

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks (Post 2165868)

Church. The funny thing is that Strangeways is apparently the favourite of both Morrissey and Marr

A buddy of mine used to co-host a college radio DJ show with me. We frequently closed out our sets with "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out". Easily their best song.

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Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 2165835)

I won't share you >> TIALTNGO?? There is no end to the strangeness of personal tastes.

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks (Post 2165892)

A buddy of mine used to co-host a college radio DJ show with me. We frequently closed out our sets with "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out". Easily their best song.

Nah, the lyrics are a mood but musically it's not one of their best

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday (Post 2165893)

Nah, the lyrics are a mood but musically it's not one of their best

Without the lyrics/vocals, perhaps not.

But that song is the whole package to me.