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| 0.0 | RYMsfullofscenesters | October 26th 13 |
I had a friend who got into The Smiths around the same time he decided to start wearing a scarf around regardless of the temperature.
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| 4.5 superb | morrissey EMERITUS | July 14th 06 |
A raw and unbridled introduction to a band that would go on to singlehandedly reshape British pop music, the Smiths is alternately brilliant and frustrating. The heights of "This Charming Man", "Hand in Glove", "I Want the One I Can't Have" and so on are flat-out jaw-dropping, but there are songs of unabashed mediocrity which weigh the record down ("Miserable Lie", "I Don't Owe You Anything"). The album would have been better served with the inclusion of peerless B-sides like "Handsome Devil" and "Girl Afraid" would have made this album an indisputable classic, but as it stands it is just really, really good.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | March 23rd 23 |
(M3) Solid debut, but one that takes time to reveal its flavor. The lovely Smiths contrast between sadboi vocals and fun engaging bass heavy stuff at the back takes time to show its nose. 1 is indeed a pretty standard, slow paced song at its core, tho well executed and with pretty pianos near the end. 2's a bit faster and bass heavy which is nice, while 3 after a minute speeds up to show their punk influences, but unfortunately has pretty weird vocals. 4 has cool cute instrumentation but I'm not sure it fits with the vocals. 5's nice and then 6-9 finally gives us a run of really solid Smiths songs, with faster paces and more engaging upbeat instrumentals particularly 6-7. This preludes QiD quite nicely. 10 goes back to slower stuff, but after those faster songs it actually works well as a contemplative rest. I do not think however the album should have ended on another slow and even more subdued song with 11, as it gives it a bad energy curve imo. Still 3.8
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| 3.5 great | BillyBrill | December 11th 22 |
The smiths will really just put three bangers on an otherwise bland album and call it a day and you know what I am more or less okay with that. No reason to bother with this one in full though, just listen to Hatful of Hollow
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| 4.5 superb | Introu1 | May 9th 21 |
Its almost has good has The Queen is Dead, but i dont know what, but it got a little something that make the album stand more i also feel it have better songs overall 4,3/5
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| 1.0 awful | Jonathan McCombs | June 29th 18 |
Boring garbage. Stinks and reeks of filth. Make my brain unconscious, makes it fall asleep. Some talent, which makes it even worse by way of teasing the mind.
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| 0.0 | | December 8th 15 |
7.4
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| 3.5 great | mkamrass | July 11th 14 |
This is pretty good, but it is boring musically the majority of the album. It is definitely overrated.
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| 0.0 | Thunderkat | June 13th 14 |
All these sound off reviewers are on crack.. All the songs here are amazing.
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| 4.0 excellent | lz41 | August 27th 13 |
A remarkably bold, innovative and strong debut. Morrissey's flat out neuroticism comes across with deceptive poeticism, most notably on 'Still Ill' and 'Pretty Girls Make Graves', whilst it would take years for the group to top 'Reel Around The Fountain.' If I had any complaints, it would be that the album is just too soft and slow in parts: I would've liked to have seen 'I Don't Owe You Anything' subbed out for something jauntier and more acerbic like 'This Charming Man', a ravingly narcissistic gem that does the Jam better than the Jam ever, ever did.
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| 3.5 great | TRMshadow | July 14th 13 |
A bit weaker than The Queen is Dead, but a phenomenal debut album. I generally despise the 80's alt scene as a whole, but for some reason The Smiths absolutely work for me; them and David Byrne. 3.7/5
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| 5.0 classic | lukeduggan | May 6th 12 |
The rawest Smiths record, and a thing of pure beauty. Hand In Glove and Reel Around The Fountain both glisten with Marrs fantastic riffs and Morrisseys thoughtful yet warm lyrics.
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| 3.0 good | DutchDevotee | March 12th 12 |
This is a good first album, but somehow I always get a bit turned of when listening to it in total. I can't explain why, though. Perhaps I should have listened to it when the album was released, to like it more.
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| 3.5 great | Tokyochuchu | December 3rd 09 |
No, no, no. I love The Smiths, but their debut album, quite frankly, borders on poor. It was re-recorded in two weeks after the original sessions went askew... And it shows. The production is woefully inconsistant, with some tracks sounding like unfinished demos. Johnny Marr's playing is also insipid at times, with the likes of 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle' and 'Reel Around The Fountain' having dull and lifeless compositions. morrissey has his faults too. His early falsetto is really bad, and almost kills the likes of 'You've Got Everything Now'.rBut it's not all bad. 'This Charming Man', 'What Difference Does It Make', 'Still Ill' and 'Suffer Little Children' are all timeless classics. But the other half is mostly for the birds. The weakest record by The Smiths by far.
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