If I were to buy another album by The Smiths
and I already own Meat is Murder, The Queen is Dead and Strangeways should I go for s/t, Louder than Bombs or Hatful of Hollow ?
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get their first album
"The Smiths"
Hatful of Hollow and Louder than Bombs are two of my favourite three
along with The Queen is Dead.
I think The Smiths is pretty lifeless.
i was leaning more towards those two
because they seem to have more of the 'essential' songs on them (panic, ask etc)
hatful
The Smiths debut isn't much cop imho. Also look out for Jeanne and Wonderful Woman which are on neither but from that first year era.
http://open.spotify.com/album/4jDfylFtZvGHzL1uAFkPSv
Louder than bombs
hatful of hollow after that
Louder than bombs has shoplifters of the world unite, ask, shiela take a bow, the underrated "stretch out and wait" and of course Asleep. Its brilliant.
this is the one what won it
more 'essential' tracks and £3 cheaper than the others
hatful of hollow
Hat Full of Bombs
I don't know why I wrote "Hat Full" instead of "Hatful"
Rank
is a great album to enjoy the live brilliance of all that is amazing about the Smiths (all of it.)
Rank is shit
Boy with a thorn sounds like it's being played by Thin Lizzy, in the worst way imaginable
how can that possibly be a bad way?
Rank is
a let down yeah. a Radio 1 live show with tracks missing.
but check this: the entire Salford uni gig from 1986 (Marr's fave Smiths gig ever) right here in full! =
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioEAJ_0lPm0
search Smiths Salford 86 and it's all there.
That's usually an improvement.
its surprises me
that Rank is held in such low esteem! in fact pretty shocked! but each to their own. then again, in my eyes they can do no wrong - (other than the awful Sandie Shaw Hand in Glove on TOTP!)
Hatful of Hollow
and I'm also surprised that people don't rate Rank. I prefer it to Queen Is Dead.
Mind you, with the mention of those three albums, I've reached the bounds of my Smiths collection.