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The Smiths discography

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Studio albums
  
4

Compilation albums
  
10

Music videos
  
14

Live albums
  
1

Video albums
  
1

EPs
  
1

The Smiths discography

The English alternative rock band The Smiths released four studio albums, one extended play (EP), one live album, ten compilation albums, twenty singles, one video album and fourteen 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.

The Smiths's 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 twenty-five on the UK Singles Chart. In 1984 the band reached number twelve 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 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; 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 went to higher than number thirty in the UK, and their third album, The Queen Is Dead (1986), climbed to number two in the UK.

Despite The Smiths's chart success, Marr left the group in August 1987 because of a strained relationship with Morrissey. 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 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 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.

Singles

  • 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.
  • References

    The Smiths discography Wikipedia