Smiths | RANK (1988) | CD

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The group consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them one of the most important bands to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Johnny Marr left in July 1987 and the band broke up later that year.

This one-disc CD edition of Rank by The Smiths was issued by Warner Music UK Ltd. in 2024 for the European market. Rank is a live album recorded at the National Ballroom in Kilburn, London, almost two years before its release on 23 October 1986. It is a fourteen-track selection of 21 songs by Morrissey from a complete concert that had been transmitted by BBC Radio 1. Producers credited are Grant Showbiz and Pete Dauncey.

Track List

1. The Queen Is Dead
2. Panic
3. Vicar in a Tutu
4. Ask
5. His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians
6. The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
7. Rubber Ring/What She Said
8. Is It Really So Strange?
9. Cemetry Gates
10. London
11. I Know It's Over
12. The Draize Train
13. Still Ill
14. Bigmouth Strikes Again