{"product_id":"the-smiths-rank-cd","title":"Smiths | RANK (1988) | CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack List\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Queen Is Dead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePanic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVicar in a Tutu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis Latest Flame\/Rusholme Ruffians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Boy With the Thorn in His Side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRubber Ring\/What She Said\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs It Really So Strange?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCemetry Gates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLondon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Know It's Over\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Draize Train\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStill Ill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBigmouth Strikes Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"The Music Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59057947246966,"sku":"5021732374332PMI","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/9733\/1318\/files\/5021732374332.jpg?v=1792460302","url":"https:\/\/themusicpress.co.uk\/products\/the-smiths-rank-cd","provider":"The Music Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}