Our 10 favorite Smiths songs celebrate the recordings we return to most often from one of the most distinctive bands of the 1980s. Morrissey’s dramatic, funny, and frequently wounded lyrics found their ideal musical setting in Johnny Marr’s inventive guitar arrangements, Andy Rourke’s melodic bass lines, and Mike Joyce’s forceful but flexible drumming. Formed in Manchester in 1982, the Smiths released four studio albums between 1984 and 1987. Their catalog was brief, but the band continually changed its approach, moving from sharp guitar pop and rockabilly rhythms to orchestral ballads, studio experimentation, and some of the most emotionally direct songs
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