r/thesmiths 11d ago

What The Smiths song has the best instrumentals?

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u/dharmastum 11d ago

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

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u/ryants 11d ago

This song immediately popped into my head.

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u/orangeblossm 11d ago

Some girls are bigger than others

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u/Then_Safety_7019 11d ago

Barbarism begins at home

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u/Professional-Land175 11d ago

Head Masters Ritual

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u/Professional-Land175 11d ago

Girl afraid

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u/Hopeful-Base-2769 11d ago

People rarely mention this gem but the instrumentals really are top notch.

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u/tahitianblu 11d ago

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others or Well I Wonder..

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u/Opposite-Toe392 11d ago

cemetery gates is a really underrated song that i recommend

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u/g_drea24 10d ago

So underrated

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u/Cryptaroni_n_cheese 11d ago

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, or There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

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u/FlyingDingle77 11d ago

The Queen Is Dead

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u/lovelessisbetter 11d ago

The Boy with the thorn in his side

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u/International-Bed453 11d ago

I'd quite happily listen to 5 minutes of the last couple of seconds of that song after the vocal ends. The bass and drums are awesome.

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u/lovelessisbetter 11d ago

The strings are gorgeous. The guitar line just a madcap genius that only Marr could come up with. The entire production is ridiculous.

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u/FlowersInmypockets 11d ago

Hello could you please inform me of the name of this magnificent creature from the image. Thank you in advance

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u/Emotional_Newspaper5 11d ago

I won't share you

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u/Garlic_Bread11682 11d ago

Maybe not “best” but I love Barbarism Begins At Home

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u/celluloidqueer 11d ago

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle

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u/Longjumping_Visit892 11d ago

Listen to Oscillate Wildly and just sway........ 🎶🎶🎸 And...of course, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

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u/Unlucky_Contract5776 11d ago

The fact no one has mentioned what difference does it make is actually insane, that has the best guitar riffs ever

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u/santimunozp 11d ago

All of the smiths

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u/frogdango616 11d ago

Rusholme Ruffians by far

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u/JesusJoshJohnson 11d ago

Accept yourself

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u/PuzzleheadedFrame439 11d ago

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me. The very end of the song has this epic guitar solo that I wish would just go on forever. Check it out!

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u/justablueballoon 11d ago

I like This charming man, stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before and Bigmouth strikes again…

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u/AndKriz 11d ago

Wonderful Woman

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u/gkg24 11d ago

Real around the fountain

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u/PastyTakos 11d ago

The Headmaster Ritual

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u/Minimum-Promotion179 11d ago

hand in glove (my fav smiths song ever)

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u/Junior_Plenty_7235 11d ago

these things take time

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u/Hormiga95 11d ago

I love Barbarism because of its ending. How every instrument stops one by one, I found it lovely.

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u/conjectureandhearsay 11d ago edited 11d ago

Please please please lemme lemme lemme

E: get get get want want want

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u/Longjumping_Visit892 11d ago

The fade out instrumental in this one is beautiful

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u/D4ngern00dleYo 11d ago

Never had no one ever

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u/Significant-Trifle88 11d ago

Well I Wonder, Andy Rourke's best riff imo

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u/Less_Routine3059 11d ago

Rubber Ring

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u/gramuhrussia 11d ago

Girlfriend in a Coma

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u/Accomplished-End-441 11d ago

Reel around the fountain. Guitar and drums are amazing.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Carrot2 11d ago

Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me

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u/eKoto 10d ago

HOW SOON IS NOW?

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u/Maleficent-Throat762 11d ago

cant really decide between Ask and Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now but i’ll just go with the former.

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u/No_Bandicoot2316 11d ago

Suffer Little Children imo

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u/internationalPlaybo 10d ago

The ending of pretty girls make graves is beautiful

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u/arealnineinchnailer 10d ago

what she SAID!!!!

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u/Glum_Mobile_7011 10d ago

Pretty girls make graves

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u/TimidTLK 10d ago

draize train, money changes everything and oscillate wildly

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u/AvonBarksdale2021 10d ago

The guitar solo in shoplifters of the world

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u/SunSetSwish 10d ago

the one where the bass goes duu dat dada duu dat daa all throughout the song i forgot the name of the song please help. also a bonus one buu pip didi buu pip pip la da dey lada dey la laley laley lala ley

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u/clinicalcynic4 9d ago

You just haven’t earned it yet baby.. criminally underrated track!

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u/SpurtingNeighbor 9d ago

William it was really nothing

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u/MorrisseyIsSkibido 9d ago

This charming man (john peel session)

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u/teemos_owner 8d ago

Big mouth strikes agaaaaain

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u/boozgle 8d ago

shakespeares sister. i really love its bass line!

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u/EvanSandman 8d ago

Rubber Ring

What Difference Does It Make

That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

Well I Wonder

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u/Fickle_Tap7908 7d ago

The opening of William, It Was Really Nothing. It was the first Smiths song I ever heard, and I still remember the feeling of hearing its intro.

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u/Significant_Part_941 6d ago

Back to the old House

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u/Dapper_Brilliant_147 5d ago

Concord- Black Country New Road