Rank is a live album by the English rock band The Smiths. It was released in September 1988 by their British record company, Rough Trade, and reached No. 2 in the British charts. In the United States, the album was released on Sire Records and made No. 77. Rank is a live album by the English rock band The Smiths. It was released in September 1988 by their British record company, Rough Trade, and reached No. 2 in the British charts. In the United States, the album was released on Sire Records and made No. 77. false 2022-10-22 14:09:29 “Rank” 1988 1988-09-13 1988-09-13 56 Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop Rock 111752 2118234 48e77a33-aa8a-3ee4-b0e5-c32f377bb58e 40f5d9e4-2de7-4f2d-ad41-e31a9a9fea27 24a181e4-7860-3d7c-80d8-2d8d83016bc6 /media/data/media5/Music/The Smiths/“Rank” (1988)/folder.jpg The Smiths AlbumArtist The Smiths Artist The Smiths The Smiths 1 The Queen Is Dead 04:11 2 Panic 03:06 3 Vicar in a Tutu 02:31 4 Ask 03:22 5 Rusholme Ruffians 03:56 6 The Boy With the Thorn in His Side 03:47 7 What She Said 03:41 8 Is It Really So Strange? 03:45 9 Cemetry Gates 02:50 10 London 02:38 11 I Know It's Over 07:49 12 The Draize Train 04:23 13 Still Ill 04:09 14 Bigmouth Strikes Again 05:52 The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the songwriting partnership. The Smiths are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from 1980s British independent music. The Smiths signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records in 1983 and released their first album, The Smiths, in 1984. Their focus on a guitar, bass and drum sound, fusing 1960s rock and post-punk, was a rejection of the synth-pop sound predominant at the time. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, and all their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album Meat Is Murder (1985). From that time, they bolstered their sound with the use of keyboards while retaining the guitar as the lead instrument. They achieved mainstream success in Europe with The Queen Is Dead (1986) and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), which both entered the top 20 of the European Albums Chart. In 1986, the band briefly became a five-piece with the addition of guitarist Craig Gannon. Internal tensions led to the Smiths' breakup in 1987, followed by public lawsuits over royalties. The members each said that the band would never reunite and refused all offers to do so.