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THE SMITHS Live Album
Name	Rank
Release	5 September 1988 3 April 2012 (remaster)
Total Length	55:56
Recorded	23 October 1986 The National Ballroom, London, England
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Marr
Producer	Pete Dauncey
Vinyl Etching	PEEPHOLISM
Publisher	Rough Trade Records (UK) Sire Records (US)
Format(s)	Vinyl, CD
Chart position	UK #2 US #77
Live Album chronology
Rank

Information

Recording

Release

Track list

CD Edition

UK - [Rough Trade ROUGHCD126]
US - [Sire 9 25786-2]

The Queen Is Dead – 4:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
Panic – 3:07 (Morrissey/Marr)
Vicar In A Tutu – 2:32 (Morrissey/Marr)
Ask – 3:22 (Morrissey/Marr)
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame + Rusholme Ruffians – 3:55 (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman, Morrissey/Marr)
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side – 3:48 (Morrissey/Marr)
Rubber Ring + What She Said – 3:49 (Morrissey/Marr)
Is It Really So Strange? – 3:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
Cemetry Gates – 2:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
London – 2:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Know It's Over – 7:46 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Draize Train – 4:27 (Marr)
Still Ill – 4:10 (Morrissey/Marr)
Bigmouth Strikes Again – 5:54 (Morrissey/Marr)

Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade ROUGH126]
US - [Sire 9 25786-1]

Side A

The Queen Is Dead – 4:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
Panic – 3:07 (Morrissey/Marr)
Vicar In A Tutu – 2:32 (Morrissey/Marr)
Ask – 3:22 (Morrissey/Marr)
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame + Rusholme Ruffians – 3:55 (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman, Morrissey/Marr)
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side – 3:48 (Morrissey/Marr)
Rubber Ring + What She Said – 3:49 (Morrissey/Marr)

Side B

Is It Really So Strange? – 3:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
Cemetry Gates – 2:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
London – 2:38 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Know It's Over – 7:46 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Draize Train – 4:27 (Marr)
Still Ill – 4:10 (Morrissey/Marr)
Bigmouth Strikes Again – 5:54 (Morrissey/Marr)

Personnel

Morrissey - Vocals
Johnny Marr - Guitars
Andy Rourke - Bass guitar
Mike Joyce - Drums
Craig Gannon - Guitar (additional)
Producer - Pete Dauncey
Engineer - Paul Nickson
Engineer (Monitor) - Vince Buller
Layout - Caryn Gough
Artwork - Morrissey
Photography By - Ian T. Tilton, Pauline Burbridge
Management (Production Manager) - John Featherstone
Mastered By - Tim Young
Producer, Engineer (Sound) - Grant Showbiz

Mentioned In

Of which I am most proud: List from Morrissey - true-to-you.net (December 27, 2011)

Discogs Information

Credits

Artwork - Jo Slee
Bass Guitar - Andy Rourke
Drums - Mike Joyce
Engineer - Paul Nickson
Engineer [Monitor] - Vince Buller
Guitar - Johnny Marr
Guitar [Additional] - Craig Gannon
Layout - Caryn Gough
Management [Production Manager] - John Featherstone
Mastered By - Tim Young
Model [Cover Star] - Alexandra Bastedo
Photography By - Ian Tilton
Photography By - Pauline Burbidge
Producer - Pete Dauncey
Producer, Engineer [Sound] - Grant Showbiz
Technician [Bass] - Bob Beasley
Technician [Drums] - Rooster Cosby
Technician [Guitar] - Philip Powell
Vocals, Artwork By - Morrissey

Notes

Recorded live at the National Ballroom, Kilburn in London on October 23rd 1986.

The concert opens with an extract of "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev, performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra. It ends with an excerpt of "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Rogers and Hammerstein, performed by Shirley Bassey.

Comes in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve.

Originally released  with a promotional poster, silver advertising sticker and earliest matrices (ROUGH126L).

Images

Rank - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/21051
Rank (LP Album EMI Pressing, Gatefold, No Poster) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/451760-The-Smiths-Rank

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Live at The National Ballroom, Kilburn, 23rd October 1986. First broadcast [url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_one/1987-04-18#at-14.00]BBC Radio One In Concert[/url], 18th April 1987.

Images

Rank (Album) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1231203-The-Smiths-Rank

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

3 panel inlay printed to one side only. Black Chrome cassette with brown paper labels. Black/clear cassette case.

Rank is similar but has a brown cassette.

Recorded live at National Ballroom in Kilburn, 23rd October 1986.

Images

Rank (Album Black Cassette) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/10989292-The-Smiths-Rank

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Recorded live at the National Ballroom, Kilburn in London on October 23rd 1986.

The concert opens with an extract of "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev, performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra. It ends with an excerpt of "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Rogers and Hammerstein, performed by Shirley Bassey.