Rusholme Ruffians (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1985
From the album Meat Is Murder (track #2)
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Rusholme Ruffians appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Meat Is Murder (track #2) (this album) (1985)
- Complete (track #13) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 05/19/2026 09:25 | libbyshuss | 830 | 78/100 | |
| 03/25/2026 03:01 | Fritz | 4,394 | 85/100 | |
| 03/13/2026 09:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 122,316 | 71/100 | |
| 03/03/2026 12:29 | stareaterogni0n | 5,120 | 70/100 | |
| 03/01/2026 23:14 |  JR | 3,531 | 88/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.6/100, a mean average of 81.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.8.
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Incredible bass line that drives the song forwards my personal favourite smiths song, simple but energetic riff from Marr and effortlessly delicious lyricism from Morrissey
GandalfORiley345 06/23/2014 21:17 | #115101
Really good guitar sound, this song is special in one way, the strong way that drums and the vocals sounds, the scary effects in it, and the soft sound in particular
Great song!
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