If you're a Beatles fan, you probably know which of their many fantastic albums is your favourite. Same for fans of The Rolling Stones, or The Who, or Pink Floyd. But with The Smiths, it's a little more difficult. As all diehard fans will know, each one of the band's four albums are - in their own way - pretty perfect. There's no filler; there's nothing notably unnecessary inherent to the entire album canon. Which is another way of saying: it's impossible to pick your favourite. As it stands, then, most Smiths fans will find themselves on an endless cycle of changing their minds with regards to their favourite of the four. One day it'll be The Queen Is Dead for sure, whilst the next it's almost certainly Strangeways, Here We Come. But what about Meat Is Murder? Isn't that the best? Then again, it's hard to argue with the sheer brilliance of their debut. You might as well not bother thinking about it.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
