This timeline infographic features the history of one of the most relevant bands of the last forty years: The Smiths. The band led by the controversial singer Morrissey and the guitarist Johnny Marr had a short but amazing career. Swipe to learn more below:
The Smiths Discography
Brief but intense, the career of the English quartet left the following records:
- The Smiths (1984)
- Hatful of Hollow (compilation, 1984)
- Meat is Murder (1985)
- The Queen is Dead (1986)
- The World Won´t Listen (UK) / Louder than bombs (US) (Compilation, 1987)
- Strangeways, here we come (1987)
- Rank (Live, 1988)
Morrissey´s post The Smiths solo career
Morrissey as a solo artist has released a total of 14 studio albums + a compilation of originals. In detail:
- Viva Hate (1988)
- Bona Drag (1990)
- Kill Uncle (1991)
- Your Arsenal (1992)
- Beethoven was deaf (live, 1993)
- Vauxhall and I (1994)
- Southpaw Grammar (1995)
- Maladjusted (1997)
- You are the Quarry (2004)
- Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006)
- Years of refusal (2009)
- World Peace is none of your business (2014)
- Low in high school (2017)
- California Son (2019)
- I am not a dog in a chain (2020)
Johnny Marr´s post The Smiths projects
In total, as an official member of various groups and solo Johnny Marr has released a total of 14 albums. The detail is as follows:
As a solo artist:
- The Messenger (2013)
- Playland (2014)
- Call the Comet (2018)
He also released an album in the name of Johnny Marr and The Healers: Boomslang in 2003.
As part of The The:
- Mind Bomb (1989)
- Dusk (1992)
As part of the band Electronic, together with Bernard Sumner of New Order/Joy Division:
- Electronic (1991)
- Raise the Pressure (1996)
- Twisted Tenderness (1999)
As guitarist of the band Modest Mouse:
- We were dead before the ship even sank (2007)
- No one´s first but you are next (2009)
Johnny Marr also recorded with the band The Cribs only one record: Ignore the Ignorant in 2009.
With the project 7 Worlds Collide, Johnny Marr released two albums: a self-titled in 2001 and The Sun Came Out in 2009.