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37 Years Since "Rank" by the Smiths: the First Wound in the Separation Wound

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37 years ago, on September 5, 1988, Rank was released, The Smiths’ only live album. This album came posthumously to the group’s separation. It was recorded during a show at Kilburn’s National Ballroom in October 1986. Recording not only documents a concert, but also transformed into the unofficial closing of one of the most influential bands of the 1980s, according to Concert. A Context of Musical Tensions The context is also key to understandin…
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37 years ago, on September 5, 1988, Rank was released, The Smiths’ only live album. This album came posthumously to the group’s separation. It was recorded during a show at Kilburn’s National Ballroom in October 1986. Recording not only documents a concert, but also transformed into the unofficial closing of one of the most influential bands of the 1980s, according to Concert. A Context of Musical Tensions The context is also key to understandin…

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