NMEが「別冊ザ・スミス」発刊を記念して、ミュージシャンに自分にとってのベスト・ソングを訊いています。以下がそのリスト。

Ian Brown on 'Barbarism Begins At Home'
Beth Ditto of The Gossip on 'Shiela Take A Bow'
Brandon Flowers of The Killers on 'You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby'
Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance on 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me'
Brett Anderson on 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me'
Craig Finn of The Hold Steady on 'Half A Person'
Devendra Banhart on 'Asleep'
Andy Rourke on 'The Headmaster Ritual'
Suggs on 'Shoplifters of the World Unite'
Dan Gillespie of The Feeling on 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side'
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie on 'Frankly My Shankly'
Billy Bragg on 'Back to the Old House'
Mike Joyce on 'Hand In Glove'
Preston of The Ordinary Boys on 'Rubber Ring'
Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers on 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'
Bernard Butler on 'William, It Was Really Nothing'
Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand on 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want'
Luke Pritchard of The Kooks on 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before'
James Mercer of The Shins on 'Cemetry Gates'
Richard Hawley on 'Handsome Devil'
Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks on 'I Know It's Over'
Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs on 'Girlfriend In A Coma'
Ryan Adams on 'This Night Has Opened My Eves'
Mani of Primal Scream and The Stone Roses on 'Panic'
Kurt Wagner of Lambchop on 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'
Noel Gallagher on 'This Charming Man'
Kele on 'What Difference Does It Make'
Russell Brand on 'There Is A Light That Never Ges Out'
Carl Barât of Dirty Pretty Things on 'The Queen Is Dead'
Peter Buck of R.E.M. on 'How Soon Is Now'


NME.COMではそれぞれのミュージシャンの「好きな理由」も掲載されています。
http://www.nme.com/photos/30-greatest-smiths-tracks-as-chosen-by-musicians/251039/1/1