The Smiths were signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart and all of their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album "Meat Is Murder" (1985). They achieved mainstream success in Europe with "The Queen Is Dead" (1986) and "Strangeways, Here We Come" (1987), both of which entered the top twenty of the European Albums Chart.</ref> Their live album "Rank" (1988) reached the top 10 in Europe.