The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
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THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead (2006 issue Japanese exclusive limited edition 10-track CD album, originally released in 1986 as the band's 3rd studio album, including the singles 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' and 'Bigmouth Strikes Again', presented in mini LP-style gatefold card sleeve with mini replica inner sleeve.
Meat Is Murder may have been a holding pattern, but The Queen Is Dead is the Smiths' great leap forward, taking the band to new musical and lyrical heights. Opening with the storming title track, The Queen Is Dead is a harder-rocking record than anything the Smiths had attempted before, but that's only on a relative scale -- although the backbeat is more pronounced, the group certainly doesn't rock in a conventional sense. Instead, Johnny Marr has created a dense web of guitars, alternating from the minor-key rush of "Bigmouth Strikes Again" and the faux rockabilly of "Vicar in a Tutu" to the bouncy acoustic pop of "Cemetry Gates" and "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side," as well as the lovely melancholy of "I Know It's Over" and "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out." And the rich musical bed provides Morrissey with the support for his finest set of lyrics. Shattering the myth that he is a self-pitying sap, Morrissey delivers a devastating set of clever, witty satires of British social mores, intellectualism, class, and even himself. He also crafts some of his finest, most affecting songs, particularly in the wistful "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side" and the epic "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," two masterpieces that provide the foundation for a remarkable album.
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Tracklist:
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01. The Queen Is Dead
02. Frankly, Mr. Shankly
03. I Know It's Over
04. Never Had No One Ever
05. Cemetry Gates
06. Bigmouth Strikes Again
07. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
08. Vicar In A Tutu
09. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
*{2006 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-12441}
Personnel:
Morrissey (vocals)
Johnny Marr (guitar, harmonica)
Andy Rourke (bass)
Mike Joyce (drums).
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