The Queen is Dead
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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.
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1986's The Queen Is Dead is the one studio album where the Smiths are operating at top capacity all the way through: they're aggressive, funny, rueful, tuneful, inventive, cryptic, tender, murderously furious at everything from Dear Old Blighty to their own miserablist selves, and let's underscore that "funny" again.
I don’t even know how i ended up listening to The Smiths in the past couple of months. All i do know is whenever i feel too comfortable with a Smiths album playing, i have to follow it up with PEGGY’s “I Cannot Fucking Wait Till Morrissey Dies”. It cleanses my energy and gets rid of any bad karma I might’ve collected.
No but in all seriousness i love this record. I absolutely adore the overdramatic, melancholic delivery and lyrics of Morrissey. Backed with ... read more
I remember first hearing this album last spring. I listened to it and the only song that really stuck with me was the intro track. I thought that it was really repetitive and nothing special. I really disliked frankly mr shankly and never had no one ever. I thought frankly mr shankly was really goofy and I didn't really get the charm of it.
I heard there is a light a lot of times on different occasions and I finally understood that track. I really enjoyed it unlike I did before. I then ... read more
do NOT trust a guy who listens to the smiths ‼️ 🗣️☝️
fav songs: there is a light that never goes out, bigmouth strikes again, cemetery gates, i know its over
album cover: 80
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Track List
| 1 | The Queen Is Dead 6:25 | 92 |
| 2 | Frankly, Mr. Shankly 2:19 | 89 |
| 3 | I Know It's Over 5:49 | 93 |
| 4 | Never Had No One Ever 3:37 | 87 |
| 5 | Cemetry Gates 2:41 | 92 |
| 6 | Bigmouth Strikes Again 3:13 | 95 |
| 7 | The Boy With the Thorn In His Side 3:17 | 91 |
| 8 | Vicar In a Tutu 2:23 | 82 |
| 9 | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 4:04 | 98 |
| 10 | Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 3:17 | 88 |
Total Length: 37 minutes
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@daFigz™ rounding scores up into the Manchester stratosphere because I can. Now, go away or I shall taunt you another time or three.
Added on: September 24, 2012