The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1986 Ratings: #3 / 133
User Score
1986 Rank: #2All Time: #150
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
AllMusic

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.

100
Sputnikmusic
Overall, I consider this album to be a classic of the genre, and one that, even if you have never heard The Smiths, but like Indie music, is an absolute must to check out.
100
Rolling Stone

Whereas previously Morrissey had sourly lectured his listeners that meat was murder, on The Queen Is Dead he made one of the funniest rock albums ever.

MickyT
90

Disappointed the Queen didn't actually die

EDIT: Nevermind

Fnaf_weed
90

I'm gonna bump this so hard when she actually dies

PelicanManners
95

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

totallynotdaisy
97

Bri'ish people am i right?

90

nice stuff

Gabrielpst
100

Such an amazing album, every single song on this album is 10/10

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Added on: September 24, 2012