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.
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.
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
1 | The Queen Is Dead 6:25 | 92 |
2 | Frankly, Mr. Shankly 2:19 | 88 |
3 | I Know It's Over 5:49 | 93 |
4 | Never Had No One Ever 3:37 | 86 |
5 | Cemetry Gates 2:41 | 91 |
6 | Bigmouth Strikes Again 3:13 | 94 |
7 | The Boy With the Thorn In His Side 3:17 | 90 |
8 | Vicar In a Tutu 2:23 | 80 |
9 | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 4:04 | 97 |
10 | Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 3:17 | 87 |