Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours 3:02 123,862
2 I Started Something I Couldn't Finish 3:46 210,097
3 Death of a Disco Dancer 5:25 116,948
4 Girlfriend in a Coma 2:03 324,669
5 Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before 3:31 221,254
6 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me 5:03 223,780
7 Unhappy Birthday 2:45 116,716
8 Paint a Vulgar Picture 5:35 103,224
9 Death at One's Elbow 1:59 99,156
10 I Won't Share You 2:50 109,537

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London/Sire (1990) Released: 25 Oct 1990 10 tracks (35:59)
Strangeways, Here We Come is the fourth and final studio album by The Smiths, originally released in 1987. The album takes its title from Manchester’s notorious (and now renamed) Strangeways Prison, whilst the line “Borstal, here we come” is taken from the film Billy Liar. All of the songs on the album were composed by Johnny Marr, with lyrics written and sung by Morrissey.

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  • youthcomingup

    I love the big drums all over this record. My favorite Smiths studio album.

    13 days ago
  • DynamiteKyle

    sick cookie monster vox all over this LP

    last month
  • Parklife-de

    @ Bolshevized: The intro track "A rush..." isn't the weakest but indeed one of their best songs ever! A perfect way to start an album. The entire album is awesome and surely one of my all time favourites.

    last month
  • UponDoom

    Didn't like this one the first time I listened to it. Or the second, or the third...or the fourth. but Now, it's one of my favorites!

    February 2012
  • Bolshevized

    This one is interesting, because it starts off a little slow, having maybe the weakest song as the intro track. It is a fairly significant change in sound, too. Still a very solid album.

    January 2012
  • la_Sonne

    My favorite album. [2]

    December 2011
  • jjarichardson

    The perfect swansong.

    December 2011
  • ViniciusStilt

    The most underrated album by Smiths. Beautiful, and absolutely perfect.

    November 2011
  • zolof5000

    My favorite these days as well. I needed a bit more time than usual to get into it, because musically it's quite far from classic Smiths and more like Moz solo stuff, which I didn't know back then. It might sound a bit "darker" - for lack of a better word - at first, but God - how much magic it emits with time. I learned to love it more than anything else and now it's my first choice for a quiet evening.

    October 2011
  • Stocktontova

    Amazing.

    July 2011
  • baileymclell

    This was my introduction to The Smiths. I stole it from my mom's CD collection when I was a little kid. By far my favorite album of theirs.

    July 2011
  • terramax89

    My favorite album.

    June 2011
  • viva__hate

    weakiest? some comments below here sucks. this album is perfect in the same level of "the queen is dead". fuck the haters.

    June 2011
  • Manolito91

    I guess people think this album is weak because there is no obvious classic on it, but to me the melodies are just as catchy as ever and the playing and singing is outstanding and rich

    May 2011
  • gasreaa

    Weakest. Was huge fan back in the day. When this came out, was crestfallen. Have tried to embrace this album for past 20+ years, still not feeling it.

    May 2011
  • DuuNfox

    the best *-*

    April 2011
  • caiogroupie

    awful.

    April 2011
  • flash_flem

    I agree with Corsnor that tracks 7,9 and 10 are the worst on the album, that being said they are still good tracks

    March 2011
  • borntohang

    Easily their most uneven, but still better than most bands efforts.

    March 2011
  • guru_mosh

    Perfect album! My personal favourite. I really can't understand why people think this album is weak. :)

    February 2011
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