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The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 The Queen Is Dead / Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty 6:21 11,886
2 Frankly, Mr. Shankly 2:17 233,292
3 I Know It's Over 5:46 275,502
4 Never Had No One Ever 3:36 198,034
5 Cemetery Gates 2:38 33,648
6 Bigmouth Strikes Again 3:13 433,506
7 The Boy With the Thorn in His Side 3:15 374,104
8 Vicar in a Tutu 2:21 222,909
9 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 4:02 571,945
10 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 3:14 281,499
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The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English rock band The Smiths. It was released on 16 June 1986 in the United Kingdom by Rough Trade Records and released in the United States on 23 June 1986 through Sire Records. The album reached number two on the UK album chart, maintaining a chart residency for 22 weeks, number 70 on the Billboard 200, and was certified Gold by the RIAA in late 1990. It has sold consistently well ever since.

Guitarist Johnny Marr wrote several songs that would later appear on The Queen Is Dead while The Smiths toured Britain in early 1985, working out song arrangements with bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce during soundchecks. After releasing their September 1985 single, “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” (which is included on The Queen Is Dead in an updated, slightly re-mixed version), The Smiths turned to recording their third album. Marr produced the album with singer Morrissey, and worked with engineer Stephen Street, who had assumed the same role on the band’s previous album, Meat Is Murder (1985). Street recalled, “Morrissey, Johnny and I had a really good working relationship — we were all roughly the same age and into the same kind of things, so everyone felt quite relaxed in the studio”.

At the time the group was having difficulty with their label Rough Trade, which Street characterised as “Rough Trade and EMI trying to sign up everything”. Street noted, “But this didn’t get in the way of recording because the atmosphere in the studio was very, very constructive.
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  • kissesneverdie

    If it was possible to love an entire album, instead of just single tracks, I would love this one.

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  • matt1337c

    One of the greatest pop records of all time.

    15 days ago

  • jamesftm

    One of the best records of all time. [2]

    last month

  • KasparovDeepBlu

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  • Nakkinak

    Listened to this a few gazillion times, overall incredible, coherent and spellbinding. 9.5/10

    last month

  • JackMcFearless

    A bassterpiece.

    last month

  • thordurfrimann

    took me surprisingly long time to get into the album but worth the time cause it's absolutely brilliant!

    March 2012

  • Armyofme_02

    masterpiece ♥

    March 2012

  • Cromosome

    ♥

    February 2012

  • alyssaholden

    One of the best records of all time.

    February 2012

  • tmyatsenko

    absolutely fucking masterpiece, morrissey's voice is amazing

    January 2012

  • greatdanish3

    Listened to this a few times, overall overrated, but its still good. 7.5/10

    December 2011

  • leofaig

    Very easily one of the best albums ever made.

    December 2011

  • GraueWolken

    Easily one of the best albums ever made.

    November 2011

  • mayse_vic

    if i said "this album saves my life" i know it's cliché, but it's true.[2]

    November 2011

  • Mauri_Garat

    an album to fly on a plane and leave problems on land

    November 2011

  • siderealclock

    the kind of album that makes you laugh and cry. flawless.

    November 2011

  • kissesneverdie

    One of the few albums that doesn't need to grow on you, you'll love it from the first listen.

    November 2011

  • rothburz

    Most Accurate Album For Lonely People.

    October 2011

  • buriedKing

    if i said "this album saves my life" i know it's cliché, but it's true.

    October 2011
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