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The Smiths
"the queen is dead"
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1986
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The Queen Is Dead/Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (Medly)
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
I Know It's Over
Never Had No One Ever
Cemetry Gates
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Vicar In A Tutu
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
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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.
Opening with the storming title track, The
Queen Is Dead is a harder-rocking record
than anything the Smiths had attempted
before, but that's only on a relative scale
-- although the backbeat is more pronounced,
the group certainly doesn't rock in a
conventional sense. Instead, Johnny Marr has
created a dense web of guitars, alternating
from the minor-key rush of "Bigmouth Strikes
Again" and the faux rockabilly of "Vicar in
a Tutu" to the bouncy acoustic pop of "Cemetry
Gates" and "The Boy With the Thorn in His
Side," as well as the lovely melancholy of
"I Know It's Over" and "There Is a Light
That Never Goes Out." And the rich musical
bed provides Morrissey with the support for
his finest set of lyrics.
Shattering the myth that he is a
self-pitying sap, Morrissey delivers a
devastating set of clever, witty satires of
British social mores, intellectualism,
class, and even himself. He also crafts some
of his finest, most affecting songs,
particularly in the wistful "The Boy With
the Thorn in His Side" and the epic "There
Is a Light That Never Goes Out," two
masterpieces that provide the foundation for
a remarkable album. |
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