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Track Listings
| 1. The Queen Is Dead/Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (Medly) |
| 2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly |
| 3. I Know It's Over |
| 4. Never Had No One Ever |
| 5. Cemetry Gates |
| 6. Bigmouth Strikes Again |
| 7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side |
| 8. Vicar In A Tutu |
| 9. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out |
| 10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others |
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This is the value of working at cross-purposes: The Smiths were Morrissey's excuse to undulate his wry, disaffected lyrics, and Johnny Marr's vehicle for his sharp, chiming, pop songs. Their favorite kind of compromise made them essentially a singles band, and The Queen Is Dead has a couple of their best (notably "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side," one of the greatest pop expressions of the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name). But it also has some wonderful compromises of different kinds: the bizarrely romantic "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," and "Cemetry Gates," where Marr covers up for Morrissey's floridity with shimmying rockabilly. --Douglas Wolk
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Japanese only SHM pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing, SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc, allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. Warner. 2009.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Hyper Panda
Format:Audio CD
If you're reading this now thinking whether you should get this album or not, I'm telling you, get it !!! Even if you haven't heard anything by this band yet, I think it's a very good introduction. With songs as catchy and immediate as "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out", "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again", songs as comedic and entertaining as "Frankly, Mr. Shankly", "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" and "Vicar In a Tutu" and songs as melancholic and heartbreaking as "I Know It's Over" and, again, "There Is a Light..." You can't just not love this. And if you do, I suggest you check out some of their other stuff (If you're going for a compilation go for "Louder Than Bombs") and if you want to check out Morrissey's solo material, I highly recommend "Vauxhall & I", "Your Arsenal", "You Are The Quarry" and "Ringleader...". I don't want to make this any longer. I'll add 3 words though, Buy this now.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I once read that the opening feedback in the title song was an accident. JM placed his guitar down and it was feeding back...they (the band) all looked at each other and said "That's staying in". But, there are no accident. The Smiths was synchronicity at its best. There never was and never will be another Smiths.
By Brian Maitland
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Well, I'll tell you a few things that maybe have not been touched on.[...]
The "Mr. Shankly" in "Frankly, Mr. Shankly" has to be referring to the famous Liverpool soccer (football in Britglish) club manager Bill Shankly who is most known for his quote: "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Given the Smiths were Manchester United supporters, the song could be a dig at their main rivals, Liverpool, even though it is a bit obtuse.
As far as the album, no point in me adding any more raves than you've read here before other than I'll say it's their most complete album from start to finish.
The "Mr. Shankly" in "Frankly, Mr. Shankly" has to be referring to the famous Liverpool soccer (football in Britglish) club manager Bill Shankly who is most known for his quote: "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Given the Smiths were Manchester United supporters, the song could be a dig at their main rivals, Liverpool, even though it is a bit obtuse.
As far as the album, no point in me adding any more raves than you've read here before other than I'll say it's their most complete album from start to finish.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best deal on HMV site...
For 6.99, you will not find a better album for the money on this site, bar none. This is my favorite Smiths album (Louder than Bombs comes close but ... Read more
Published on Dec 20 2004 by B. W. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Here is an album that never goes out
Being too young to understand the smiths the frist time (I was about 4 when this album came out), I made my way back into some of the greatest Alteravite rock bands. Read more
Published on Sep 1 2004 by mark gibbard
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Smiths Album!
Everything came together for The Smiths on this album.
The Smiths were one of the most original bands to come out of the 1980s. Read more
Published on Jun 26 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Elvis WHO? Bring on Morrissey!
Smiths - Morrissey: let me give you the conclusion that took me 18 years to arrive at. Besides the song Meat is Murder, Morrissey doesn't have a bad song is his catalog. Read more
Published on Jun 18 2004 by Mozz Listener
5.0 out of 5 stars
Elvis WHO? Bring on Morrissey!
Smiths - Morrissey: let me give you the conclusion that took me 18 years to arrive at. Besides the song Meat is Murder, Morrissey doesn't have a bad song is his catalog. Read more
Published on Jun 18 2004 by Mozz Listener
5.0 out of 5 stars
This album will occupy a place in your heart and mind
This album is near perfection - hence the 5 stars. The best band of the 1980's with their best album. " Frankly, Mr. Read more
Published on Jun 8 2004 by aloverofgreysilentdays
5.0 out of 5 stars
1986 masterpiece
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. Read more
Queen Is Dead is the Smiths' great leap forward, taking the
band to new musical and lyrical heights. Read more
Published on May 30 2004 by Brad Stewart
3.0 out of 5 stars
it's okay, i guess, but i'm no huge fan
I'm not a huge fan of The Smiths. They do okay, I suppose. Intrumentally they seem fairly accomplished. Morrissey's a decent singer, even if he is a bit arrogant and whiny. Read more
Published on May 19 2004 by mike
5.0 out of 5 stars
great cd
Makes Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and all those others sound like a custard-cream pie commercial.
One song is worth a career of others!
Published on May 13 2004 by 12 Eloquent Dots
5.0 out of 5 stars
Long Live The Smiths
I think that the fact that people from all over the world are still discussing an album created almost 20 years ago clearly testfies to the fact that the Smiths were one of the... Read more
Published on Mar 31 2004 by S.P. Morrissey
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