Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1834 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
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

Customer Reviews

Undeniably tight, if a little overly-cited
Never was too crazy for this, but it's hard to deny a consistency and proficiency of craft on the rock solid release. Despite the rigidly detached vibe throughout, each song excels at showcasing why The Smiths are widely regarded as Britain's definitive 80's indie band, laying out blueprints for massive future ripoffs, the likes bands such as Joy Division and only a few others exclusively enjoy in ultimate bragging derivative rites.

the best album of the 80s
the queen is dead is simply one of the best albums in history, by the way is the definitive best album of the 80s, morrissey lyrics are just perfect, and jhonny mar gitars sounds just better than anyone i heard before....

THEIR BEST ALBUM EVER!! - BUT NEEDS REMASTERING
I find it hard to believe that it's the year 2008 and the CD that is out there in the market is the same original crappy 16 bit mastering that robs much from the sound it was intended to be. It took Elektra Records (WB) over 5 years to get aound to remastering The Cure's albums (Still waiting for "Disintegration"), why can't they do the same for The Smiths?