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. ' (alternate mix)'Released: 23 September 1985. 'Released: 19 May 1986. 'Released: 12 October 1992The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by English band.
It was released on 16 June 1986 in the United Kingdom by, and in the United States on 23 June 1986 through.The album spent twenty-two weeks on the, peaking at No. It also reached No. 70 on the US chart, and was certified by the in late 1990. It has sold consistently well ever since and has received unanimous critical acclaim, with listing it as the greatest album of all time in 2013. Contents.Songwriting Guitarist 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 and drummer during soundchecks. The title of the album is from 's 1964 novel.'
' was, according to Marr, 'an effortless piece of music', and was written on tour in the spring of 1985. The song's lyrics refer allegorically to the band's experience of the music industry that failed to appreciate it.: 48 In 2003, named it his favourite Smiths song.A demo of the music for ' was posted by Marr through Morrissey's letterbox in the summer of 1985.
Morrissey then completed the song by adding lyrics. Marr has stated that he 'preferred the music to the lyrics'.: 405'Frankly, Mr. Shankly', 'I Know It's Over' and ' were written by Morrissey and Marr in a 'marathon' writing session in the late summer of 1985 at Marr's home in.: 136 The first of these is reputed to have been addressed to, head of the Smiths' record label. Travis has since described it as 'a funny lyric' about 'Morrissey's desire to be somewhere else', acknowledging that a line in the song about 'bloody awful poetry' was a reference to a poem he had written for Morrissey.: 86'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' features lyrics drawn from 'Lonely Planet Boy' by the.
According to Marr: 'When we first played it, I thought it was the best song I'd ever heard'.: 442 The song's guitar part drew on ' cover of 's ', whose original version by Gaye himself had acted as an inspiration for 's '.The music for 'Never Had No One Ever', completed in August 1985, was based on a demo which Marr had recorded in December 1984, itself based on 'I Need Somebody' by.: 281 According to Marr: 'The atmosphere of that track pretty much sums up the whole album and what it was like recording it.' : 282 The lyric to the song reflects Morrissey's feeling unsafe and, being from an immigrant family, not at home on the streets of Manchester.' The Boy with the Thorn in His Side', ' and 'Frankly, Mr. Shankly' were debuted live during a tour of Scotland in September and October,: 120–2 during which 'The Queen Is Dead' and 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' were soundchecked.: 78 'The Queen is Dead' was based on a song Marr began writing as a teenager.: 78'Cemetry Gates' (sic) was a late addition to the album.
Marr had not believed that the guitar part was interesting enough to be developed into a song, but Morrissey disagreed when he heard Marr play it.: 70 The 'All those people. I want to cry' section is largely taken from the film, which also inspired one of Morrissey’s aliases, Sheridan Whitehead. The words the song's narrator has heard 'said a hundred times (maybe less, maybe more)' come from Shakespeare's. The song evokes Morrissey's memories of visiting Southern Cemetery in Manchester with photographer Linder Sterling.Recording The album was produced by Morrissey and Marr, working predominantly with engineer, who had engineered the band's 1985 album. 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 its record label Rough Trade. However, according to Street 'this didn't get in the way of recording because the atmosphere in the studio was very, very constructive.' The first song from the album to be recorded, in July 1985, was 'The Boy with the Thorn in His Side'.
The recording, made with engineer at a small studio in Manchester and initially intended as a demo, was considered by the band to be good enough for release as a single. It went on sale on 16 September 1985 and made number 23 in the.: 120–1.
Sample from one of The Smiths' most highly regarded songs.Problems playing this file? Cemetry Gates' was Morrissey's direct response to critics who had cried foul over his use of texts written by some of his favourite authors, notably and., who was also accused of plagiarism, figures as a patron saint of Morrissey's in the song's lyrics. A Wilde quote, 'Talent borrows, genius steals', was etched in the vinyl run-out grooves of the first single off the album, 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'. These etchings appear almost exclusively on the UK releases (denoted by the RT and RTT prefixes on the catalogue number).' The Queen Is Dead', which leads off the album and notably became an expressionistic music video directed by, starts with a soundbite from Bryan Forbes' 1962 British film. Another instance of Morrissey's fascination with 1960s British cinema, the film featured performances by (who had already appeared as a cover star on the 1985 single ') and as an elderly lesbian veteran of the music halls. The soundbite is Courtneidge's character nostalgically singing the First World War song '.
The actress had also appeared in a gala performance for the, entitled God Save the Queen; she died in 1980.A few songs, including 'The Queen Is Dead' and 'Bigmouth Strikes Again', feature pitch-shifted backing vocals by Morrissey. Morrissey liked to experiment with effects on his voice, so Street ran his voice through a harmoniser for the backing tracks. Street recalled, 'At that time, apart from the harmoniser, he didn't go for much backing vocal or harmony work – he's done that more on recent albums – but he did like to experiment'. The backing vocals are attributed to 'Ann Coates' on the record sleeve ( is a district in Manchester, just north-east of the city centre). Release The Queen Is Dead finally emerged in June 1986, and was previewed by the release of 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' as a single in May—the only single taken from the album. Many encouraged the band to release 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' as a single, but Johnny Marr is said to have wanted an explosive, searing single, along the lines of the Rolling Stones' ', to announce that the Smiths had returned from hiatus. It did not fare as well as expected, stalling at number 26 on the British charts.The album cover, designed by Morrissey, features from the 1964 film.
Critical reception Professional ratingsRetrospective reviewsAggregate scoresSourceRating99/100(deluxe edition)Review scoresSourceRating10/10B+The Queen Is Dead received critical acclaim, and is considered to be a defining album of the 1980s, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time. In a contemporaneous review of the album, Mark Coleman of remarked on Morrissey's sense of humour and singled out the singer's performance on 'Cemetry Gates' as a highlight, concluding that 'like it or not, this guy's going to be around for a while.' Writing in pop magazine, gave a favourable review, stating that 'the guitars are great, some of the words are marvellous, others like scratchings on a Fifth Form desk', as well as describing Morrissey as 'half genius half buffoon'. Of wrote that despite his dislike of the Smiths' previous albums, he held an 'instant attraction' to The Queen Is Dead, where he found that 'Morrissey wears his wit on his sleeve, dishing the queen like never did and kissing off a day-job boss who's no ', which 'makes it easier to go along on his moonier escapades'.listed The Queen Is Dead as the sixth-best album of the 1980s. In 2003, The Queen Is Dead was ranked number 216 on Rolling Stone 's list of, and 218 in a 2012 revised list. In 2006, it was named the second-greatest British album of all time by the.
In 2006, magazine placed the album at number three in its list of '40 Best Albums of the '80s'. UK-based magazine added The Queen Is Dead to its 'Classic Album Hall of Fame' in its June 2011 issue, saying it 'is an album to lose yourself in; it has depth, focus and some great tunes. It's easy to see why the album is held in such high esteem by Smiths fanatics and why, a decade later, it became a key influence for all things Britpop.' In 2012, listed the album at number 16 on its list of 'Best Albums of the 1980s' and said: 'There may never again be an indie-rock album as good as The Queen Is Dead'. In 2013, The Queen Is Dead was ranked the greatest record of all time on the NME 's Greatest Albums of All Time list. At Rolling Stone, Gavin Edwards retrospectively viewed the album as 'one of the funniest rock albums ever', noting that Morrissey had 'learned to express his self-loathing through mockery' while Johnny Marr 'matched his verbal excess with witty, supple music', and concluded, 'If the queen's reaction to Morrissey was 'We are not amused,' then she was the only one.' Track listing No.TitleLength1.'
The Queen Is Dead' (includes 'Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty' (medley), written by A. Mills, and Bennett Scott)6:242.' I Know It's Over'5:484.' Never Had No One Ever'3:375.'
Cemetry Gates'2:386.' Vicar in a Tutu'2:229.' '3:16Total length:36:532017 collector's edition Disc one features the 2017 master of the album. Disc four DVD features the 2017 master in 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM stereo.Disc two: Additional recordingsNo.TitleLength1.'
The Queen Is Dead' (full version)7:142.' Shankly' (demo)2:183.' I Know It's Over' (demo)5:494.' Never Had No One Ever' (demo)4:415.'
Cemetry Gates' (demo)3:016.' Bigmouth Strikes Again' (demo)3:077.'
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others' (demo)3:578.' The Boy with the Thorn in His Side' (demo)3:199.' There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' (take 1)4:2510.' Rubber Ring' (single B-side)3:5411.' Asleep' (single B-side)4:0212.' Money Changes Everything' (single B-side)4:4213.' Unloveable' (single B-side)3:55Total length:54:24Disc three: Live in BostonNo.TitleLength1.'
How Soon Is Now?' Hand in Glove'2:583.'
I Want the One I Can't Have'3:244.' Never Had No One Ever'3:265.' Stretch Out and Wait'3:126.' The Boy with the Thorn in His Side'3:347.'
Cemetry Gates'3:018.' Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring'4:179.' Is It Really So Strange?'
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out'4:0911.' That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore'4:5112.' The Queen Is Dead'5:0513.' I Know It's Over'7:36Total length:54:14Disc four – DVD: The Queen Is Dead – A Film byNo.TitleLength11.' The Queen Is Dead'6:2812.'
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out'4:0313.' '2:18Total length:12:49Personnel. The Smiths.
– lead vocals, backing vocals ('Bigmouth Strikes Again'; credited as Ann Coates). – guitars, orchestration (credited as The Hated Salford Ensemble), string arrangements, ('The Boy with the Thorn in His Side'). – bass guitar. – drumsProduction.
Morrissey –. Johnny Marr – production. – (except 'Frankly, Mr. Shankly'). – engineering ('Frankly, Mr.
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