Smiths Vinyl The Queen Is Dead

The queen is dead really sets the mood for what s to come from the rest of the album with incredible guitar from johnny marr and plenty of humour yet naturally with a touch of sadness from morrissey s lyrics.

Smiths vinyl the queen is dead.

The queen is dead is the smiths great leap forward taking the band to new musical and lyrical heights. It also reached no. The smiths the queen is dead label. Rock pop style.

Discover releases reviews credits songs and more about the smiths the queen is dead at discogs. Festival records l 30108 rough trade rough 96 rough trade rtranz 013. The queen is dead is the third studio album by english rock band the smiths released on 16 june 1986 in the united kingdom by rough trade records and on 23 june 1986 in the us by sire records it spent 22 weeks on the uk albums chart peaking at number two. I played it then immediately played it again then played several cuts then played the whole thing again and wondered why i d deprived myself of this lp for over 20 yrs.

The queen is dead was rhythmic strafing to the same effect as how soon is now but the devastating melancholia shifts into the sardonic tone that led morrissey to be labelled the pope of mope by the 1980s press an unfair term considering he is whip smart and slyly jovial on a good portion of the album. Provided to youtube by wm uk the queen is dead 2011 remaster the smiths the queen is dead 1986 warner music uk ltd. In 2009 rolling stone ranked the. I don t think morrissey ever sounded better on a record than he does on the queen is dead.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1986 gatefold vinyl release of the queen is dead on discogs. Indie rock the smiths the queen is dead 1986 mpo pressing vinyl discogs explore. Rough trade rough 96 format. Johnny marr has created here a wide range of guitar styles that provide a musical bed for morrissey s best set of lyrics.

70 on the us billboard 200 and was certified gold by the riaa in late 1990. Opening with the storming track the album is harder rocking record than anything the band had attempted before.