The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
NME (Magazine): Ranked #10 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
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- Released: March 16, 2015
- Originally Released: 2012
- Label: Warner Bros Uk
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 4/17/03, p.109
5 stars out of 5 - "...One of the funniest rock albums ever..."Spin
"Johnny Marr's musical contribution is beautifully documented. The guitar-synth arrangements are thematic, subtly shaded, and often exciting..."Q - 6/00, p.76
Ranked #27 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"Q - 12/93, p.139
5 Stars - Indispensible - "...The Smiths' best album....an extraordinary record..."Alternative Press - 8/01, p.112
Included in AP's "10 Essential '80s Albums".Alternative Press - 7/95, p.75
Ranked #2 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...THE QUEEN IS DEAD remains today a passionate carpet-bombing of every stuffy, phony inch of the English earth....Like Tennessee Williams' best drama, it's...about the defense of innocence, about drag queens coming out of the closet only to face a prickly, heartless and heartlessly boring world..."Magnet
"At the remove of three decades, this album remains as fresh and unconventional as the day the songs were first committed to tape..."CMJ - 1/5/04, p.18
Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1986"NME (Magazine) - 9/25/93, p.18
Ranked #2 among the '50 Greatest Albums Of The 80s' - "...Neither before nor after have Morrissey and Marr come close to making such an ambitious, consistent, touching and witty album..."NME (Magazine) - 10/2/93, p.29
Ranked #10 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'Tracks:
- 1.The Queen Is Dead
- 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 on 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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