by - written on 03/11/10 (Very useful, 13 readings)
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I first picked up a copy of The Queen Is Dead at the innocent age of 15 and still own that same compact disc to this day. Unbeknownst to me at the time, that purchase would rapidly dilute all other bands' attractiveness; throwing them in the background for one year shy of a decade in what can only be described as a (healthy) borderline ... Read the complete review
by - written on 30/08/10, updated on 06/09/10 (Very useful, 14 readings)
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The Queen is Dead Withering Heights This album is an absolute classic. From the thundering tom toms and crashing guitar breaks of the eponymous opening track the whole gamut of human emotion is then explored through acerbic wit and musicianship that is at once both gorgeous and brutal. Royalty, the Church, ... Read the complete review
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths: Some Albums Are Better Than Others! (1138 words)by - written on 13/10/09 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986) Producer: Morrissey, Johnny Marr The Queen Is Dead Frankly, Mr. Shankly I Know It's Over Never Had No One Ever Cemetry Gates Bigmouth Strikes Again The Boy With the Thorn in His Side Vicar in a Tutu There Is a Light That Never Goes ... Read the complete review
by - written on 24/08/09 (Very useful, 8 readings)
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So we come to the Smiths' magnum opus, evidence of a great band at the peak of their powers. Here is the album that would serve as the most perfect distillation of everything that made the band great - the achingly beautiful guitar playing, the witty, articulate lyrics, the personal anguishes of Morrissey projected out into a world that ... Read the complete review
by - written on 24/07/09 (Very useful, 5 readings)
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The Smiths' reputation as one of the finest indie bands this country has ever produced must surely pay a great debt to the brilliance of this album. Some of the band's most familiar tracks are present here; but for me it also best demonstrates the many moods Morrissey's lyrics and Marr's composing talent can create. From the ... Read the complete review
by - written on 17/02/09, updated on 18/02/09 (Very useful, 41 readings)
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This record would certainly be on a top-5 for me. It's one of those records that I selected on here to review right away, but now I'm doing it, paradoxically, I have so much to say about it that I don't know where to start. I think, as a whole, it's probably the strongest of all of the Smiths albums. Many people buy this one ... Read the complete review
by - written on 29/11/08, updated on 30/11/08 (Very useful, 165 readings)
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'The Queen is Dead' is the third studio album from Manchester based alternative-rock band The Smiths. Released in 1986, it contains some classic tracks including the excellent 'Bigmouth Strikes Again', and 'The Boy with the Thorn in his Side'. The album reached number 2 in the UK charts, and is now recognised as a superb collection of ... Read the complete review
by - written on 03/08/08 (Very useful, 282 readings)
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If you want to own a classic, look no further. The Queen Is Dead' was the third album released by The Smiths, a group from Manchester in the 1980s consisting of Johnny Marr (now of Modest Mouse) Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce and Steven Morrissey (now all of Morrissey). While songs like "How Soon Is Now" and "Stop ... Read the complete review
by - written on 08/10/07, updated on 08/10/07 (Very useful, 316 readings)
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The Queen Is Dead is the third album by The Smiths and was first released in 1986. The record is generally regarded to be The Smiths at the height of their powers and its reputation has grown in the years following its release leading to high placings in best and essential album polls. Sleeve The ... Read the complete review
Still an astonishing piece of work 20 years on (1494 words)by - written on 08/08/06, updated on 08/08/06 (Very useful, 176 readings)
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This isn’t the greatest British album of all time. The two tracks that bookend the album are too long and lyrically inept respectively. However the eight songs in between are some of the best pop songs ever written by a band from this country. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of this album’s release and I was seven at ... Read the complete review
by - written on 07/07/03, updated on 07/07/03 (Somewhat useful, 86 readings)
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Manchester has always been the highlight of British music, in my opinion. The smiths are a key example of this, creating hauntingly sweet music throughout the majority of the 80?s. Arguably the smiths greatest LP and definitely the most critically acclaimed comes ?the queen is dead?. 10 songs of very different styles, combined with ... Read the complete review
by - written on 18/10/01, updated on 25/10/01 (Useful, 135 readings)
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I am twenty years old. I ceased to be a teenager a month ago but the depressing landscape of my later teenage years will forever be represented by this record. This is in no way a bad thing. The smiths are my favorite band, but this is not (as some macho types have inferred) because they wallow in self pity or dwell on teenage boy type ... Read the complete review
by - written on 13/07/01, updated on 13/07/01 (Very useful, 345 readings)
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Where do you start really? Well, just to be controversial, I'll start with the bad points: First of all, Frankly Mr Shankly and Vicar In A Tutu are not much cop. Sorry, but it's true. Also, the fade in, fade out, fade in again that starts off closing track Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others annoys me. 3 major hang-ups ... Read the complete review
by - written on 30/06/00, updated on 30/06/00 (Useful, 136 readings)
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This album was the first Smiths album that I ever brought. It is a very good album with 10 good tracks. It contains the classics - Boy With The Thorn In His Side and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out. Morriessys lyrics are great and the music provided by Jonny Marr provides great entertainment. This album is a good ... Read the complete review
