Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths Reviews

The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) Producer: Johnny Marr, Morrissey and Stephen Street A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours I Started Something I Couldn't Finish Death of a Disco Dancer Girlfriend in a Coma Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before Last Night I Dreamt That ...  Read the complete review

The last album from one of the greatest bands of the era, wasnt well received by the press at the time of its release and is still widely acknowledged to be their weakest offering. I think this is an unfair assesment, as do Johnny Marr and Morrissey who have both, at some time declared this to be their favourite. Released after the ...  Read the complete review

'Strangeways, Here we Come' is the last album recorded by The Smiths and was first released (posthumously) in 1987. Johnny Marr left the group during this period and although replacing him and carrying on was considered, common sense prevailed and, realising that Johnny Marr was not someone you could just replace, The Smiths were no more. Marr ...  Read the complete review

The last of the Smiths albums, Strangeways Here We Come is probably the band's weakest offering and paints a very different picture of the group than that of the previous three. Recorded around the time of their split, the album oozes the resigned tones of a swansong. Much like the dying swan, the Smiths' final words were beautifully ...  Read the complete review

There is always a sense of the finite whenever listening to the final record of a band. You feel your own mortality and everything seems to have x number of moments before the bleak and final end. 'Strangeways, Here We Come' is no different. Its surprisingly bright though. Released in 1987, this LP is actually less morbid and moany than ...  Read the complete review

Although both Johnny Marr and Morrissey both have said that this is the best Smiths' album, I would tend to disagree with them, as this collection is not as consistent as 'The Queen is Dead'. That is not to say that this isn't still a very good album, as most of the Smiths' work was a lot better than what was in the charts at ...  Read the complete review