The Queen Is Dead (1986)

By The Smiths

Guitar lines chime under lyrics that swing between comic spite and real ache, aiming at the monarchy, the press and the singer's own loneliness. The English band the Smiths, built around Morrissey's voice and Johnny Marr's playing, wrote it back home in Greater Manchester. It hit number two in the UK, and NME called it the greatest album ever in 2013.

Released
1986
Tracks
10

Track list

  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 In His Side
  8. Vicar In a Tutu
  9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
  10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others