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Some Albums Are Better than Others!

Advantages: There are so many high quality songs. I Know It's Over is heartbreaking and beautiful!
Disadvantages: You dislike Morrissey's hanging Gladioli?!

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 ...

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My new motto for living!

Advantages: Lyrically sublime
Disadvantages: It's not a double album!

Okay, first things first I'm not sure if this is a good move or not. The Smiths are a band that people normally have an instant opinion on: either they were the best thing about British music circa 1982-7 or they were that terrible band fronted by that i ...

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Bigmouth Strikes Again...Again

Advantages: A great record
Disadvantages: None really

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 ...

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It lasted 20 years, 7 months and 27 days

Advantages: The best release of 1986
Disadvantages: A tad too maudlin at times

ARTIST: THE SMITHS TITLE: THE QUEEN IS DEAD Released: June 1986 Label: Warner Records The Smiths third album, The Queen Is Dead, was released to universal critical acclaim in June 1986. Whilst I have never had a favourite Smiths album (wh ...

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NOTHING ORDINARY ABOUT THESE SMITHS

Advantages: Classic album from a seminal band for an absolute snip
Disadvantages: The last track could be a little stronger

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. Roy ...

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