Smiths, The - QUEEN IS DEAD - Vinyl Record

Ranked the greatest album of all time by NME and widely regarded as The Smiths' masterpiece, The Queen Is Dead is the record where everything clicked — Morrissey's razor-sharp wit, Johnny Marr's shimmering guitar architecture, and a rhythm section that swings between grandeur and tenderness without warning. Released in 1986 and produced by Morrissey and Marr with engineer Stephen Street, the album opens with its furious, drum-driven title track and never lets up, moving through the sardonic "Frankly, Mr. Shankly," the devastating "I Know It's Over," and the literary wordplay of "Cemetry Gates" before arriving at "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" — one of the most transcendent songs ever committed to vinyl. The album cover, designed by Morrissey, features French actor Alain Delon in a still from the 1964 film L'Insoumis. If you own one Smiths record, this is the one.

Tracklist:
1. "The Queen Is Dead" 6:24
2. "Frankly, Mr. Shankly" 2:17
3. "I Know It's Over" 5:48
4. "Never Had No One Ever" 3:36
5. "Cemetry Gates" 2:39
6. "Bigmouth Strikes Again" 3:12
7. "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" 3:15
8. "Vicar in a Tutu" 2:21
9. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" 4:02
10. "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" 3:14

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