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The Queen Is Dead

Description: This is the value of working at cross-purposes: The Smiths were Morrissey's excuse to undulate his wry, disaffected lyrics and Johnny Marr's vehicle for his sharp, chiming, pop songs. Their favourite kind of compromise made them essentially a singles band, and The Queen Is Dead has a couple of their best (notably "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", one of the greatest pop expressions of the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name). But it also has some wonderful compromises of different kinds: the bizarrely romantic "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" and "Cemetry Gates", where Marr covers up for Mor ... (more)
Manufacturer: Warner Bros UK
Release date: 13 January 2008
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0745099189624 UPC: 745099189624
Tags: Indie (1), Rock (1), British (1), English (1), England (1), Manchester (1), Britpop (1), 1980's (1), 1993 (1), 1986 (1), Alternative Rock (1), Album (1), Warner Bros (1), Top Of The Tops (1), Bought 2004 (1), Top Album (1)
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