- jangle pop, indie pop, indie rock, post-punk
- 37 min
- 10 tracks
- Sire Records
The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English rock band the Smiths, released on 16 June 1986 by Rough Trade Records.
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Character-led, spare, classical in form and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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Metacritic 99/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Mojo5/5 ★
- Pitchfork10/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Uncut5/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB+
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Tracks
- 1The Queen Is Dead6:24
- 2Frankly, Mr. Shankly2:19
- 3I Know It’s Over5:50
- 4Never Had No One Ever3:37
- 5Cemetry Gates2:41
- 6Bigmouth Strikes Again3:15
- 7The Boy With the Thorn in His Side3:17
- 8Vicar in a Tutu2:22
- 9There Is a Light That Never Goes Out4:03
- 10Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others3:15
10 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Smiths
- Label
- Sire Records
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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