The Queen Is Dead

THE SMITHS Studio Album
Name	The Queen Is Dead
Release	16 June 1986 3 April 2012 (remaster) 20 October 2017 (deluxe edition)
Total Length	37:07
Recorded	Winter 1985
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer	Morrissey Johnny Marr
Art work	Cover star: Alain Delon in "L'insoumis" (1964) by Alain Cavalier Deluxe edition - Live In Boston cover star: Jack Kerouac 2017 artwork: Esteban and Darren Evans. Layout: Caryn Gough Sleeve: Morrissey
Vinyl Etching	FEAR OF MANCHESTER THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS
Publisher	Rough Trade Records (UK) Sire Records (US)
Format(s)	Vinyl, CD, Cassette, 180g Vinyl, Boxset
Chart position	UK #2 US #70 UK #10 (Collector's Edition) UK Vinyl Chart #1 (Collector's Edition)
Studio Album chronology
Meat Is Murder ← The Queen Is Dead → Strangeways, Here We Come
Singles

Information

Both George Martin and Tony Visconti were suggested to produce the album prior to Stephen Street's engineering involvement.

The Hated Salford Ensemble is a fictitious name for the emulated string sections on the album.

Track list

CD Edition

UK - [Rough Trade ROUGHCD96]
US - [Sire 9 25426-2]

The Queen Is Dead – 6:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
Frankly, Mr. Shankly – 2:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Know It's Over – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
Never Had No One Ever – 3:36 (Morrissey/Marr)
Cemetry Gates – 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
Bigmouth Strikes Again – 3:12 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side – 3:15 (Morrissey/Marr)
Vicar In A Tutu – 2:21 (Morrissey/Marr)
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)

Deluxe Edition - Additional Recordings

The Queen Is Dead (Full Version) – 7:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
Frankly, Mr. Shankly (Demo) – 2:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Know It's Over (Demo) – 5:49 (Morrissey/Marr)
Never Had No One Ever (Demo) – 4:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
Cemetry Gates (Demo) – 3:01 (Morrissey/Marr)
Bigmouth Strikes Again (Demo) – 3:07 (Morrissey/Marr)
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (Demo) – 3:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Demo Mix) – 3:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Take 1) – 4:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
Rubber Ring (Single B-Side) – 3:54 (Morrissey/Marr)
Asleep (Single B-Side) – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
Money Changes Everything (Single B-Side) – 4:41 (Marr)
Unloveable (Single B-Side) – 3:56 (Morrissey/Marr)

Deluxe Edition - Live In Boston

How Soon Is Now? – 5:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
Hand In Glove – 2:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Want The One I Can't Have – 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
Never Had No One Ever – 3:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
Stretch Out And Wait – 3:09 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side – 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
Cemetry Gates – 3:01 (Morrissey/Marr)
Rubber Ring + What She Said – 4:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
Is It Really So Strange? – 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 4:09 (Morrissey/Marr)
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore – 4:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
The Queen Is Dead – 5:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
I Know It's Over – 7:39 (Morrissey/Marr)

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Discogs Information

Credits

Bass Guitar [The Bass Guitar] - Andy Rourke
Drums [The Drums] - Mike Joyce
Engineer [Engineered By] - Stephen Street
Guitar [Guitars], Harmonium, Arranged By [String Arrangements By], Music By [All Music By] - Johnny Marr
Layout [Layout By] - Caryn Gough
Model [Cover Star] - Alain Delon
Orchestra [Orchestration By] - The Hated Salford Ensemble
Photography By [Group Photography By] - Stephen Wright (4)
Producer [Produced By] - Johnny Marr
Producer [Produced By] - Morrissey
Voice, Words By [All Words By], Sleeve [Sleeve By] - Morrissey

Notes

Recorded in England, Winter 1985.

Gatefold sleeve. Printed inner sleeve. Some copies with folded A2 black and white poster with the same image as inside of gatefold.

Also a (very similar) MPO pressing of [r=8368319] exists.

Images

The Queen Is Dead - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/20137
The Queen Is Dead (LP Album EMI Records Pressing, Gatefold) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/494927-The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Recorded in England, Winter 1985.

Images

The Queen Is Dead (Album) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/12048520-The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Recorded in England, Winter 1985.

On CD: Made in France. Cat# Spine/Back: ROUGH CD96 Cat# CD: ROUGH CD 96

Images

The Queen Is Dead (Album MPO) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/2988530-The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Recorded in England, Winter 1985.

Issued with printed inner sleeve

Images

The Queen Is Dead (LP Album Limited Edition Green, Gatefold Sleeve) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1493201-The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Comes in a single pocket, unlaminated gatefold sleeve with a replica of the original inner sleeve. This replica inner sleeve is of matte paper whereas in the original copies, they were gloss card. There may be a 'Made in Germany' sticker on the back cover. Some copies have a circular pink sticker on the shrink-wrap.

[Gatefold inside] Warner Bros UK Ltd.

[Inner sleeve] recorded in England, Winter 1985 Cicely Courtneidge recording courtesy of Thorn EMI Elstree Studios Ltd Cover star Alain Delon photos © 1965 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc "take me back to dear old Blighty"

[Runouts] '✺' appears to be an error, possible '0', that has been scratched over. Variant 10: '31T' is inverted and '21T' is mirrored.

Images

The Queen Is Dead (LP Album Reissue Stereo Gatefold, 180 Gram) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/3564656-The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Round silver hype sticker on shrink: '5 LP BOX SET featuring the 2017 Master of the seminal album, additional recordings and an unreleased live album, all heavyweight vinyl 0190295785628'. All three issued with gatefold sleeve and printed inner sleeves. Made in the EU.

Images

The Queen Is Dead (Deluxe Edition) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/11023833-The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead

Wikipedia Information

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. The album was produced by the band's singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. They worked predominately with engineer Stephen Street, who engineered The Smiths' previous album, Meat Is Murder (1985). Marr wrote several songs while the Smiths toured the United Kingdom in early 1985, working out arrangements with bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce during soundchecks. The album title is taken from American writer Hubert Selby Jr.'s 1964 novel, Last Exit to Brooklyn. The cover art features the French actor Alain Delon in the 1964 film L'Insoumis. The Queen Is Dead spent 22 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number two. It reached number 70 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in late 1990. The Queen Is Dead received widespread critical acclaim and has since been included in multiple lists of the greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone ranked the album 113th on its 2020-updated list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In its 2013 list, NME named The Queen Is Dead the greatest album of all time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_Is_Dead

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