The Queen Is Dead

Why?

I'm repeating, verbatim, my previous review of the other Smiths album I got on this list (and, yes, I will repeat it for the third one too): The Smiths are one of those groups that "everyone" says you need to like. But you know what? I'm not everyone. The Smiths are garbage. Their music is boring and whiney. It's music for people who can't grow a pair and find a way to talk to someone they're attracted to, so they just sit in the corner of the bar and complain about how nobody comes and talks to their shallow, low self esteem self. Were they influential on subsequent rock, grunge, and alternative groups? Sure. That doesn't mean that I have to like their music though. "Everyone" else can have them, I'll be somewhere else listening to more enjoyable music that doesn't make me feel like I'm listening to my little sister's hipster ex-boyfriend whine about why she left him for someone more confident.

Sorry, I can't stand this band!

Not Good.

Morrissey, I despise you. Every song is the same and lame

Boring, whiny, and generally uninteresting. Some fleeting catchy moments but nothing worth remembering

I absolutely love the music — the instrumental music — of The Smiths. Beautiful production, up-tempo alternative post-punk music that’s right up my alley. Unfortunately, the Great White Mope is an integral part of this band. Every Smiths album is marred by Morressey, who I absolutely cannot stand. Some of my favorite artists, including The Decemberists, love The Smiths. Apparently there’s a literacy and cleverness and send of humour there, too. But I simply cannot see or hear it. Everything about Morrissey grates — his voice, his style of singing, all the lyrics. It’s just awful. I know it s supposed to be funny and ironic, but the way he sings and the words he chooses….ugh. It’s like someone with absolutely no sense of humour trying to be funny and clever and witty. I would love for someone to take the entire Smiths catalog, strip it down to instrumentals, and layer over the top an entirely different set of lyrics sung by anyone else. This would probably be one of my favorite bands.

there is a light that never goes out is a banger. I didn't like the rest.

I don't like the smiths. Why is he so fucking whiny

Fuck Morrisey

I have never liked The Smiths. Re-listening to this has not changed my mind.

Alright, I don't hate "Cemetry Gates" (I'm a sucker for Yeats) but that doesn't excuse the rest of the album or Morrissey's voice.

Not my jam.

boring, monotonous, nothing special

Je l'ai même pas fini 1*

an incredibly samey album that I do not wish to hear again. how there are so many smiths fans I will never understand.

0 the worst album I ever heard. Literally no song is over 3 points out of ten. I would listen to 80 hours straight of screaming gore sounds.

I truly don't get the appeal of The Smiths.

I tire of your meandering, quizzical I-don't-know-what-the-fuck-to-call-it.

Shite

Listening to this album again I have to say "Vicar In a Tutu" is truly one of a kind, and I smiled when it came on; however, the rest is shit except for "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" which is above average, but it is not nearly as good as "Vicar In a Tutu."

I too say fuck Morrissey

Ask one of the indie heads and NME seat sniffers and they'll tell you this is one of the most important and influential albums of all time. Ask a human being and they'll tell you it is the most miserable twaddle this side of The Cure. Me, I'm a human being.

The Smiths are so frustrating! Had the rest of the band not met Morrissey, and stumbled into a different singer, they could have been a great band. Musically it's all quite nice, the odd song here and there is even almost bearable, but he really has to go. Another voice here would be glorious. Horrible little man.

Not good. Not good at all. 1

Always liked Jonny Marr’s guitar work and the bands musicality. But Morrisey - a waste of space. 1 star from me

Couldn't get through this, his voice was worse than nails on a chalkboard to me

Hate Morrissey

He can get in the bin

heard this one enough times to know my feelings. not doing it today!

Fuck Morrissey

1/5

All songs are the same, borring songs, borring voice, meh

Least favorite group this project has introduced.

80’s New Age shite.

It's like listening to the same song over and over again for an hour. Pretty bad in my opinion.

Fuuuuuuuckkk Morrissey for the third time (but this one is the best Smiths record)

Sorry can't stand the Smith's as I didnt spend my youth being melancholy in student digs with floppy hair and a crippling sense of injustice. Morrisey a twat as as well which doesn't help.

Not for me

Not a good start. The singer's voice is awful to listen to and makes me want to fall asleep or throw up. A couple of the songs where he isn't whining too much are ok. 2 songs made my playlist that were more upbeat. A better singer would have made the album alright, although a couple of the songs can't be saved. The intro song got me ready for what was to come. D Tier. Moving on.

Dookie

This was just not a good album. The vocals were all over the place. The guitar playing was sloppy. The lyrics were... a thing. Altogether they combined to make a very regrettable experience.

Just can't relate to this at all. Seems like one of those generic rock bands whose purpose is to embody the average so other bands can be excellent or terrible. If they were interesting at a particular time in history, it is lost upon me today.

Today’s album is The Queen is Dead by the Smiths which I find really difficult to listen to now. The best that you can say is that 75% of the band aren’t obnoxious racist bigots.

I understand that the Smiths are a culturally significant band, but I just can’t get into them. I found this album boring and annoying.

Fuck Morrisey. Also this was so boring.

Didn't listen to this album

Fuck Morrissey team Robert Smith That aside. What a boring ass album even by The Smiths standards

Goes in the same category as The Cure, it takes an attempt or two to appreciate. I have no attempts on my record. Awful singing.

Morrissey is so tiresome. There’s one or two pretty good songs on this album but otherwise I’ve never enjoyed it since first hearing it in college.

I was jealous of the Queen and felt like taking my own life. I'm sure that people into this genre have wonderful things to say about this album, I however, have nothing positive to say so I'll just keep quiet!

Wieso schon das zweite Smith Album?!

Nah. Too much Morrisy. He’s a meme at this point. Veganism hasn’t aged well

I would like this album more as an instrumental. The music is really good. However, even with pushing down my dislike of Morrissey, I find the vocals and lyrics to be boring, distracting, and pretentious. Not an enjoyable listen overall for me.

I've never particularly enjoyed a lot of indie music. It was always hard to put my finger on what I didn't like about it. Now I know. This album is exactly what I hate in indie music. I didn't think I would legitmately hate anything on this list, but I just can't stand this album. Somewhere between the whiny vocal style, lazy instrumentation, and sheer boredom I just can't be seen having a good time.

Cripes, how is this even on the list?? I hate this album with the fury of 10,000 suns. I wish this did not exist because I have no doubt it is directly responsible for foisting Radiohead on us too. At least things can only get better from here......*gulp*

Nej

I despise Morrisey

I will never listen to this album again.

Every time I hear the Smith I feel the same about it. After decades that feeling has still stayed the same. Majority of the kids in high school that were Smith fans tried to commit suicide. If your feeling suicidal and just need a little extra push give this album a go.

😔

Not going to be listing to this album. Fuck The Smiths and fuck Morrissey.

Niet heel boeiend

Not my cup of British rock...

me and my bros hate morrisey manifesting his death rn this shit is unlistenable

nothing means nothing means nothing 1/5 dont much care about the queen

Couldn't bring myself to listen to M*rrissey unfortunately.

Not my thing!

😕

Sounds like Kermit

Not a fan, no good tracks. If I wanted to kill myself id just think about my life.

Morrisey’s voice makes my skin crawl. Wish the person running this generator hadn’t decided to meme it up and force this hunk of shit album on me, but at least I got it out of the way early I guess. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is probably the most embarrassing thing ever committed to tape. I’d kill myself if I wrote that and someone else read it.

Interesting that I was given this album the day the Queen died I hate The Smiths and Stephen Morrissey - by Ween

The Queen Is Dead- 5/10 Frankly, Mr.Shankly- 1/10 I Know It's Over- 3/10 Never Had No One Ever- 4/10 Cemetery Gates- 6/10 Bigmouth Strikes Again- 4/10 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side- 4/10 Vicar In A Tutu- 3/10 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out- 4/10 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others- 2/10 The Queen Is Dead- 3/10

Alright

Greatest album ever written! 5 Stars

Not bad. Sounds like The Smiths. Can hear where The Cure gets a LOT of their sound from (ironically fronted by one Robert Smith). Overall; I liked it.

in my blood bought vinyl day 1