The Queen Is Dead

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jason-cobb

This 'random' album was served up to me... the morning after the death of the Queen. Oh dear. It made the listening a more poignant exercise. The songs bounce along with effortless melodies from Marr, and oddball lyrics from You Know Who. Oh how he has fallen though. I had vowed never to listen to him again - quite a statement as he meant so much to me during my teenage years. wtf went wrong? Not a lot on this album. It comes over more like a Greatest Hits package. I genuinely believed back in the day that The Smiths would end up as big as The Beatles. They're not far off on The Queen is Dead. A pinnacle ahead of an almighty fall.

5

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boombox-generation

Quite enjoyed this but it felt very nostalgic. From an earlier time when indie bands (or at least singers) weren’t espousing questionable views and tried to write erudite and witty lyrics. I loved the Smiths when I first heard them but their albums haven’t grown with me. The band are okay and fit the songs, but not as inventive - to me - as others seem to think they are. Listening to this when I did made me sad, but it was a wistful wishing for the simpler times when I first heard this band, rather than the music itself, I think.

3