The Queen id Dead

PGE1970

Best Smiths album?

fryup

but, released way too early

Strumms

1. The Queen Is Dead
2. Strangeways
3. Meat Is Murder or The Smiths … just can’t separate those.

four albums that are 5/5 or close…

incredible band… can’t think of any band with the absolute consistency of brilliance over such a small duration of existence. But over four albums..over 5 years or so…

first heard The Queen Is Dead in 1999 on my CD Walkman, walking back from my job in Clontarf to the Dart station…. It was immediate…

retalivity

Oh mother, I can feel, The soil falling over my head

De Quid in Deed

JupiterKid

Listening to it on Spotify right now.

Was never a huge Smith’s fan but they did make some crackers, this album included.

Konny Rool

wouldn't know, but their Greatest Hits aint too shabby 😆

Still stihl waters 3

Fat bottom girls is my favourite

Duckworth_Luas

Mozz and Marr played an excellent long game. All these people now finding out about the Queen is Dead.

waynescales1

There were times when I could have........ muuuuuuuuurdered her

Edit: F**k sake how do you do italics

Loafing Oaf

I'd say she IDs as dead at this stage alright...

I think Strangeways is better than TQID, which is obviously brilliant.

Donald Trump

Id she?

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119600388#Comment_119600388

Edit: F**k sake how do you do italics

You just need to put the effort in. Woo them with compliments and flowers. Maybe even learn some of the language. Go to Rome to meet them.

Oh, sorry, italics. I misread it as Italians

Strumms

What annoys me about Strangeways is Unhappy Birthday and Death at One’s Elbow are real low points on an otherwise excellent LP. Two real duff tracks imho. Every other track is gold. Production sounds much better on Strangeways then on the TQID though but that album TQID sneaks it on the pure quality of songs, both melody and lyrics… 9/10 the Queen is Dead vs 8/10 for Strangeways in my most humblest of opinions..

I really like Unhappy Birthday!

Paint a Vulgar Picture, Stop Me... and Last Night... - those three alone make the album worth it imo. Sublime.

It's Girlfriend In A Coma that I don't like. And yeah, Death At One's Elbow is a bit sh1t really.

NewbridgeIR

Death At One's Elbow is my least favourite Smiths song

I'd rank the albums

1 Meat Is Murder

2 The Queen Is Dead

3 Strangeways, Here We Come

4 The Smiths

There's not much between 1 & 2 but there's a big gap between 3 & 4.

Hatful Of Hollow is the Smiths record I play most.

NewbridgeIR

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119598493#Comment_119598493

This one defies the Trade Descriptions Act

https://www.discogs.com/release/400509-The-Smiths-Singles