| フォーマット | LPレコード |
| 発売日 | 2017年10月20日 |
| 国内/輸入 | 輸入(ヨーロッパ盤) |
| レーベル | WM UK |
| 構成数 | 5 |
| パッケージ仕様 | ボックス |
| 規格品番 | 9029578562 |
| SKU | 190295785628 |
構成数 : 5枚
合計収録時間 : 00:00:00
The Smiths: Morrissey (vocals); Johnny Marr (guitar); Andy Rourke (bass); Mike Joyce (drums).
Recorded in England in Winter 1985.
Arguably the Smiths' masterpiece, THE QUEEN IS DEAD found the band at the artistic apex of a career that knew few lows. More than any of their other albums, THE QUEEN IS DEAD represents the elegance, craftsmanship and humor for which the Smiths are remembered. Opening the album, the explosive title track is filled with vintage punk-era iconoclastic rage, wherein Morrissey tears at the very fabric of the British monarchy atop the howling feedback and swirling chords of Johnny Marr and the pounding fury of Rourke and Joyce (whose punk roots were never so apparent).
THE QUEEN IS DEAD also contains some of the band's most disarmingly beautiful work. "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" bears a lush accompaniment and utterly miserable lyric, while the chiming, heavenly atmosphere of "The Boy With A Thorn In His Side," as convincing an ode to the sensitive outcast as has ever been penned. "Bigmouth Strikes Again," the album's most recognizable tune, is a dizzying adrenaline rush. And the upbeat tunesmanship of Marr was never in sharper contrast with Morrissey's lyrical ire than on the bouncy, wistful "Cemetry Gates."
エディション : Remaster、Deluxe Edition
【Original Album 2017 Remaster】
01. The Queen Is Dead
02. Frankly, Mr. Shankly
03. I Know It's Over
04. Never Had No One Ever
05. Cemetry Gates
06. Bigmouth Strikes Again
07. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
08. Vicar In A Tutu
09. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
【Additional Recordings】
01. The Queen Is Dead (full version)
02. Frankly, Mr. Shankly (demo)
03. I Know It's Over (demo)
04. Never Had No One Ever (demo)
05. Cemetry Gates (demo)
06. Bigmouth Strikes Again (demo)
07. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (demo)
08. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (demo mix)
09. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (take 1)
10. Rubber Ring (b-side)
11. Asleep (b-side)
12. Money Changes Everything (b-side)
13. Unloveable (b-side)
【Live in Boston (All previously unreleased)】
01. How Soon Is Now? (5.25)
02. Hand In Glove (2.58)
03. I Want The One I Can't Have (3.24)
04. Never Had No One Ever (3.29)
05. Stretch Out And Wait (3.09)
06. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (3.34)
07. Cemetry Gates (3.01)
08. Rubber Ring/What She Said/Rubber Ring (4.17)
09. Is It Really So Strange? (3.23)
10. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (4.09)
11. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (4.51)
12. The Queen Is Dead (5.08)
13. I Know It's Over (7.39)
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