The story of the album "The Queen Is Dead" by The Smiths
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The Queen Is Dead - the Brit's third studio album The Smiths. It was released in June 1986 of the year - more than 30s. years ago! The record stayed in the UK chart 22 weeks.The Queen Is Dead reached number two. It also entered the American Billboard 200 and went gold at the beginning of the new decade... Many years later, The Queen Is Dead was listed in Rolling Stone magazine "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."and NME magazine called the album greatest in history... But what is its own history? We propose to find out together!
Prerequisites
History The Queen Is Dead originates in the middle of 80-х of the years when Smiths toured the UK: that's when guitarist Johnny Marr wrote the music for several songs that later appeared on the album... The title of the record was inspired by the novel Hubert Selby Jr. "Last Turn to Brooklyn." The cover was graced by a French actor Alain Delon: the group chose a still from the film 1964 years "Insumi.".
Production was handled by Marr himself, vocalist Morrisseyas well as an engineer Stephen Street. As for Marrahe said that he was greatly influenced by the period in which Stooges, Velvet Undergroundas well as Detroit garage rock. By the way: at that time the band had problems with the record label Rough Trade. But luckily that didn't stop the Smiths from making a first-class record!
"The three of us had a great, very warm working relationship. We were about the same age, and into similar things... We felt as relaxed and cosy as possible in the studio!" - Street later recalled.
Recording
The first song recorded for "Dead Queen."became "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side.": the track was originally conceived as a demo, but soon everyone involved in the recording considered it to be a great single! And they were not wrong: after its release in September of the same year it reached 23rd positions in UK Singles Chart! Quite a good result... Soon the Smiths recorded "Bigmouth Strikes Again" и "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others.". Overall - most of the album was recorded in winter 1985 of the year at Jacob Studios in Farnham: the record had a working title of Margaret on the Guillotine. The eponymous "The Queen Is Dead" was one of the last songs recorded for the album... And for the "Frankly, Mr Shankly" Smiths. asked Linda McCartney to play piano, but she refused, and the first take with the trumpeter was cancelled...
Graduation and Critical Reception
The Queen Is Dead was published in June 1986 of the year. Although the commercial success was moderate, the album was still an international hit! It didn't leave the European chart for 22 weeks, and at the beginning of the 90-х has gone gold in the United States... According to the words Marrasingle "Bigmouth Strikes Again"The pre-release event was to let fans know that the Smiths were back!
Critics were favourable. Some noted that The Queen Is Dead "epitomises everything that is both admirable and irritating about British new music", others have called it the best of its kind for the period 80-х Interest in The Queen Is Dead has not waned even after decades: in 2006, the magazine "The Queen Is Dead" published a new edition of The Queen Is Dead. NME called it "the greatest British album in history..." To list all the honours and lists that it's been on The Queen Is DeadI could go on and on. But what's the point if it's already obvious: this is an album to get lost in... It has depth, focus and at least some great tunes! It's easy to see why this album is so highly regarded by fans of The Smiths...
Tracks
The album contains a total of 10 tracks. Opening the list is a track of the same name, based on a song that Marr began writing as a teenager.... "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side." was written as a light piece during a tour in the spring of 1985. The lyrics refer to the experience of Smiths in the music business... Track "Cemetry Gates." was a late addition to the album. Remarkably, at first. Marr did not believe that the guitar part was interesting enough to develop, yet the Morrissey Didn't agree with that (thankfully).
"The Queen Is Dead"
"Frankly, Mr Shankly."
"I Know It's Over"
"Never Had No One Ever."
"Cemetry Gates."
"Bigmouth Strikes Again"
"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side."
"Vicar in a Tutu"
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out."
"Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others."
One last thing...
A masterpiece Smiths 1986 of the year is still an enduring testament to 80s Brit-pop, the complex relationship between artist and fan, and the ecstasy of emptiness... Undoubtedly: without the wit and strange visions of the Morrissey wouldn't be The Queen Is DeadIt wouldn't be this legendary album without the beauty brought to the work, exactly - just as it wouldn't be this legendary album without the beauty brought to the work By Marr... It is a pity that these two later separated for reasons that have not yet been fully explained. These two geniuses were made for each other - and, of course, deep down, they still know it....
