3x CD, DVD-Video (super deluxe edition)

The Queen Is Dead

Album by The Smiths

Released 16 June 1986

jangle pop indie pop indie rock

Tracklist

CD 1: 2017 Master
1
The Queen Is Dead
6:24
3.9 ★
2
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
2:17
4.0 ★
3
I Know It’s Over
5:47
4.1 ★
4
Never Had No One Ever
3:36
3.6 ★
5
Cemetry Gates
2:38
4.0 ★
6
Bigmouth Strikes Again
3:11
4.7 ★
7
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
3:15
4.2 ★
8
Vicar in a Tutu
2:22
3.5 ★
9
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
4:02
4.4 ★
10
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
3:16
4.0 ★
CD 2: Additional Recordings
1
The Queen Is Dead (full version)
7:14
2
Frankly, Mr. Shankly (demo)
2:18
3
I Know It’s Over (demo)
5:48
4
Never Had No One Ever (demo)
4:40
5.0 ★
5
Cemetry Gates (demo)
3:01
6
Bigmouth Strikes Again (demo)
3:06
7
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (demo)
3:57
8
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side (demo mix)
3:18
9
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (take 1)
4:25
10
Rubber Ring (single B‐side)
3:54
11
Asleep (single B‐side)
4:02
12
Money Changes Everything (single B‐side)
4:41
13
Unloveable (single B‐side)
3:55
CD 3: Live In Boston
1
How Soon Is Now? (live in Boston)
5:25
2
Hand in Glove (live in Boston)
2:57
3
I Want the One I Can’t Have (live in Boston)
3:23
4
Never Had No One Ever (live in Boston)
3:25
5
Stretch Out and Wait (live in Boston)
3:11
6
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side (live in Boston)
3:34
7
Cemetry Gates (live in Boston)
3:01
8
Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring (live in Boston)
4:17
9
Is It Really So Strange? (live in Boston)
3:22
10
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (live in Boston)
4:09
11
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (live in Boston)
4:50
12
The Queen Is Dead (live in Boston)
5:05
13
I Know It’s Over (live in Boston)
7:35
DVD-Video 4: DVD 2017 Master / The Queen Is Dead - A Film By Derek Jarman
1
The Queen Is Dead
6:24
2
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
2:18
4.0 ★
3
I Know It's Over
5:48
4.1 ★
4
Never Had No One Ever
3:37
3.6 ★
5
Cemetry Gates
2:38
4.0 ★
6
Bigmouth Strikes Again
3:12
4.7 ★
7
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
3:16
4.2 ★
8
Vicar In A Tutu
2:22
3.5 ★
9
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
4:03
4.4 ★
10
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
3:16
4.0 ★
11
The Queen Is Dead
12
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
13
Panic

Ein interessantes Album. Ein Opener, der wohl zu den besten Songs der Band im allgemeinen zählen dürfte, auch andere Songs wie „Cemetery Gates“ glänzt durch die Kombination aus hellem Instrumental und zynischen und doch tiefen Lyrics. Und natürlich mit „There Is a Light That Never Goes Out“ den Riesenhit der Band. Trotzdem in seinem Ganzen kein perfektes Album, es hat, gerade in der zweiten Hälfte, seine Durchhänger, auf denen die einige Songs weder besondere musikalische noch inhaltliche Aushängeschilder sind, „Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others“ ist wohl das beste Beispiel. Schade, dies hätte auch problemlos weggelassen werden können, dann hätte das Album einen deutlich perfekteren Abschluss. Nichtsdestotrotz ein absoluter Klassiker, der mit fantastischen Highlights glänzt und das Album, was man jedem zeigen sollte, der die Band kennen lernen möchte.

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MalteDomurath 9 May 2026

★★★★

Ein interessantes Album, mit unfass

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Release credits

Andy Rourke
bass [1.10, 4.1, 4.10-13, 3.1-13, 2.1-13], bass guitar [1.1-10, 4.2-10]
Ann Coates
additional [4.6, 1.6]
Bill Inglot
re
Caryn Gough
graphic design
Dan Hersch
re
John Porter
engineer [1.2, 4.2]
Johnny Marr
guitar, producer [4.2-10, 1.1-10]
Mike Joyce
drums (drum set)
Morrissey
lead vocals, producer [4.2-10, 1.1-10]
Stephen Street
engineer [4.2-10, 1.1-10]