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Widely considered to be both The Smiths’ finest work and one of the greatest albums ever made, ‘The Queen Is Dead’ has cast a significant influence over subsequent generations since it was first released in the summer of 1986. Now Warner Bros. Records can confirm details of a newly mastered and expanded version of the album that will be released on 20th October.
The album features several of the band’s finest moments including the title track and ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’, as well as the iconic singles ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’ and ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’.
"You cannot continue to record and simply hope that your audience will approve, or that average critics will approve, or that radio will approve,” says Morrissey. “You progress only when you wonder if an abnormally scientific genius would approve – and this is the leap The Smiths took with The Queen Is Dead."
Johnny Marr adds, “The Queen Is Dead was epic to make and epic to live.”
5LP Vinyl Boxset - Includes all the equivalent tracks from CDs 1, 2 and 3, housed in lift off box with 2 double gatefolds and 1 single.
Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 The Queen Is Dead
2 Frankly, Mr. Shankly
3 I Know It's Over
4 Never Had No One Ever
5 Cemetry Gates
6 Bigmouth Strikes Again
7 The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
8 Vicar in a Tutu
9 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
10 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Disc: 2
1 The Queen Is Dead (Full Version)
2 Frankly, Mr. Shankly
3 I Know It's Over
4 Never Had No One Ever
5 Cemetry Gates
6 Bigmouth Strikes Again
7 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Disc: 3
1 The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
2 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Take 1)
3 Rubber Ring (B-side)
4 Asleep (B-side)
5 Money Changes Everything (B-side)
6 Unloveable (B-side)
Disc: 4
1 How Soon Is Now?
2 Hand in Glove
3 I Want the One I Can't Have
4 Never Had No One Ever
5 Stretch Out and Wait
6 The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
7 Cemetry Gates
8 Rubber Ring/What She Said/Rubber Ring
Disc: 5
1 Is It Really So Strange?
2 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
3 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
4 The Queen Is Dead
5 I Know It's Over