The Queen Is Dead Music Cd

Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

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The Queen Is Dead      Artist : The Smiths      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $14.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-10-25      Studio : Warner Bros / Wea      Label : Warner Bros / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (186 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Queen Is Dead      The Queen Is Dead      Rating:      The Queen Is Dead is a showcase of some of the best of 80's brittpop. Morrissey is an accomplished lyricist and yes a great vocalist. Johnny Marr is responsible for the music and frankly he does a bang up job to say the least. The problem I have with this recording has nothing to with the music. The book-let is a travesty. The cover is uggly and the photos look atrocious. The clothes they wear look drab to say the least. The decision to have the latter half in pink is also a bad decision to say the least. Apparently Morrissey made the sleeve and that is shame. Since he is a great vocalist and lyricist but a subpar artist. Steve Wright must be a friend of theirs since the photos look they have been shot by an amateur.     Customer Reviews for The Queen Is Dead Cd      Undeniably tight, if a little overly-cited      Rating:      Never was too crazy for this, but it's hard to deny a consistency and proficiency of craft on the rock solid release. Despite the rigidly detached vibe throughout, each song excels at showcasing why The Smiths are widely regarded as Britain's definitive 80's indie band, laying out blueprints for massive future ripoffs, the likes bands such as Joy Division and only a few others exclusively enjoy in ultimate bragging derivative rites. Editorial Reviews for The Queen Is Dead Audio Cd      Amazon.com      This is the value of working at cross-purposes: The Smiths were Morrissey's excuse to undulate his wry, disaffected lyrics, and Johnny Marr's vehicle for his sharp, chiming, pop songs. Their favorite kind of compromise made them essentially a singles band, and The Queen Is Dead has a couple of their best (notably "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side," one of the greatest pop expressions of the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name). But it also has some wonderful compromises of different kinds: the bizarrely romantic "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," and "Cemetry Gates," where Marr covers up for Morrissey's floridity with shimmying rockabilly. --Douglas Wolk