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{{SmithsDiscobox
{{Discobox
| Name = The Queen Is Dead
| Name = The Queen Is Dead
| Total Length = 39:46
| Total Length = 37:07
| Recorded = Autumn 1984
| Recorded = Winter 1985
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Producer = The Smiths
| Producer = [[Morrissey]]<br>[[Johnny Marr]]
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art = Emile de Antonio
| Art = Alain Delon <br>"L'Insoumis" (1964) by Alain Cavalier
| Vinyl Etching = ILLNESS AS ART<br>DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ
| Vinyl Etching = FEAR OF MANCHESTER<br>THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS
| Publisher =  
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Format =  Vinyl, CD
| Format =  Vinyl, CD
| Release = 11 February 1985
| Release = 16 June 1986<br>3 April 2012 (remaster)
| Chart = UK #1
| Chart = UK #2<br>US #70<br>UK #10 (Collector's Edition)<br>UK Vinyl Chart #1 (Collector's Edition)
| Type = Studio Album
| Type = Studio Album
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| Previous = Meat Is Murder
| Previous = Meat Is Murder
| PreviousLink = Meat Is Murder
| PreviousLink = Meat Is Murder
| Next = Strangeways, Here We Come
| Next = Strangeways, Here We Come
| NextLink = Strangeways, Here We Come
| NextLink = Strangeways, Here We Come
| singlen = single n (only for albums)
| single1 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | image1 = Boy_with_the_thorn.jpg
| imagen = image for single n (only for albums)
| single2 = Bigmouth Strikes Again | image2 = Bigmouthstrikesagain.jpg
}}
}}


==Information==
==Information==
* An unedited version of this song appears on [[The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP.
===Recording===
===Recording===
===Release===
===Release===
==Track list==
==Track list==


===UK CD Edition===
===CD Edition===
[HMV CDCSD3787]
UK - [Rough Trade ROUGHCD96]<br>
US - [Sire 9 25426-2]
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01 = The Queen Is Dead
| 01link = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01link = The Queen Is Dead (song)
| 01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 01-duration = 6:24 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 02 = Rusholme Ruffians
| 02 = Frankly, Mr. Shankly
| 02link = Rusholme Ruffians
| 02link = Frankly, Mr. Shankly
| 02-duration = 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02-duration = 2:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = I Want The One I Can't Have
| 03 = I Know It's Over
| 03link = I Want The One I Can't Have
| 03link = I Know It's Over
| 03-duration = 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = What She Said
| 04 = Never Had No One Ever
| 04link = What She Said
| 04link = Never Had No One Ever
| 04-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04-duration = 3:36 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05 = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
| 05 = Cemetry Gates
| 05link = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (single)
| 05link = Cemetry Gates
| 05-duration = 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05-duration = 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06 = Nowhere Fast
| 06 = Bigmouth Strikes Again
| 06link = Nowhere Fast
| 06link = Bigmouth Strikes Again (single)
| 06-duration = 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06-duration = 3:12 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07 = Well I Wonder
| 07 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
| 07link = Well I Wonder
| 07link = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)
| 07-duration = 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07-duration = 3:15 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08 = Barbarism Begins At Home
| 08 = Vicar In A Tutu
| 08link = Barbarism Begins At Home
| 08link = Vicar In A Tutu
| 08-duration = 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08-duration = 2:21 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09 = Meat Is Murder
| 09 = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
| 09link = Meat Is Murder (song)
| 09link = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single)
| 09-duration = 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09-duration = 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 10 = Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
| 10link = Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
| 10-duration = 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


===Vinyl===
===Vinyl===
UK - [Rough Trade ROUGH81]<br>
UK - [Rough Trade ROUGH96]<br>
US - [Sire 9 25269-1] <br>
US - [Sire 9 25426-1] <br>
===== Side A =====
===== Side A =====
# [[The Headmaster Ritual]] – 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[The Queen Is Dead (song)|The Queen Is Dead]] – 6:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Rusholme Ruffians]] – 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Frankly, Mr. Shankly]] – 2:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[I Want The One I Can't Have]] – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[I Know It's Over]] – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[What She Said]] – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Never Had No One Ever]] – 3:36 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (single)|That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore]] – 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Cemetry Gates]] – 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)


===== Side B =====
===== Side B =====
# [[Nowhere Fast]] – 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Bigmouth Strikes Again (single)|Bigmouth Strikes Again]] – 3:12 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Well I Wonder]] – 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)|The Boy With The Thorn In His Side]] – 3:15 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Barbarism Begins At Home]] – 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Vicar In A Tutu]] – 2:21 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Meat Is Murder (song)|Meat Is Murder]] – 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single)|There Is A Light That Never Goes Out]] – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
 
# [[Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others]] – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
===US CD Edition===
[Sire 9 25269-2]<br>
{{tracklist
| 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01link = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 = Rusholme Ruffians
| 02link = Rusholme Ruffians
| 02-duration = 4:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = I Want The One I Can't Have
| 03link = I Want The One I Can't Have
| 03-duration = 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = What She Said
| 04link = What She Said
| 04-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05 = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
| 05link = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (single)
| 05-duration = 4:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06 = How Soon Is Now?
| 06link = How Soon Is Now? (single)
| 06-duration = 6:47 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07 = Nowhere Fast
| 07link = Nowhere Fast
| 07-duration = 2:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08 = Well I Wonder
| 08link = Well I Wonder
| 08-duration = 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09 = Barbarism Begins At Home
| 09link = Barbarism Begins At Home
| 09-duration = 6:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 10 = Meat Is Murder
| 10link = Meat Is Murder (song)
| 10-duration = 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==


* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals
* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals
* [[Johnny Marr]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]]
* [[Johnny Marr]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], [[Keyboardists|harmonium]], synthesized string instruments and flute arrangements
* [[Andy Rourke]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]
* [[Andy Rourke]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]
* [[Mike Joyce]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]
* [[Mike Joyce]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]
* [[Producers|Producer]] - [[The Smiths]]
* [[Producers|Producer]] - Morrissey
* Producer - Johnny Marr
* Engineer - [[Stephen Street]]
* Engineer - [[Stephen Street]]
* Engineer - [[John Porter]]

Revision as of 15:25, 12 February 2020

Cover art
THE SMITHS Studio Album
Name The Queen Is Dead
Release 16 June 1986
3 April 2012 (remaster)
Total Length 37:07
Recorded Winter 1985
Writer/composer Morrissey/Marr
Producer Morrissey
Johnny Marr
Art work Alain Delon
"L'Insoumis" (1964) by Alain Cavalier
Vinyl Etching FEAR OF MANCHESTER
THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS
Publisher Rough Trade Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #2
US #70
UK #10 (Collector's Edition)
UK Vinyl Chart #1 (Collector's Edition)
Studio Album chronology
Meat Is Murder
←
The Queen Is Dead
→
Strangeways, Here We Come
Singles
Boy with the thorn.jpgBigmouthstrikesagain.jpg

Information


Recording

Release

Track list

CD Edition

UK - [Rough Trade ROUGHCD96]
US - [Sire 9 25426-2]

  1. The Queen Is Dead – 6:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly – 2:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. I Know It's Over – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Never Had No One Ever – 3:36 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. Cemetry Gates – 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
  6. Bigmouth Strikes Again – 3:12 (Morrissey/Marr)
  7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side – 3:15 (Morrissey/Marr)
  8. Vicar In A Tutu – 2:21 (Morrissey/Marr)
  9. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
  10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)

Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade ROUGH96]
US - [Sire 9 25426-1]

Side A
  1. The Queen Is Dead – 6:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly – 2:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. I Know It's Over – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Never Had No One Ever – 3:36 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. Cemetry Gates – 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
Side B
  1. Bigmouth Strikes Again – 3:12 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side – 3:15 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Vicar In A Tutu – 2:21 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)

Personnel

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