Album Overview

The Queen Is Dead is The Smiths' celebrated 1986 album and one of the defining records of British alternative music. The album combines Johnny Marr's inventive guitar arrangements with Morrissey's literate, often provocative songwriting and the rhythmic foundation of Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce. Songs such as "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" have become enduring alternative-rock classics. This Japanese pressing is a highly desirable collectible for Smiths fans and collectors of influential 1980s British indie music.