Next VFA Turn - The Smiths! One of the great bands of the 80s, driven equally by Johnny Marrs dexterous guitar riffs and Morrisseys fiercely witty wordplay. The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The band consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Q magazines Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that The Smiths were the one truly vital voice of the 80s, the most influential British guitar group of the decade and the first indie outsiders to achieve mainstream success on their own terms.[2] The NME named the Smiths the most influential artist ever in a 2002 poll, even topping the Beatles. The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band The Smiths. It was released on 16 June 1986 in the United Kingdom by Rough Trade Records and released in the United States on 23 June 1986 through Sire Records. The album spent twenty-two weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at No. 2. Across the Atlantic, it reached No. 28 in Canada on the RPM 100 album chart and No. 70 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA in late 1990. It has sold consistently well ever since. The album cover, designed by Morrissey, features Alain Delon from the 1964 film LInsoumis. In 2013 The Queen Is Dead was ranked the greatest record of all time on NME Greatest Albums of All Time list. Released: 1986 Label: Sire Style: Alternative/Indie rock Mood: Playful, Gentle, Earnest Enjoy! :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_Is_Dead allmusic/album/the-queen-is-dead-mw0000194895 discogs/Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead/release/494927 albumoftheyear.org/album/4217-the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead.php
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