New Album Releases: THE QUEEN IS DEAD (The Smiths)

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Artist:
The Smiths

Genre:
Alternative Rock
Indie Rock

Total Time:
2:25:21

Record Label:
Rhino Records
Warner Music

Purchasing Links:
CD + DVD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
October 20, 2017

Find out more about this album release after the jump.

Product Description: 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.

Deluxe 3CD / 1 DVD box set – featuring the 2017 master of the album; additional recordings featuring demos, b-sides and alternative versions; the ‘Live In Boston’ album recorded at the Great Woods Center For The Performing Arts on 5th August 1986; and a DVD featuring the 2017 master of album in 96kHz / 24-bit PCM stereo and ‘The Queen Is Dead – A Film By Derek Jarman’.

TRACK LIST:

Disc 1

1. The Queen Is Dead (2017 Master) (6:24)

2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly (2017 Master) (2:17)

3. I Know It's Over (2017 Master) (5:47)

4. Never Had No One Ever (2017 Master) (3:36)

5. Cemetry Gates (2017 Master) (2:38)

6. Bigmouth Strikes Again (2017 Master) (3:11)

7. The Boy With the Thorn In His Side (2017 Master) (3:15)

8. Vicar In a Tutu (2017 Master) (2:22)

9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (2017 Master) (4:02)

10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (2017 Master) (3:16)


Disc 2

1. The Queen Is Dead (Full Version) (7:14)

2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly (Demo) (2:18)

3. I Know It's Over (Demo) (5:48)

4. Never Had No One Ever (Demo) (4:40)

5. Cemetry Gates (Demo) (3:01)

6. Bigmouth Strikes Again (Demo) (3:06)

7. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (Demo) (3:57)

8. The Boy With the Thorn In His Side (Demo Mix) (3:18)

9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Take 1) (4:25)

10. Rubber Ring (Single B-Side) [2017 Master] (3:54)

11. Asleep (Single B-Side) [2017 Master] (4:02)

12. Money Changes Everything (Single B-Side) [2017 Master] (4:41)

13. Unloveable (Single B-Side) [2017 Master] (3:55)


Disc 3

1. How Soon Is Now? (Live in Boston) (5:25)

2. Hand In Glove (Live in Boston) (2:57)

3. I Want the One I Can't Have (Live in Boston) (3:23)

4. Never Had No One Ever (Live in Boston) (3:25)

5. Stretch Out and Wait (Live in Boston) (3:11)

6. The Boy With the Thorn In His Side (Live in Boston) (3:34)

7. Cemetry Gates (Live in Boston) (3:01)

8. Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring (Live in Boston) (4:17)

9. Is It Really So Strange? (Live in Boston) (3:22)

10. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Live in Boston) (4:09)

11. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (Live in Boston) (4:50)

12. The Queen Is Dead (Live in Boston) (5:05)

13. I Know It's Over (Live in Boston) (7:35)

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