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At the time of their deaths, many of the victims were only a few years older than Morrissey (born 1959), who wrote the lyrics of the song after reading a book about the murders, Beyond Belief: A Chronicle of Murder and its Detection by Emlyn Williams. [2] "Suffer Little Children" was one of the first songs that Morrissey and Johnny Marr wrote ...
Strangeways, Here We Come is the fourth and final studio album by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released on 28 September 1987 by Rough Trade Records, several months after the group disbanded. All of the songs were composed by Johnny Marr, with lyrics written and sung by Morrissey.
The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life. Reynolds and Hearn. ISBN 1-905287-14-3. Goddard, Simon (2009). Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and The Smiths. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0091927103. Marr, Johnny (2016). Set The Boy Free: The Autobiography. London: Century. ISBN 978-1-780-89432-4. Middles, Mick. The Smiths: The Complete Story ...
AllMusic's Tim DiGravina calls it "a standout among standouts from the Smiths' masterpiece third album, The Queen Is Dead." [9] In 2014, NME listed "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" as the 12th-greatest song of all time. [4] In 2017, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone placed the song number one in his ranking of 73 songs by the Smiths. [17]
The Queen Is Dead was notable for featuring harder-rocking songs with witty, satirical lyrics of British social mores, intellectualism and class. [12] Throughout their career, Morrissey drew attention during interviews and live performances for his provocative statements, such as criticising the Thatcher administration and being pro-vegetarian ...
Failing to find a replacement, the Smiths disbanded by the time of the release of their final studio album, Strangeways, Here We Come, in September that year. Strangeways, Here We Come climbed to number two in the UK and became the band's highest-charting release in the United States when it reached number 55 on the Billboard 200 .
"A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours" is a 1987 song by English alternative rock band the Smiths, which appeared as the opening track for the band's 1987 final album, Strangeways, Here We Come. Written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the song features no guitar and was inspired musically by Reparata 's " Shoes " and lyrically by Oscar Wilde ...
The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English rock band The Smiths, released on 16 June 1986, by Rough Trade Records. The album was produced by the band's singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. They worked predominately with engineer Stephen Street, who engineered The Smiths' previous album, Meat Is Murder (1985). [3]