The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

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Label:	Sire – 9 W1-25426
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Club Edition , Carrollton Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1986
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1	The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (Medley)) Vocals ["Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty"] – Cicely Courtneidge Written-By ["Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty"] – Godfrey*	6:23
A2	Frankly, Mr. Shankly Engineer – John Porter	2:17
A3	I Know It's Over	5:48
A4	Never Had No One Ever	3:36
A5	Cemetry Gates	2:39
B1	Bigmouth Strikes Again Backing Vocals [Backing Voice] – Ann Coates	3:12
B2	The Boy With The Thorn In His Side	3:15
B3	Vicar In A Tutu	2:21
B4	There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	4:02
B5	Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others	3:14

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Sire Records Company
Licensed To – Columbia House
Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Manufactured By – Columbia House
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records Company
Copyright © – Sire Records Company
Copyright © – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Published By – Morrissey / Marr Songs, Ltd.

Credits

Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Johnny Marr
Engineer – Stephen Street (tracks: A1, A3 to B5)
Layout – Caryn Gough
Model [Cover Star] – Alain Delon
Music By – Johnny Marr
Orchestrated By [Orchestration By] – The Hated Salford Ensemble
Performer [The Smiths Are], Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke
Performer [The Smiths Are], Drums [The Drums] – Mike Joyce
Performer [The Smiths Are], Guitar [Guitars] – Johnny Marr
Performer [The Smiths Are], Vocals [Voice] – Morrissey
Producer – Morrissey
Sleeve – Morrissey
Words By – Morrissey

Notes

Gatefold sleeve.

"The Queen Is Dead" contains a sample from "Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty" (Mills, Godfrey, Scott).

Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty © B.Feldman/EMI Music.
Cicely Courtneidge recording courtesy of Thorn EMI Elstree Studios Ltd.
Recorded in England, Winter 1985.
Cover star Alain Delon photos © 1965 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Sire Records Company, 3 East 54th Street, New York, New York 10022. Marketed by Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Warner Communications Company.
© 1986 Sire Records Company
℗ 1985, 1986 Sire Records Company
Made in U.S.A.

Manufactured by Columbia House Under License.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 075992542616
Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25426-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): W1-25426-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): W1-25426-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, variant 1): W1-25426A-1A G1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, variant 1): W1-25426B-1B G2
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, variant 2): W1-25426A-1A G2 C A2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, variant 2): W1-25426B-1B C G1 A3
Pressing Plant ID (Etched, deadwax on either side): G1 / G2
Rights Society: PRS

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Rough Trade	MD 7961	Benelux	1986
	The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, ARC Pressing)	Rough Trade	1-25426, 9 25426-1	US	1986
Recently Edited	The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Rough Trade	70 444, 70444		1986
Recently Edited	The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, Gatefold, Pink Spine Lettering)	Rough Trade	92 54261	Canada	1986
Recently Edited	The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, EMI Records Pressing, Gatefold)	Rough Trade	ROUGH 96	UK	1986