The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

LP02520

UPC: 0825646658879

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 their guitarist, Johnny Marr, working predominantly with engineer Stephen Street who engineered The Smiths' previous album, Meat Is Murder (1985).^[3] Marr wrote several songs while the Smiths toured Britain in early 1985, working out arrangements with bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce during soundchecks.^[4] The album title is taken from American writer Hubert Selby Jr.'s 1964 novel, Last Exit to Brooklyn.^[5] The cover art features the French actor Alain Delon in the 1964 film L'Insoumis.^[6]