 | The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come
3.9
excellent
| Ranking: #52 for 1987 | |
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| 3.8 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | September 16th 20 |
The band's last album. Although many have speculated whether this record was a transitional one, I find it weirdly fitting as an epitaph. Clearly departing from a pure jangle sound, this is The Smiths' lushest album, incorporating synthsax, beautiful strings and even a drum machine. These late additions are what make this record their most 80s-sounding, which is weird - but in an odd way comforting - since this is their final one. Marr was ready to fully embrace the sound of his times - at the expense of overproduction. It's The Smiths' boasting album, the one that shouts at you how great it is, while The Queen is Dead slowly creeping his way into the deepest crannies of your mind. Farewell to the best English band of the Thatcherian era.
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| 4.0 excellent | lz41 | September 11th 16 |
A bittersweet finale in which Morrissey's louche cattiness can't mask his pain and longing as the Smiths splinter around him. Best tracks: 'Death of a Disco Dancer', 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me', 'Paint a Vulgar Picture'.
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| 0.0 | | December 6th 15 |
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| 4.5 superb | Tokyochuchu | December 18th 09 |
A very good effort by The Smiths. It has an alluring mood of storm clouds, finality and discomfort. Most of the tracks are good, but there isn't very much to say about the album in either an overtly positive or negative way, to be honest. I think it does suffer from the lack of an outright classic song (although 'Girlfriend In A Coma' comes close), but then makes up for that absence with it's decent level of consistancy.
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