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- #1
- Posted: 09/12/2016 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#2114): Strangeways, Here We Come
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Today's album of the day
Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1987.
Country: 
Overall rank: 251
Average rating: 81/100 (from 614 votes).
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Tracks:
1. A Rush And A Push & The Land Is Ours
2. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
3. Death Of A Disco Dancer
4. Girlfriend In A Coma
5. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
6. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
7. Unhappy Birthday
8. Paint A Vulgar Picture
9. Death At One's Elbow
10. I Won't Share You
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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Lowkey
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- #2
- Posted: 09/12/2016 20:29
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very decent album, my ex really liked this so i had to listen to it over and over again
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HazeyTwilight
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- #3
- Posted: 09/12/2016 20:41
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Album's good. The Smiths are good. It's all good.
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- Posted: 09/12/2016 21:21
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Excellent example of a great album being spoilt by one poor song. In this case it's "Death at One's Elbow" which is just about the worse thing they ever recorded including b sides. Come to think of it would make a pretty good thread as there's quite a few records I'dlump in that category. Prince's Lovesexy is the one that annoys me the most as it would be close to album of the decade if "Positivity" wasn't on there and still be a respectable 40 min + length.
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Perring
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- Posted: 09/12/2016 22:32
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Actually my favourite of The Smiths. A lot of oddly upbeat tracks here although still with the usual bitter/melancholic lyrics.
Agreed that Death at One's Elbow is the weak link but it's only ~2mins
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craola
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- Posted: 09/12/2016 22:55
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| stangetzaway wrote: | | Excellent example of a great album being spoilt by one poor song. In this case it's "Death at One's Elbow" which is just about the worse thing they ever recorded including b sides. Come to think of it would make a pretty good thread as there's quite a few records I'dlump in that category. Prince's Lovesexy is the one that annoys me the most as it would be close to album of the decade if "Positivity" wasn't on there and still be a respectable 40 min + length. |
errr... frankly, mr. shankly?
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Jimmy Dread
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- Posted: 09/13/2016 06:08
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| craola wrote: | | errr... frankly, mr. shankly? |
Errr.... No. Personally I've always thought Vicar In A Tutu was the weak link on TQID but as with all things Smiths even their inferior tracks were still infinitely better than anything Simple Minds ever did.
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Graeme2
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- Posted: 09/13/2016 06:53
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Err...meat is murder (the song).
This is easily my least favourite of the four studio albums. The magic seems to be going a bit for me, though tracks 5 and 6 are massive stand outs and two of their best and if they had kept up that standard then it would be a classic. Think I need to hear it again as its been a while and looking at the track listing I seem to have rated it unfairly low.
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RockyRaccoon
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craola
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- Posted: 09/13/2016 15:29
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| RockyRaccoon wrote: | | I know I'm in the minority in this, but this is my favorite Smiths album. |
amen. i'm totally with you. Last Night I Dreamt... is the greatest thing ever.
| Jimmy Dread wrote: | | but as with all things Smiths even their inferior tracks were still infinitely better than anything Simple Minds ever did. |
i like simple minds, but i've heard outrageous fanfare about them (from two friends...brothers) that's puzzled me to no end. for instance, this guy recently told me they're "u2 but better"... i mean, sure, if you're comparing simple minds to vertigo or beautiful day, i'm with you, but any of their 80s output? you've got to be kidding me. and the same goes for the smiths. errr... subjectivity sure, but you go home and try to imitate, and simple minds is the easiest band of the three by a long shot.
we should have a BEA imitation contest some time if people were ever game for it. you pick a band / artist to rip off and steal "their sound", and we make a compilation of it.
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