Album · 1986
The Queen Is Dead
by The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead is an album by The Smiths, released in 1986 on Rough Trade, with 10 tracks.
- 10
- Tracks
- 37 min
- Runtime
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10 tracks · 37 min
About
The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band The Smiths. It was released on 16 June 1986 in the United Kingdom by Rough Trade Records and released in the United States on 23 June 1986 through Sire Records. The album spent twenty-two weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #2. Across the Atlantic, it reached #28 in Canada on the RPM 100 album chart and #70 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA in late 1990. It has sold consistently well ever since. The album cover, designed by Morrissey, features Alain Delon from the 1964 film L'Insoumis.