From their self-titled 1984 debut up to their fourth and final record in 1987, Strangeways, Here We Come, the Smiths had managed to re-orient British rock. They established a poppier aesthetic driven ...

SIFTING through some old concert programmes last weekend, I came upon one for a 1985 Scottish tour by The Smiths ... of the last studio album, Strangeways, Here We Come. * Morrissey plays the ...

Morrissey and The Smiths ... years we’ve raised tens of thousands of pounds. “Marriages have been made and babies born all thanks to chance meetings at the Star & Garter. Lots of us come ...

(Engineer on Meat Is Murder – also worked with The Smiths on The Queen Is Dead and Strangeways, Here We Come) On first meeting The Smiths in early 1984, when they were recording ‘Heaven Knows I’m ...

37. I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish (from Strangeways, Here We Come, 1987) Marr’s spangly racket and Morrissey’s crashing aural bathos rewarded The Smiths with a glam-rocking Number 23 single in ...

The Smiths’ unique blend of introspective ... Is Murder” (1985), “The Queen Is Dead” (1986), and “Strangeways , Here We Come” (1987) solidified their status as musical icons.

The Smiths' fourth and final studio album, 1987's Strangeways Here We Come, included the song Paint A Vulgar Picture which satirises record companies for cashing in on artists - with the sardonic ...

If you were looking for a Smiths reunion after Liam and Noel ... before the release of their fourth and final album "Strangeways, Here We Come." Far Out Magazine reported that there were several ...

What’s your favorite last album by a band who then broke up? Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths would take some beating I think. Let It Be gets a look-in too; I’m deep into a Beatles phase at the ...