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    "The Smiths: Better than the Beatles?" - Salon article, interview with Tony Fletcher 

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    Published on December 8, 2012 09:15 PM

    The Smiths: Better than the Beatles? by David Daley - Salon

    No band captured the tormented teen soul like The Smiths. The author of a new 700-page bio explains why they matter.

    The terrific British music writer Tony Fletcher has just published the definitive biography of the group, “A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths,” taking almost 700 pages to tell the story of just 70 songs and this essential slice of the 1980s. ...
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