Apple Music's 100 Best Albums: "The Queen Is Dead" #66

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths is 66 on our list of the best albums ever created. Learn more about this album on Apple Music 100 Best Albums.

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[Was I ever any good]

Looking through this list, I’m quite surprised as to how many of these LPs I’ve
Owned or listened to over the years.
This said, with this list, it doesn’t make me look that musically cultured. Or anybody else for that matter.

 

[DagenhamDan]

I agree with Purple Rain being so high, better than Sign O the Times?? I'm not sure, but it's shorter and more direct, and could easily have been a double lp.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Jay-z

That’s actually a fantastic album, with great lyrics and some exquisite soul samples and beats.

 

[Was I ever any good]

Does “soul samples “ mean that he has sampled, or used or even covered someone else’s work ?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Does “soul samples “ mean that he has sampled, or used or even covered someone else’s work ?

Sampled. And Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City is a sort of re-work of

 

[Was I ever any good]

Now that’s smooth and listenable
Post me your fave Jay- Z song, that might change my view plz.
Also, was it Jay-Z, that proclaimed himself the greatest pop star ever, at Glastonbury about 10 years back ?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Now that’s smooth and listenable
Post me your fave Jay- Z song, that might change my view plz.
Also, was it Jay-Z, that proclaimed himself the greatest pop star ever, at Glastonbury about 10 years back ?

I’m sure he did. Rappers are all about braggadocio.