Far Out: "From The Smiths to The Strokes: The 10 greatest albums released by Rough Trade" (March 30, 2021)

From The Smiths to The Strokes: The 10 greatest albums released by Rough Trade

Far Out Magazine - By Joe Taysom

Salient part:

The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

The Queen Is Dead set the stall for what an album should be and, ever since, few have made a guitar album that can even be mentioned in the same sentence as this iconic effort. The Smiths were on their third record and at the absolute peak of their powers.

The album is The Smiths’ finest work out of the four records they made during their time together and encapsulates everything great about them as an entity. Morrissey’s dark lyricism was juxtaposed alongside Johnny Marr’s sunny guitars that would be the perfect soundtrack to the 1980s. Every single track on the album is a bonafide classic. It simply wasn’t fair on other bands that The Smiths could cram tracks like ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’, ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’, ‘Cemetry Gates’ and ‘I Know It’s Over’ all on one album, which confirmed their voice of a generation status.

From The Smiths to The Strokes: The 10 greatest albums released by Rough Trade

An iconic label.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

Regards,
FWD.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

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From The Smiths to The Strokes: The 10 greatest albums released by Rough Trade

Far Out Magazine - By Joe Taysom

Salient part:

The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

The Queen Is Dead set the stall for what an album should be and, ever since, few have made a guitar album that can even be mentioned in the same sentence as this iconic effort. The Smiths were on their third record and at the absolute peak of their powers.

The album is The Smiths’ finest work out of the four records they made during their time together and encapsulates everything great about them as an entity. Morrissey’s dark lyricism was juxtaposed alongside Johnny Marr’s sunny guitars that would be the perfect soundtrack to the 1980s. Every single track on the album is a bonafide classic. It simply wasn’t fair on other bands that The Smiths could cram tracks like ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’, ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’, ‘Cemetry Gates’ and ‘I Know It’s Over’ all on one album, which confirmed their voice of a generation status.

From The Smiths to The Strokes: The 10 greatest albums released by Rough Trade

An iconic label.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

Regards,
FWD.

I'll be honest with ya FWD, they shoulda just put all 4 Smiths records on this list.
At least 3 of'em if nothin' else.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

different strokes for different folks,
but The Smiths will always rise to the top!

I'll be honest with ya FWD, they shoulda just put all 4 Smiths records on this list.
At least 3 of'em if nothin' else.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

different strokes for different folks,
but The Smiths will always rise to the top!

For Wild T it woulda been more of a Smiths Family Affair.

 

[Thewlis]

Some poor choices here.

prefer this, Geoff’s 10 tracks that define Rough Trade: https://www.nme.com/photos/rough-tr...of-the-best-indie-labels-in-the-world-1415469