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[[File:Thequeenisdead.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]]
[[File:Thequeenisdead.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]]
[[File:Queenisdead newcover-480x480.jpg | thumb | right | Deluxe edition cover art]]
[[File:The smiths live in boston sleeve.jpg | thumb | right | Deluxe edition - Live In Boston cover art]]
{{Discobox
{{Discobox
| Name = The Queen Is Dead
| Name = The Queen Is Dead
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| Producer = [[Morrissey]]<br>[[Johnny Marr]]
| Producer = [[Morrissey]]<br>[[Johnny Marr]]
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art = Alain Delon <br>"L'Insoumis" (1964) by Alain Cavalier
| Art = Cover star: [[Alain Delon]] in "[[L'insoumis]]" (1964) by Alain Cavalier<br>Deluxe edition - Live In Boston cover star: [[Jack Kerouac]]
| Vinyl Etching = FEAR OF MANCHESTER<br>THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS
| Vinyl Etching = FEAR OF MANCHESTER<br>THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Format =  Vinyl, CD
| Format =  Vinyl, CD, Cassette, 180g Vinyl, Boxset
| Release = 16 June 1986
| Release = 16 June 1986<br>3 April 2012 (remaster)<br>20 October 2017 (deluxe edition)
| Chart = UK #2<br>US #70
| Chart = UK #2<br>US #70<br>UK #10 (Collector's Edition)<br>UK Vinyl Chart #1 (Collector's Edition)
| Type = Studio Album
| Type = Studio Album
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| ArtistType = The Smiths
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| single1 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | image1 = Boy_with_the_thorn.jpg
| single1 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | image1 = Boy_with_the_thorn.jpg
| single2 = Bigmouth Strikes Again | image2 = Bigmouthstrikesagain.jpg
| single2 = Bigmouth Strikes Again | image2 = Bigmouthstrikesagain.jpg
| single3 = The Queen Is Dead | image3 = The queen is dead single sleeve.jpg
}}
}}


==Information==
==Information==
===Recording===
Both [[George Martin]] and [[Tony Visconti]] were suggested to produce the album prior to [[Stephen Street]]'s engineering involvement.
===Release===
 
[[The Hated Salford Ensemble]] is a fictitious name for the emulated string sections on the album.
 
==Track list==
==Track list==


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{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 = The Queen Is Dead
| 01 = The Queen Is Dead
| 01link = The Queen Is Dead (song)
| 01link = The Queen Is Dead (single)
| 01-duration = 6:24 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 01-duration = 6:24 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 02 = Frankly, Mr. Shankly
| 02 = Frankly, Mr. Shankly
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}}
}}


===Vinyl===
===Deluxe Edition - Additional Recordings===
UK - [Rough Trade ROUGH96]<br>
{{tracklist
US - [Sire 9 25426-1] <br>
| 01 = The Queen Is Dead
===== Side A =====
| 01link = The Queen Is Dead (single)
# [[The Queen Is Dead (song)|The Queen Is Dead]] – 6:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01app = (Full Version)
# [[Frankly, Mr. Shankly]] – 2:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01-duration = 7:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[I Know It's Over]] – 5:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 = Frankly, Mr. Shankly
# [[Never Had No One Ever]] – 3:36 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02link = Frankly, Mr. Shankly
# [[Cemetry Gates]] – 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (Demo)
| 02-duration = 2:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = I Know It's Over
| 03link = I Know It's Over
| 03app = (Demo)
| 03-duration = 5:49 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = Never Had No One Ever
| 04link = Never Had No One Ever
| 04app = (Demo)
| 04-duration = 4:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05 = Cemetry Gates
| 05link = Cemetry Gates
| 05app = (Demo)
| 05-duration = 3:01 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06 = Bigmouth Strikes Again
| 06link = Bigmouth Strikes Again (single)
| 06app = (Demo)
| 06-duration = 3:07 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07 = Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
| 07link = Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
| 07app = (Demo)
| 07-duration = 3:57 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
| 08link = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)
| 08app = (Demo Mix)
| 08-duration = 3:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09 = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
| 09link = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single)
| 09app = (Take 1)
| 09-duration = 4:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 10 = Rubber Ring
| 10link = Rubber Ring
| 10app = (Single B-Side)
| 10-duration = 3:54 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 11 = Asleep
| 11link = Asleep
| 11app = (Single B-Side)
| 11-duration = 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 12 = Money Changes Everything
| 12link = Money Changes Everything
| 12app = (Single B-Side)
| 12-duration = 4:41 (Marr)
| 13 = Unloveable
| 13link = Unloveable
| 13app = (Single B-Side)
| 13-duration = 3:56 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}


===== Side B =====
===Deluxe Edition - Live In Boston===
# [[Bigmouth Strikes Again (single)|Bigmouth Strikes Again]] – 3:12 (Morrissey/Marr)
{{tracklist
# [[The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)|The Boy With The Thorn In His Side]] – 3:15 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01 = How Soon Is Now?
# [[Vicar In A Tutu]] – 2:21 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01link = How Soon Is Now? (single)
# [[There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single)|There Is A Light That Never Goes Out]] – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01-duration = 5:25 (Morrissey/Marr)
# [[Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others]] – 3:14 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 = Hand In Glove
 
| 02link = Hand In Glove (single)
==Personnel==
| 02-duration = 2:58 (Morrissey/Marr)
 
| 03 = I Want The One I Can't Have
* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals
| 03link = I Want The One I Can't Have
* [[Johnny Marr]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], [[Keyboardists|harmonium]], synthesized string instruments and flute arrangements
| 03-duration = 3:24 (Morrissey/Marr)
* [[Andy Rourke]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]
| 04 = Never Had No One Ever
* [[Mike Joyce]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]
| 04link = Never Had No One Ever
* [[Producers|Producer]] - Morrissey
| 04-duration = 3:37 (Morrissey/Marr)
* Producer - Johnny Marr
| 05 = Stretch Out And Wait
* Engineer - [[Stephen Street]]
| 05link = Stretch Out And Wait
* Engineer - [[John Porter]]
| 05-duration = 3:09 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
| 06link = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)
| 06-duration = 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07 = Cemetry Gates
| 07link = Cemetry Gates
| 07-duration = 3:01 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 08 = What She Said
| 08pre = [[Rubber Ring]]
| 08link = What She Said
| 08-duration = 4:17 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 09 = Is It Really So Strange?
| 09link = Is It Really So Strange?
| 09-duration = 3:23 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 10 = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
| 10link = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single)
| 10-duration = 4:09 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 11 = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
| 11link = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (single)
| 11-duration = 4:51 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 12 = The Queen Is Dead
| 12link = The Queen Is Dead (single)
| 12-duration = 5:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 13 = I Know It's Over
| 13link = I Know It's Over
| 13-duration = 7:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
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{{PageDate
|Date=1986-06-16
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