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Music critics consider "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" to be one of the Smiths' finest songs. Simon Goddard wrote, "In a straw poll among Smiths fans today, 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' would more than likely still come out victorious", which he credits to the "perfect balance" of Marr's compositional skills and Morrissey's ...
The English rock band the Smiths recorded 74 songs during their five-year career, which included 70 originals and 4 covers. The band was formed in Manchester in 1982 and signed a one-off recording contract with independent record label Rough Trade Records , releasing their debut single, " Hand in Glove " in May 1983. [ 1 ]
"A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours" is a 1987 song by English rock band the Smiths, which appeared as the opening track for the band's 1987 final album, Strangeways, Here We Come. Written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the song features no guitar and was inspired musically by Reparata 's " Shoes " and lyrically by Oscar Wilde 's mother ...
"The Headmaster Ritual" was written as a criticism of the English education system, citing the ' belligerent ghouls ' who ran Manchester schools. The song was the only one in which Marr made a suggestion to Morrissey on the lyrics, specifically to change the line ' bruises bigger than dinner plates ' to ' bruises big as dinner plates '.
Strangeways, Here We Come is the fourth and final studio album by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released on 28 September 1987 by Rough Trade Records, several months after the group disbanded. All of the songs were composed by Johnny Marr, with lyrics written and sung by Morrissey.
Rolling Stone ranked the song as the 14th best Smiths song, [3] while NME named it the band's 16th best. [13] Consequence ranked the song as the band's 28th best, calling it "a testament to The Smiths' power in 1987". [14] Guitar named the song as the band's 20th greatest guitar moment. [15]
The album was produced by Morrissey and Marr, working predominantly with engineer Stephen Street, who had engineered the band's 1985 album Meat Is Murder.Street recalled: "Morrissey, Johnny and I had a really good working relationship – we were all roughly the same age and into the same kind of things, so everyone felt quite relaxed in the studio".
The Smiths' third studio album, The Queen Is Dead, was released in June 1986, following its singles "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again". Marr used a E-mu Emulator on tracks such as "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" and "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" to create the sound of a string section. [55]