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The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

NME.COM feature on The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.

Release date: 25 October 1990

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Rare footage of The Smiths unearthed after 25 years - watch

Rare footage of The Smiths unearthed after 25 years - watch

Morrissey recruited Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce for his first solo gig

Rare early demo from The Smiths emerges online – listen

Rare early demo from The Smiths emerges online – listen

Drummer Mike Joyce tweeted the link to the 1983 tape recordings

Prime Minister David Cameron defies Johnny Marr's ban on his Smiths fandom

Prime Minister David Cameron defies Johnny Marr's ban on his Smiths fandom

'I will go on and listen to The Smiths', said the PM

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The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come: Wikipedia Album Entry

Strangeways, Here We Come is the fourth and final studio album by The Smiths, originally released in 1987. The album takes its title from Manchester's notorious (and now renamed) Strangeways Prison, whilst the line "Borstal, here we come" is taken from the film Billy Liar. All of the songs on the album were composed by Johnny Marr, with lyrics written and sung by Morrissey.

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The Smiths - A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours Lyrics

Oh hello, I am the ghost of Troubled Joe
Hung by his pretty white neck
Some eighteen months ago
I traveled to a mystical time zone

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The Smiths - Death Of A Disco Dancer Lyrics

The death of a disco dancer
Well, it happens a lot 'round here
And if you think peace is a common goal
That goes to show how little you know

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The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma Lyrics

Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know it's serious
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know it's really serious

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The Smiths - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish Lyrics

The lanes were silent
There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles
I doused our friendly venture
With a hard-faced, three-word gesture

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The Smiths - Paint A Vulgar Picture Lyrics

At the record company meeting
On their hands a dead star
And oh, the plans they weave
And oh, the sickening greed

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The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday Lyrics

I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
'Cause you're evil and you lie and if you should die
I may feel slightly sad but I won't cry

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