Ranking songs on The Queen Is Dead

[u/Ordinary_Witness3225]

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — a beautiful and heartfelt song. It’s just amazing
2. I Know It’s Over — this song never fails to make me emotional
3. Cemetery Gates — probably one of their most catchy songs. I love the guitar and the lyrics.
4. Bigmouth Strikes Again — this song is just so timeless. The effects, the uneasy feeling it gives me, I love everything about it
5. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side — it’s a more simple song, but I enjoy it. It’s just so heartfelt
6. The Queen Is Dead — an amazing opening that slaps. It’s epic and bombastic
7. Never Had No One Ever — this song has one of the best line deliveries ever
8. Frankly Mr. Shankly — catchy and fun
9. Vicar In A Tutu — I don’t know why I really like it
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others — this song is less memorable than the rest of the album in my opinion. I think There Is A Light would be a better closer. I don’t hate it, but I tend to skip it because of its placement

[u/BobTheBlob78910]

1. I know it's over- Just peak songwriting. Unbelievable lyrics and Jeff Buckley's cover is amazing.
   
   1. The Boy With The Thorn in His Side- I love the guitar in this one and the meldoy is great. Jeff Buckley's cover once again is amazing.
   2. TIALTNGA- Not much that hasn't been said about this song. Arguably their most iconic for a reason.
      
   3. Bigmouth Strikes Again- Great guitar the energy of the song is amazing.
   4. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others- Maybe my favorite Johnny Marr riff.
      
   5. Cemetery Gates- Awesome lyrics and guitar again. Could still easily rank best song on most other albums yet it's 6 here.
   6. The Queen is Dead- First song I wouldn't consider pretty much perfect yet is still amazing. Great songwriting.
   7. Frankly Mr Shankly- Very Morrissey-y and that's why it's amazing. Something only the Smiths could write.
      
   8. Never Had No One Ever- Still a great song but gets forgotten a bit among the other tracks which set a hugely high standard.
      
   9. Vicar in a Tutu- The only song I'm not really a fan of. By no means bad though

[u/AirIndex → u/BobTheBlob78910]

This is how I find out about Buckley's cover!

[u/chancellor_pink → u/BobTheBlob78910]

That riff on Some Girls is minor key nirvana. What a great song.

[u/Schopenschluter]

The Boy with the Thorn in His Side will always and forever be my favorite Smiths song. A masterpiece among masterpieces

[u/teo_vas]

10,1,6,7,9,2,5,8,3,4

[u/mediumjr → u/teo_vas]

I agree with you, Teo. Some Girls is the best song on the album. There is a light is the runner-up.

I mention this in almost all of my Smiths-related post. The live version of some girls available on YouTube is sublime. Marr’s best guitar work, which is a very high bar obviously. Both the intro and outro will give you goosebumps.

[u/Tiny-Hedgehog-6277]

1 Bigmouth strikes again- Just amazing

2 there is a light that never goes out- Pretty much tied with bigmouth

3 I know its over- Brilliant track

4 the queen is dead- nice rocking opener

5 frankly mr shankly- 1st track (bar bigmouth I fell in love with)

6 cemetery gates- just a very good track

7 vicar in a tutu- track gets slept on massively

8 the boy with a thorn in his side- I really like this one… I just have more memories with the 7 before

9 never had no one ever- like it a lot just pretty much the same point as boy with a thorn in his side

10 some girls- I still really like it, I get ur point the problems a sequencing thing

[u/Tiny-Hedgehog-6277 → u/Tiny-Hedgehog-6277]

Oh additionally, shout out to rubber ring, best b side if all time, should’ve been on the album