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Strangeways, Here We Come. 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.
- March–April 1987
- 28 September 1987
- The Smiths - The Smiths (release date 20th February 1984) Morrissey's love of 60s culture led him to feature one of the "stars" of Andy Warhol's Factory group of artists and scenesters on the cover of the Manchester band's debut album.
- The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (release date 12th November 1984) This much-loved compilation album features a photo snipped out of the July 1983 issue of the French culture magazine Liberation.
- The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (release date 11th February 1985) The young soldier on the cover is Marine Corporal Michael Wynn and is pictured on 21 September 1967 in Da Nang, South Vietnam, in the middle of what was termed “Operation Ballistic Charge”.
- The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (release date 16th June 1986) The third Smiths album features a shot of the French-Swiss actor Alain Delon, taken from the 1964 film L'Insoumis (aka The Unvanquished).
- Strangeways is the only Smiths album to feature Morrissey playing an instrument. (Or, at least, the only album where he gets a credit.) Death of a Disco Dancer features the frontman playing piano.
- Douglas Coupland is a massive Smiths fan, naming his book Girlfriend In A Coma after the Strangeways single.
- The album’s title is a reference to the John Schlesinger film Billy Liar, based on Keith Waterhouse’s classic novel. Specifically, it’s a corruption of the line, “Borstal, here we come.”
- The roadsign on the rear cover of Strangeways was stolen not long after the album’s release and has never resurfaced. It was formerly situated just off Deansgate in Manchester.
May 1, 2024 · The band’s fourth and final album, Strangeways, Here We Come, therefore, couldn’t have been a more fitting allegory for his beloved city. The build-up to the release of Strangeways, Here We Come was undeniably strange. Despite their ongoing success, Johnny Marr took a break in June 1987 due to exhaustion, a move which left him feeling ...
I Won’t Share You Lyrics. Strangeways, Here We Come is the last album released by The Smiths. The album was recorded at Wood Hall studios in Beckington – allowing for a more relaxed recording ...
Sep 28, 2020 · The circumstances surrounding its creation have always undermined the impact of The Smiths’ final album, Strangeways, Here We Come.Less enlightened critics dismissed it as a damp squib following the big bang of the monolithic The Queen Is Dead, and the album’s supposedly fraught recording sessions are often given as the cause of guitarist Johnny Marr’s departure – and the band’s ...
Sep 28, 2007 · The Smiths album I keep returning to, though, is Strangeways, Here We Come, 20 years old today. It's very much Johnny Marr's record - a deliberate attempt to escape the "jangling" indie band ...
