The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come 11/05/2021

The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come 11/05/2021The Smiths: Morrissey (vocals, piano); Johnny Marr (guitar, piano); Andy Rourke (bass); Mike Joyce (drums). Recorded at The Wool Hall, Bath, England in the spring of 1987. The Smiths' underrated and unjustly maligned swan song found the band experimenting with sound and arrangement more than ever before. From the epic instrumental introduction to "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" to the dark instrumentation of "Death Of A Disco Dancer,"

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musing on self-doubt versus self-reliance

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The typically large band (including violin and horns) that accompanies Zappa here follows him through daunting twists and turns as tempos get turned around and counterpoint riffs bounce off each other at breakneck speed

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such as "Bleed It Out" (featuring one of rapper Mike Shinoda's few appearances)

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Additional personnel: Nona Hendryx (vocals)

Waving Past Nirvana traces the through-line between Kool Keith and Lou Reed