The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (CD) re-2025-12 During the recording

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The Album Cemented Their Place As Pop Icons

Explosions In The Sky forego the primary instrument in which their stirring scores for Friday Night Lights and Lone Survivor were built upon

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The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (CD) re-2025-12 During the recordingCD, Reissue, Remastered Warner (2024) UK, EU Home to the singles "Girlfriend in a Coma," "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish," "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" and "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before," 1987's Strangeways, Here We Come (named in reference to Manchester's notorious prison) served as the fourth and final studio album from The Smiths. Johnny Marr regards Strangeways as The Smiths' masterpiece with Morrissey