Alors que le single « The Queen Is Dead » était réédité le 22 juin dernier pour marquer les 31 ans (!) de sa sortie,  on pouvait s’attendre à quelque chose de plus copieux de la part de la bande à Mozz et Marr. Ce sera finalement bien le cas : le mythique troisième album des Smiths,  The Queen Is Dead, fera l’objet à la rentrée d’une « Super Deluxe Edition ».

Selon le site Stereogum,  cette réédition, annoncée pour le 20 octobre prochain, sera disponible dans un coffret double CDs, ainsi qu’en version CD/DVD. La version double CD, comprendra l’album remasterisé, ainsi qu’une second comprenant des faces b, raretés et démos (tracklisting ci-dessous). Le contenu du DVD n’est pas encore connu.

UPDATE : la version DVD sera complété d’un live inédit, Live In Boston, (tracklisting plus bas). Plus ci-dessous un extrait de la démo de « There is a Light That Never Goes Out ».

 

 

Tacklisting  ‘The Queen Is Dead’ Super Deluxe Edition :

Disc 1
01 “The Queen Is Dead” (2017 Master)
02 “Frankly, Mr. Shankly” (2017 Master)
03 “I Know It’s Over” (2017 Master)
04 “Never Had No One Ever” (2017 Master)
05 “Cemetery Gates” (2017 Master)
06 “Bigmouth Strikes Again” (2017 Master)
07 “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” (2017 Master)
08 “Vicar In a Tutu” (2017 Master)
09 “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” (2017 Master)
10 “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others” (2017 Master)

Disc 2
01 “The Queen Is Dead” (Full Version)
02 “Frankly, Mr. Shankly” (Demo)
03 “I Know It’s Over” (Demo)
04 “Never Had No One Ever” (Demo)
05 “Cemetery Gates” (Demo)
06 “Bigmouth Strikes Again” (Demo)
07 “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others” (Demo)
08 “The Boy With the Thorn In His Side” (Demo Mix)
09 “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” (Take 1)
10 “Rubber Ring” (Single B-Side) [2017 Master] 11 “Asleep” (Single B-Side) [2017 Remaster] 12 “Money Changes Everything” (Single B-Side) [2017 Master] 13 “Unloveable” (Single B-Side) [2017 Master]

Tracks 1-7 and 9 are previously unreleased.
Track 8 was released on 7″ for Record Store Day.
Tracks 10 and 11 are 2017 masters of  b-sides from The Boy With The Thorn In His Side.
Tracks 12 and 13 are 2017 masters of  b-sides from Bigmouth Strikes Again.

Disc Three: Live In Boston (Previously Unreleased)
1.   “How Soon Is Now?”
2.   “Hand In Glove”
3.   “I Want The One I Can’t Have”
4.   “Never Had No One Ever”
5.   “Stretch Out And Wait”
6.   “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side”
7.   “Cemetry Gates”
8.   “Rubber Ring/What She Said/Rubber Ring”
9.   “Is It Really So Strange?”
10. “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”
11. “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”
12. “The Queen Is Dead”
13. “I Know It’s Over”