Strangeways, Here We Come Turns 25
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The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths commenced recording their fourth (and ultimately final) full-length knowing the title of the album and little else. Still, the band possessed such a strong sense of self -- with a variegated cosmology that made room for cult film stars and Wilde worship, the Brill Building and monarchic brickbats -- that Strangeways, Here We Come would accrue all kinds ...
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