The Smiths Is Dead [Import]

Tribute:Smiths (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B00005672X
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #660,913 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best covers album, October 4, 2004

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gee (Cov, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Smiths Is Dead (Audio CD)

If you are a Smiths fan then you will either love or hate this album depending on whether you can stand anyone but Morrisey and Marr on your favourite tracks.

Personally I enjoy listening to new interpretations of their tracks and have a collection of cover albums - this one being my favourite. Billy Bragg's voice can really carry a Smiths song and I really like his version of Never Had No-One Ever. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is covered by The divine Comedy, and again they do justice to a great track, and it is probably my favourite on the album. Most people seem to favour either Bigmouth Strikes Again by Placebo or the Supergrass version of Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others. Both are good versions but I guess they arent my favourite Smiths tracks anyway.

This is a nice album to have - if you can get a copy. It is currently trading at arround £30 on auctions. If you see a copy I would say buy it and if you really dont like it sell it on.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Placebo's cover is awesome, December 7, 2002

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Joshua Sperling (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Smiths Is Dead (Audio CD)

To be fair, I haven't actually listened to this whole CD, but I felt compelled to defend Placebo's cover of "Bigmouth Strikes Again" after reading the other reviewers opinion of it. I completely disagree. I think it's an absolutely great cover of a great Smiths song (their best in my opinion). I mean, you can't expect another band to do a song in EXACTLY the same way as the original, that's the whole point of a cover: to hear another band's take on a song. I think it's great, they've kept the song pretty close to the original, while infusing it with their own personal sound. And I also think that Brian Molko sounds good singing it. My point: I don't know about the rest of the CD, but Placebo's cover is definitely worth a listen.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars showboating, May 28, 2009

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thrillracer esq. - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Smiths Is Dead (Audio CD)

I thought the artists who slowed down the tempo were dragging out the songs as if to say, "Look at me, I'm doing a Smiths song." Showboating.