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''Strangeways, Here We Come'' is the fourth and final studio album by the English rock band the Smiths. Released on 28 September 1987 by Rough Trade Records, it reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, staying in the chart for 17 weeks.〔David Roberts ''British Hit Singles and Albums'', Guinness World Records Limited〕 All of the songs were composed by Johnny Marr, with lyrics written and sung by Morrissey. The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on 1 October 1987 and also by the Recording Industry Association of America on 19 September 1990. ''Slant Magazine'' listed the album at No. 69 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s", saying, "Whether or not ''Strangeways, Here We Come'' ended the Smiths' brief career with their best album has been the subject of considerable debate for nearly a quarter century, but it definitively stands as the band's most lush, richest work."〔(Best Albums of the 1980s | Music | Slant Magazine )〕 ==Recording== The Smiths recorded what was to be their final studio album at The Wool Hall studios in Beckington, Somerset, England (established and then-owned by the band Tears for Fears). Between the album's recording in March and its release in September 1987, Johnny Marr exited the group, consequently dissolving the band. ''Strangeways'' is the only Smiths album to feature Morrissey playing a musical instrument: piano in the song, "Death of a Disco Dancer". Musically, Marr felt the band was ready to enter a new phase, and was determined to avoid formula and move away from their previous "jingle jangle" sound. He started to look for different influences, finding an interest in The Beatles' ''White Album''.〔 The band used synthesised saxophone and string arrangements and drum machine additions. Recording in The Wool Hall made the sessions more relaxed, as the wine cellar was fully stocked and producer Stephen Street came slowly to understand the idea that the writing partners Morrissey and Marr were trying to put forth. Street (who engineered previous Smiths efforts) later said that after the recording days there would always be late-night drinking. "That was always after Morrissey had gone to bed... it wasn't really his bag. We'd carry on finishing overdubs and then the records would come out. We'd be partying all hours." Marr would later defend this by saying "But only after ten or twelve hours of making some really good music, not as a substitute... It wasn't all one Spinal Tap mongo fest!" Morrissey and Marr feel the album is the band's best, with Morrissey asserting that, "We say it quite often. At the same time. In our sleep. But in different beds." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Strangeways, Here We Come」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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