On the 35th anniversary of its debut, drummer Mike Joyce stated that despite being “strange sounding,” The Smiths’ final album was their favorite.
On September 28, 1987, Strangeways, Here We Come was released, months after the Manchester band had split up amicably.
It went on to become the group’s most popular album in the US and peaked at number two on the UK charts.
Although the band disbanded before the album was released, Joyce remarked that it had been “a terrific experience recording the album.”
One of Manchester’s most significant and influential bands is The Smiths, who have produced four studio albums throughout their existence.
Joyce, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and vocalist Morrissey have all enjoyed enduring recognition as a result of their five years of global popularity and iconic reputation.
Strangeways, Here We Come, which is named after the Manchester prison, was recorded at the beginning of 1987, but the band broke up before it could be released due to disputes between Marr and Morrissey.
“Timeless”
Despite what had occurred, Joyce told BBC North West Tonight that it had been “quite pleasant for all of us in the studio.”
He remarked,
“It was a terrific experience recording that album.”
Jou=yceremarked that it was a significantly different collection from the previous three and called it “a tale album.”
He remarked,
“I just think it’s an odd-sounding CD.”
Although the other albums have some fantastic songs, I think this one beats them all in terms of the album as a complete and the collection of songs as a whole.
He recalled how much of what was featured was created during the recording sessions, he claimed.
He admitted that “a lot of it was composed in the studio.”
Although I’m sure Johnny had a ton of ideas ready to go, the album was written in the recording studio.
Looking back on the album, he claimed that it seemed to have been recorded just “five years ago.”
The sounds are timeless, he remarked.
“You truly couldn’t place it in any decade.”
Putting out an album after the band broke up had seemed weird at the time, he added, but “the work had already been created.”
Every band must break up eventually, and what a way to do it, he added.
Joyce is giving away the silver disc he was presented with to commemorate the occasion and collect money for the neighborhood organization Back on Track.
He stated that while he would prefer it to “go to a Smiths fan, in the end, this is about raising money.”
He declared, “This charity helps save lives.
It supports those attempting to emerge from that dark pit of hopelessness and rejoin society.
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