#113 The Smiths, 'The Queen Is Dead' (1986)

“To die by your side/Is such a heavenly way to die.” How can such a miserable git like Morrissey write such beautiful lyrics? Those lyrics are taken from ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out,’ the second last track on ‘The Queen Is Dead,’the brilliant third album by Manchester’s The Smiths. Two quite different musicians, Morrissey and Johnny Marr were a match made in Indie Rock heaven with Morrissey’s poetic lyrics over Morrissey’s jangly guitars.