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The queen is dead is het derde studioalbum van de Britse alternatieve rockgroep The Smiths. Het album werd op 16 juni 1986 uitgebracht door Rough Trade Records en bereikte de tweede plaats van de UK Albums Chart. The queen is dead werd in 2013 door NME bekroond tot beste album aller tijden. Rolling Stone plaatste het album op de 218e plaats in hun lijst van de vijfhonderd beste albums aller tijden.

The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English rock band The Smiths, released on 16 June 1986, by Rough Trade Records. The album was produced by the band's singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. They worked predominately with engineer Stephen Street, who engineered The Smiths' previous album, Meat Is Murder (1985). Marr wrote several songs while the Smiths toured the United Kingdom in early 1985, working out arrangements with bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce during soundchecks. The album title is taken from American writer Hubert Selby Jr.'s 1964 novel, Last Exit to Brooklyn. The cover art features the French actor Alain Delon in the 1964 film L'Insoumis.

The Queen Is Dead spent 22 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number two. It reached number 70 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in late 1990. The Queen Is Dead received widespread critical acclaim and has since been included in multiple lists of the greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone ranked the album 113th on its 2020-updated list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In its 2013 list, NME named The Queen Is Dead the greatest album of all time.