<P> A few songs, including "The Queen Is Dead" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again", feature pitch - shifted backing vocals by Morrissey . Morrissey liked to experiment with effects on his voice, so Street ran his voice through a harmoniser for the backing tracks . Street recalled, "At that time, apart from the harmoniser, he didn't go for much backing vocal or harmony work--he's done that more on recent albums--but he did like to experiment". The backing vocals are attributed to "Ann Coates" on the record sleeve (Ancoats is a district in Manchester, just north east of the city centre). </P> <P> The Queen Is Dead finally emerged in June 1986, and was previewed by the May single release of "Bigmouth Strikes Again", the only single taken from the album . Many encouraged the band to release "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" as a single, but Johnny Marr is said to have wanted an explosive, searing single, along the lines of the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash", to announce that the Smiths had returned from hiatus . It did not fare as well as expected, stalling at number 26 on the British charts . </P> <P> The album cover, designed by Morrissey, features Alain Delon from the 1964 film L'Insoumis . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Professional ratings </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Aggregate scores </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source </Th> <Th> Rating </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Metacritic </Td> <Td> 99 / 100 (deluxe edition) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Review scores </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source </Th> <Th> Rating </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> AllMusic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blender </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chicago Tribune </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mojo </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pitchfork </Td> <Td> 10 / 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Q </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rolling Stone </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Rolling Stone Album Guide </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Uncut </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Village Voice </Td> <Td> B+ </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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