The Best of The Smithereens
1997 compilation album by The Smithereens
The Best of The Smithereens | ||||
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Compilation album by The Smithereens | ||||
Released | August 15, 1997[1] | |||
Recorded | 1985–1991 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 38:36 | |||
Label | EMI, Capitol | |||
Producer | Don Dixon, Ed Stasium | |||
The Smithereens chronology | ||||
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The Best of The Smithereens is a compilation album by Carteret, New Jersey-based rock band The Smithereens, released in 1997.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Pat DiNizio
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Strangers When We Meet" | Especially for You, 1986 | 3:47 |
2. | "Only a Memory" | Green Thoughts, 1988 | 3:45 |
3. | "A Girl Like You" | 11, 1989 | 4:42 |
4. | "Behind the Wall of Sleep" | Especially for You | 3:24 |
5. | "Blood and Roses" | Especially for You | 3:38 |
6. | "Yesterday Girl" | 11 | 3:29 |
7. | "In a Lonely Place" | Especially for You | 4:13 |
8. | "Too Much Passion" | Blow Up, 1991 | 4:32 |
9. | "Drown in My Own Tears" | Green Thoughts | 3:11 |
10. | "House We Used to Live In" | Green Thoughts | 4:02 |
Personnel
- The Smithereens
- Pat DiNizio – vocals, guitar
- Jim Babjak – guitar
- Dennis Diken – drums
- Mike Mesaros – bass
References
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- Jim Babjak
- Dennis Diken
- Mike Mesaros
- Pat DiNizio
- Severo Jornacion
- Especially for You
- Green Thoughts
- 11
- Blow Up
- A Date with The Smithereens
- God Save The Smithereens
- Meet The Smithereens!
- Christmas with The Smithereens
- B-Sides The Beatles
- The Smithereens Play Tommy
- 2011
- The Smithereens Play The Beatles Washington, D.C. February 11, 1964 Concert
- The Lost Album
- Girls About Town
- Beauty and Sadness
- Live
- Instant Live: Music Midtown Festival Atlanta, GA 5/1/04
- Extended Versions
- Live in Concert! Greatest Hits and More
- Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens
- Attack of the Smithereens
- The Best of The Smithereens
- From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology
- Especially for You - 30th Anniversary
- Covers
- "Blood and Roses"
- "In a Lonely Place"
- "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
- "Strangers When We Meet"
- "Only a Memory"
- "House We Used to Live In"
- "Drown in My Own Tears"
- "A Girl Like You"
- "Blues Before and After"
- "Yesterday Girl"
- "Blue Period"
- "Top of the Pops"
- "Too Much Passion"
- "Miles from Nowhere"