| Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | April 4, 1995[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 1982 – June 1994 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 61:00 | |||
| Label | Capitol Records | |||
| Producer | Alan Betrock, Don Dixon, Ed Stasium, Ron Fair, Bennett Kaufman | |||
| The Smithereens chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All Music |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[3] |
Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens is the first compilation album by The Smithereens, released April 4, 1995, by Capitol Records. It features the band's best-known songs and radio hits from 1983's Beauty and Sadness EP to the 1994 album, A Date with The Smithereens.[2] The album also includes a cover of The Outsiders 1966 hit, "Time Won't Let Me", recorded for the film Timecop and released as a single in August 1994.[4]
Blown to Smithereens has sold 188,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Pat DiNizio, except "Time Won't Let Me" by Chet Kelley and Tom King
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beauty and Sadness" | Beauty and Sadness EP, 1983 | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Strangers When We Meet" | Especially for You, 1986 | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Blood and Roses" | Especially for You | 3:36 |
| 4. | "In a Lonely Place" | Especially for You | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Behind the Wall of Sleep" | Especially for You | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Only a Memory" | Green Thoughts, 1988 | 3:44 |
| 7. | "House We Used to Live In" | Green Thoughts | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Drown in My Own Tears" | Green Thoughts | 3:10 |
| 9. | "A Girl Like You" | 11, 1989 | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Blue Period" | 11 | 2:55 |
| 11. | "Blues Before and After" | 11 | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Yesterday Girl" | 11 | 3:27 |
| 13. | "Top of the Pops" | Blow Up, 1991 | 4:32 |
| 14. | "Too Much Passion" | Blow Up | 4:31 |
| 15. | "Miles from Nowhere" | A Date with The Smithereens, 1994 | 4:21 |
| 16. | "Time Won't Let Me" (from the Motion Picture Timecop) | Non-album single, 1994 | 3:45 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[6] and Discogs.com.[7]
- The Smithereens
- Pat DiNizio – vocals, guitar
- Jim Babjak – guitar, backing vocals
- Mike Mesaros – bass, backing vocals
- Dennis Diken – drums, percussion, backing vocals
for track information see individual albums
- "Time Won't Let Me" personnel
- Jimmy Wood – harmonica
- Ron Fair – organ, production
- Bennett Kaufman – production
- The Smithereens – production
- Michael C. Ross – engineering
- Tom Lord-Alge – mix
- George Marino – mastering (Sterling Sound, NYC)
- Recorded June 1994 at Record Plant, NYC and Music Grinder, Hollywood, CA
- Production
- Wayne Watkins – project director
- Cheryl Pawelski – compilation producer, compiled by
- Brett Milano – liner notes
- Larry Walsh – mastering
- Tommy Steele – art direction
- Andy Engel – design
- Don Miller – cover photography
References
- ^ "Blown To Smithereens: The Best Of The Smithereens". Officialsmithereens.com. Retrieved on 17 February 2018.
- ^ a b Demalon, Tom. "Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens - review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Mirkin, Steven (13 October 1995). "Blown to Smithereens: The Best of the Smithereens - Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Blown to Smithereens: Best of the Smithereens (CD liner notes). The Smithereens. Capitol Records. 1995.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Shevory, Kristina (8 June 2008). "When the Mosh Pit Is Your Sofa". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Blown to Smithereens: Best of the Smithereens (CD liner notes). The Smithereens. Capitol Records. 1995.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "The Smithereens – Time Won't Let Me (From The Motion Picture "Timecop")". Discogs.com. Retrieved on 17 February 2018.
External links
- Blown to Smithereens: Best of the Smithereens on Discogs.com. Retrieved on 11 February 2018.
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