Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens

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Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens
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Greatest hits album by
The Smithereens
ReleasedApril 4, 1995[1]
RecordedOctober 1982 - June 1994
GenreRock
Length61:00
LabelCapitol Records
ProducerAlan Betrock, Don Dixon, Ed Stasium, Ron Fair, Bennett Kaufman
The Smithereens chronology
A Date with The Smithereens
(1994) 		Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens
(1995) 		Attack of The Smithereens
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All Music4.5/5 stars[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[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.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Beauty and Sadness"Beauty and Sadness EP, 19833:28
2."Strangers When We Meet"Especially for You, 19863:48
3."Blood and Roses"Especially for You3:36
4."In a Lonely Place"Especially for You4:11
5."Behind the Wall of Sleep"Especially for You3:24
6."Only a Memory"Green Thoughts, 19883:44
7."House We Used to Live In"Green Thoughts4:02
8."Drown in My Own Tears"Green Thoughts3:10
9."A Girl Like You"11, 19894:41
10."Blue Period"112:55
11."Blues Before and After"113:16
12."Yesterday Girl"113:27
13."Top of the Pops"Blow Up, 19914:32
14."Too Much Passion"Blow Up4:31
15."Miles from Nowhere"A Date with The Smithereens, 19944:21
16."Time Won't Let Me" (from the Motion Picture Timecop)Non-album single, 19943:45

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[6] and Discogs.com.[7]

The Smithereens

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[]

  1. ^ "Blown To Smithereens: The Best Of The Smithereens". Officialsmithereens.com. Retrieved on 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Demalon, Tom. "Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens - review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ Mirkin, Steven (13 October 1995). "Blown to Smithereens: The Best of the Smithereens - Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. ^ Blown to Smithereens: Best of the Smithereens (CD liner notes). The Smithereens. Capitol Records. 1995.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Shevory, Kristina (8 June 2008). "When the Mosh Pit Is Your Sofa". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ^ Blown to Smithereens: Best of the Smithereens (CD liner notes). The Smithereens. Capitol Records. 1995.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ "The Smithereens – Time Won't Let Me (From The Motion Picture "Timecop")". Discogs.com. Retrieved on 17 February 2018.

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