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Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens
Greatest hits album by
The Smithereens
ReleasedApril 4, 1995 [1]
RecordedOctober 1982 – June 1994
Genre Rock
Length61:00
Label Capitol Records
Producer Alan 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 Music [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
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. ^ 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.{{ cite AV media notes}}: 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.{{ cite AV media notes}}: 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.

External links

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