Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens

Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens
Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens
Greatest hits album by The Smithereens
Released	April 4, 1995
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

ReleasedApril 4, 1995^[1]

RecordedOctober 1982 – June 1994

Length61:00

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]

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

v t e The Smithereens
Jim Babjak Dennis Diken Mike Mesaros Pat DiNizio Severo Jornacion
Studio albums	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
Extended plays	Girls About Town Beauty and Sadness
Live albums	Live Instant Live: Music Midtown Festival Atlanta, GA 5/1/04 Extended Versions Live in Concert! Greatest Hits and More
Compilation albums	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
Singles	"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"
Other songs	"Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong"

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