The Best of The Smithereens

The Best of The Smithereens
The Best of The Smithereens
Compilation album by The Smithereens
Released	August 15, 1997
Recorded	1985–1991
Genre	Rock
Length	38:36
Label	EMI, Capitol
Producer	Don Dixon, Ed Stasium
The Smithereens chronology
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ReleasedAugust 15, 1997^[1]

Recorded1985–1991

Length38:36

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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.

No.	Title	Original album	Length
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

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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