From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology is a two-disc, career-spanning compilation album by the Smithereens, released in 2004. It features most of the band's singles, as well as album and EP tracks, non-album B-sides and a handful of rarities.
Overview The album contains 39 songs spanning 1980 to 1999, and includes five previously unreleased tracks: a 1980 demo of "Elaine"; the surf rock instrumental, "Back to Balboa"; a 1987 live recording of "White Castle Blues"; an alternate mix of "Cut Flowers"; and a 1992 demo of "Love is Gone".
Also included are an alternate mix of "Everything I Have Is Blue", which was only released as a promotional single; two B-sides, "One After 909" and an instrumental mix of "If You Want the Sun to Shine"; and The Smithereens' version of "Downbound Train", originally recorded for the Bruce Springsteen tribute album, One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen.
Track listing Adapted from the album's liner notes.
All tracks written by Pat DiNizio, except where noted.
Disc one "Girls About Town" — 2:53 from Girls About Town EP (1980) "Back to Balboa" (Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, DiNizio, Mike Mesaros) — 1:58 previously unreleased; recorded summer 1982 at Rock Bite Studio, New York City "Much Too Much" (Diken, DiNizio)— 2:24 from Beauty and Sadness EP (1983); 1988 remix by Ed Stasium "Beauty and Sadness" — 3:24 from Beauty and Sadness EP (1983); 1988 remix by Ed Stasium "Blood and Roses" — 3:35 from Especially for You (1986) "Strangers When We Meet" — 3:45 from Especially for You (1986) "In a Lonely Place" — 4:04 from Especially for You (1986) "Behind the Wall of Sleep" — 3:24 from Especially for You (1986) "White Castle Blues" (Live) (Babjak, Robert Banta) — 7:42 previously unreleased; recorded live May 22, 1987 at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey; album version originally released as bonus track from Especially for You (1986) "Cigarette" — 2:27 from Especially for You (1986) "Crazy Mixed-Up Kid" — 2:07 from Especially for You (1986) "Time and Time Again" — 3:06 from Especially for You (1986) "Something New" — 1:56 from Green Thoughts (1988) "Only a Memory" — 3:43 from Green Thoughts (1988) "If the Sun Doesn't Shine" — 3:32 from Green Thoughts (1988) "Drown in My Own Tears" — 3:12 from Green Thoughts (1988) "Especially for You'" (Babjak, DiNizio) — 3:07 from Green Thoughts (1988) "House We Used to Live In" — 4:03 from Green Thoughts (1988) "Elaine" (1980 Demo) — 3:00 previously unreleased; recorded early 1980 at Odyssey Studio, Long Branch, New Jersey "Elaine" — 2:33 from Green Thoughts (1988) "One After 909" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) — 3:36 B-side to "Top of the Pops" (1991); recorded during the Green Thoughts sessions, December 1987
Disc two "A Girl Like You" — 4:42 from 11 (1989) "Blues Before and After" — 3:15 from 11 (1989) "Blue Period" — 2:57 from 11 (1989) "Yesterday Girl" — 3:27 from 11 (1989) "Cut Flowers" (Honeys Mix) (Babjak, DiNizio) — 3:00 previously unreleased; alternate mix – album version from 11 (1989) "Baby Be Good" — 3:20 from 11 (1989) "Now and Then" (Babjak) — 3:50 from Blow Up (1991) "Too Much Passion" — 4:35 from Blow Up (1991) "Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong" — 2:22 from Blow Up (1991) "If You Want the Sun to Shine" (Instrumental) (DiNizio, Julian Lennon) — 5:50 B-side to "Too Much Passion" (1992); album version from Blow Up (1991) "Top of the Pops" — 4:32 from Blow Up (1991) "Evening Dress" — 3:12 from Blow Up (1991) "Miles from Nowhere" — 4:18 from A Date with The Smithereens (1994) "Love is Gone" (Babjak Studio Demo) (Babjak) — 3:38 previously unreleased; recorded December 1992 at Trax East Recording Studio, South River, New Jersey; album version from A Date with The Smithereens (1994) "Everything I Have Is Blue" (Guitar Mix) — 4:21 promotional single (1994); remix by Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie; album version from A Date with The Smithereens (1994) "She's Got a Way" (Babjak, Diken, DiNizio, Mesaros, Danny Tate) — 3:24 from God Save The Smithereens (1999) "Downbound Train" (Bruce Springsteen) — 3:48 recorded 24 January 1997 at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois;"Various Artists/One Step Up - Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen". Yahoo! GeoCities. Retrieved on 15 August 2018. from One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen (1997) "I Believe" (Babjak, Diken, DiNizio, Mesaros, Tate) — 3:12 from God Save The Smithereens (1999)
Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. The Smithereens Pat DiNizio – lead vocals, guitar Jim Babjak – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (Disc one, track 9; disc two, track 14) Dennis Diken – drums, percussion, backing vocals Mike Mesaros – bass, backing vocals
Additional musicians Marshall Crenshaw – Hammond organ and piano (Disc one, track 6) Jeffrey Berman – vibraphone (Disc one, track 7) Frank Christian – acoustic guitar (Disc one, track 7) Suzanne Vega – vocals (Disc one, track 7) Joe Kernich – piano (Disc one, track 8) Kenny Margolis – keyboards, piano, organ, accordion, harpsichord Don Dixon – piano, guitar, percussion, backing vocals Marti Jones – backing vocals (Disc one, track 13) Steve Berlin – saxophone (Disc one, track 17) Maria Vidal – backing vocals (Disc two, track 1) Michael Hamilton – guitar, keyboards, Mellotron Belinda Carlisle – vocals (Disc two, track 3) Gerri Sutyak – cello (Disc two, track 3) Ed Stasium – backing vocals, percussion The Honeys – backing vocals (Disc two, tracks 5, 6) The Cowsills – backing vocals (Disc two, track 7) Diana Graselli – backing vocals (Disc two, tracks 8, 11) Alex Acuña – percussion (Disc two, track 8) Sid Paige, Joel Derouin, Berj Garabedian, Michele Richards – violin (Disc two, track 8) Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama, Melissa Hasin – cello (Disc two, track 8) David Campbell – String arrangements (Disc two, tracks 8, 10) Kevin Savigar – keyboards (Disc two, track 10) Maria Vidal – backing vocals (Disc two, track 11) The Grip Weeds – backing vocals (Disc two, track 14) Bill Maryniak – organ (Disc two, track 17)
Production personnel The Smithereens – producer (Disc one, track 1; disc two, tracks 13, 15) Andy Shernoff – producer (Disc one, track 2) Alan Betrock – producer (Disc one, tracks 3, 4) Don Dixon – producer (Disc one, tracks 5–8, 10–18, 20, 21; disc two, tracks 13, 15), liner notes Ed Stasium – producer (Disc two, tracks 1–12) Lou Giordano – associate producer (Disc two, tracks 13, 15) Jim Babjak – producer (Disc two, track 14) Don Fleming – producer (Disc two, tracks 16, 18) Mike Mesaros – producer (Disc two, track 17) David English – compilation producer Dennis Diken – supervising producer, track annotations Kevin Bartley – mastering Diana Barnes – art direction Bill Merryfield – design Tim Gabor – illustrations Michael Halsband – photography Deborah Feingold – photography
References
External links From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology on Discogs.com. Retrieved on 9 February 2018.