Blown To Smithereens: The Best Of The Smithereens

Smithereens | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 1995)
• Original Release Date: April 4, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002TUJ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,310 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Beauty & Sadness

2. Strangers When We Meet

3. Blood & Roses

4. In A Lonely Place

5. Behind The Wall Of Sleep

6. Only A Memory

7. House We Used To Live in

8. Drown In My Own Tears

9. A Girl Like You

10. Blue Period

11. Blues Before & After

12. Yesterday Girl

13. Top Of The Pops

14. Too Much Passion

15. Miles From Nowhere

16. Time Won't Let Me

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A slice of History, September 28, 2000

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B. Lynch "the_onewhoknows" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blown To Smithereens: The Best Of The Smithereens (Audio CD)

The Smithereens may not have had too many "radio hits", and that was a loss for radio. But who needs radio muzak anyhow? This CD just sizzles with great songs. Great party tunes, and one killer car-cruising CD here. People who say the 1980's were a wasteland for pop music probably spent too much time listening to the stuff that came out and got too much attention in that decade. This CD suggests that the 1980's were a time full of great music, but not in the usual places.

Outstanding cuts: Only A Memory, A girl Like You, Blood and Roses, Houser We Used to Live In, Time Won't Let Me. The rest of the songs are very good also.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The last true rock & roll band, September 22, 2004

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majestikmoose9 "majestikmoose9" (Kansas City, KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blown To Smithereens: The Best Of The Smithereens (Audio CD)

It's incredible that so many people have never heard of The Smithereens. These guys are so much better than several other bands in the rock & roll genre that get noticed. I first heard about The Smithereens about a year ago: my dad was getting rid of some old CDs at a garage sale, and among those CDs was "Blown To Smithereens". I had never heard of them before, so I decided to play it on my CD player. I was completely blown away! Why would anyone ever want to sell this? So I bought it for $3 from my dad, and it's been one of my favorite albums ever since.

"Blown To Smithereens" is one of the only CDs in my collection that I can listen to from start to finish and not skip past anything. I used to dislike "Blue Period," but it's started to grow on me. "Time Won't Let Me" is an odd selection for a greatest hits CD, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. My favorite tracks are "Blood and Roses," "House We Used To Live In," "A Girl Like You," "Blues Before and After," and "Miles From Nowhere". But every track is wonderful, and different in its own way.

If you are a Beatles fan (like I am), you won't be disappointed. These guys are like the Beatles of today (in fact, if you listen to the harpsicord part in "Blue Period," it is almost identical to the harpsicord part in The Beatles' song "In My Life"). The Smithereens are probably the only band that was both ahead of its time as well as after, using the old rock & roll sound to create new music. Let this CD take you away. A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

-Matt, age 16

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good anthology, December 12, 2000

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Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blown To Smithereens: The Best Of The Smithereens (Audio CD)

"Blown to Smithereens" is a decent anthology album that collects all of the band's music that the casual fan will ever need to hear. It is also fairly conventional, collecting three songs or so from each of the band's original studio albums. Fortunately, it manages to hit the highlights without leaving out anything truly essential. The best songs include "Blood & Roses," "A Girl Like You," "Only a Memory" and "Yesterday Girl." Each are three and a half minute blasts of pure guitar pop pleasure. The Smithereens' music is nothing fancy. The guitars are straight forward, the vocals are solid and the lyrics focus on love both won and lost.

Overall, this is a fine collection of their singles and should satisfy all but the most ardent fans.