Rarities: Attack of the Smithereens

Smithereens | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002TW0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,219 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Here Come The Smithereens

2. Girl Don't Tell Me

3. Girls About Town

4. Time And Time Again

5. Don't Be Cruel

6. Hand Ten High

7. Tracey's World

8. Blood And Roses

9. Blood And Roses

10. Just A Little

11. The Seeker

12. Yesterday Girl

13. Poor Little Pitiful One

14. Maria Elena

15. You Really Got Me

16. One After 909

17. World Keeps Going 'Round

18. Behind The Wall Of Sleep

19. Something Stupid

20. Shakin' All Over

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Hardcore fans only., August 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Rarities: Attack of the Smithereens (Audio CD)

If you're a big fan of the Smithereens, this one is great. It has outtakes and rarieties and live songs and B-sides and almost all of them are great. It also has alternative versions "Blood and Roses" and "Yesterday Girl". This has great unreleased songs like "Shakin' All Over" and "Lust for Life". Not one dull moment on here. However, if you're a casual fan, you might want to get the others first.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Fans of the Band, February 14, 2011

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Thomas A. Hock (Macomb, Mi United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rarities: Attack of the Smithereens (Audio CD)

This is really a fun cd to have. Excellent cover versions, interesting demos and a sweet rehersal workout of "Lust for Life". "Poor Little Pitiful One" and "Like Someone in Love" are good enough to be on any studio release. I've had this cd for years now and enjoy the hell out of it everytime I pull it from the rack and spin it. I advise you to add this to your collection while it's still in print. I must admit I am a giant SMITHEREENS fan - think they are one of the best rock bands ever to come along. When you want some straight forward guitar rock, these are your guys!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well Worth The Purchase, December 25, 2010

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Daufhin Thorndike (New York , NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rarities: Attack of the Smithereens (Audio CD)

This album is an occasionally hit or miss compilation of demos, b-sides, and rarities. But one track in particular makes this whole album a must buy. The "band demo" version of "Blood And Roses" just slays here. It was recorded during a practice session on a boombox, apparently a common method of the band for demoing new material at the time. It sounds surprisingly well recorded for what was essentially taped live to cassette. The song rocks with a raw energy absent in the studio version, and omits the lame studio fade out ending for the much better and appropriate bass ending that the Smithereens use during thier live performances of the song. This is a version that just demands to be cranked up to 11 on the stereo, and sounds like the best garage rock anthem ever performed.