From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology

From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology
From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology
Compilation album by The Smithereens
Released	September 7, 2004
Recorded	1980–1999
Genre	Rock
Length	2:16:40
Label	Capitol
The Smithereens chronology

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AllMusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Track listing

Adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

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;^[5] 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.^[4]

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

^ "From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology". Officialsmithereens.com. Retrieved on 9 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology - review on AllMusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Concise (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology (CD liner notes). The Smithereens. Capitol Records. 2004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Various Artists/One Step Up - Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen". Yahoo! GeoCities. Retrieved on 15 August 2018.

External links

From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology on Discogs.com. Retrieved on 9 February 2018.

[1] "From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology". Officialsmithereens.com. Retrieved on 9 February 2018.

[allmusic-2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology - review on AllMusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Concise (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[LN-4] From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology (CD liner notes). The Smithereens. Capitol Records. 2004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[geocities-5] "Various Artists/One Step Up - Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen". Yahoo! GeoCities. Retrieved on 15 August 2018.

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