10 Smithereens - All The Same.

The Smithereens Play Tommy is the tenth studio album by Carteret, New Jersey-based rock band The Smithereens, released on 5 May 2009 by E1 Music. The album features the band covering highlights from The Who's 1969 concept album, Tommy, creating an abridged version of the original story.

Blow Up is the title of the fourth full-length studio album by The Smithereens. The album charted at in the . The second single, "Too Much Passion", became the group's second top-40 single, peaking at Top of the Pops was released as the first single of the album. Blow Up’s cover design is by movie poster/title sequence artist Saul Bass ( Vertigo, West Side Story, North by Northwest, Psycho ). All songs written by Pat DiNizio except where indicated.

The highest position a Smithereens album attained on the Billboard pop charts was in 1990, when 11 peaked at No. 41 on the strength of the single "A Girl Like You" (which hit No. 38). "A Girl Like You" was originally written to be the title track for the 1989 Cameron Crowe film Say Anything. The basic tracks for their most recent studio album of original material, titled 2011, were recorded in early October 2010 and the album was released on April 5, 2011 DiNizio died in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, on December 12, 2017, at the age of 62. According to bandmates, his health declined following a series of issues that began in 2015, resulting in nerve damage that limited the use of his right hand and ar. .

Album · 1999 · 40 Songs. 10. All Revved Up. The Smithereens.

The Smithereens remain a hugely influential band - like the Beatles brought bang into the noughties - and their selections here reveal their energy and enthusiasm: covers of Christmas songs by the Ramones, Brian Wilson, The Who and an obscure Beatles song, as well as more traditional fare like Run Rudolph Run and Auld Lang Syne. Like their previous release, a faithful cover of the Beatles Meet The Beatles album, this sounds like an entirely Smithereens album - the songs sound like originals, a hark back to the days when bands would make and release Christmas albums and songs without any trace.

Produced by Tyler Joseph. You know I've always been collected, calm and chill And you know I never look for conflict for the thrill But if I’m feeling Someone stepping towards you, can't describe Just what I'm feeling. For you, I’d go Step to a dude much bigger than me For you, I know I would get messed up, weigh 153 For you I would get beat to smithereens.

11. Blues Before & After. The album opens with "Beauty and Sadness", when you listen closely it sounds similar to the Beatles "Ticket to Ride". The next song, "Strangers When We Meet", has a distinct Top 40 sound. Blood and Roses" is one the Smithereens best songs with it's pulsating beat & distinctive bass run, it went to on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. The Smithereens was a group that should have done better but didn't. For the casual fan this is a great collection of songs. After listening to it you'll be wondering why these guys didn't last longer or gotten more recognition.

Tracklist: 1. I Want To Hold Your Hand, 2. I Saw Her Standing There, 3. This Boy, 4. It Won’t Be Long, 5. All I’ve Got To Do, 6. All My Loving, 7. Don’t Bother Me, 8. Little Child, 9. Till There Was You, 10. Hold Me Tight, 11. I Wanna Be Your Man, 12. Not A Second Time. More albums from The Smithereens: Live In Concert Greatest Hits And More by The Smithereens. Green Thoughts by The Smithereens. The Smithereens Play Tommy ! by The Smithereens. 11 by The Smithereens. B-Sides The Beatles by The Smithereens. Especially For You by The Smithereens. Blow Up by The Smithereens. God Save The Smithereens by The Smithereens. View all albums . Meet The Smithereens!