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The Smithereens Discography (1983 2008)[

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The Smithereens Discography
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Artist...............: The Smithereens
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 1983-2008
Quality..............: 192-320kbps
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Covers...............: Front (Back on some)
Information..........: Separate Nfo/sfv for each album

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Album listing
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1983 - Beauty and Sadness (EP) (192kbps)
1986 - Especially For YOu (320kbps)
1988 - Green Thoughts (320kbps)
1989 - 11 (320kbps)
1991 - Blow Up (VBR, 219kbps)
1994 - A Date With The Smithereens (192kbps)
1995 - Attack Of The Smithereens (192kbps)
1999 - God Save The Smithereens (VBR, 213kbps)
2007 - Christmas With The Smithereens (VBR, 225kbps)
2007 - Meet The Smithereens (VBR, 194kbps)
2008 - B-Sides The Beatles (VBR, 216kbps)

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The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States.
The group, formed in 1980, has consisted of Pat DiNizio (vocals & guitar), Jim
Babjak (guitar & vocals), Mike Mesaros (bass guitar & vocals), and Dennis
Diken (drums & percussion) until 2006, when Mike left the band. Severo "The
Thrilla" Jornacion currently fills his spot.

Babjak, Diken and Mesaros are all from Carteret, New Jersey and had
graduated in 1975 from Carteret High School. The three joined together to
form the band in 1980 with DiNizio, who is from Scotch Plains, New Jersey.[1]

The Smithereens are known for writing and playing catchy 1960s-influenced
power pop. The group gained some publicity when a single from its first
album, "Blood and Roses", was included on the soundtrack for, and as the
theme song of the 1986 Albert Pyun movie, Dangerously Close, and the
video got some moderately heavy rotation on MTV. The group spent some
time in its initial semi-celebrity phase defending itself in Rolling Stone against
thinly-veiled accusations of sounding too much like The Byrds and The
Beatles, pointing out that its Marshall Amplifier-heavy live sound was closer to
heavy metal than it was to The Beatles. The Smithereens have always worn
their inspirations proudly, but the band also influenced other musicians, most
notably Kurt Cobain during the period he was writing Nevermind. Ironically,
some feel the Smithereens (like many early 1990s bands) were hurt by the
rise of grunge music.

Along with a basic Eastern-coast roots-rock sound that owed much to the
inspirations of DiNizio, including Buddy Holly, The Who, The Clash, Elvis
Costello, and Nick Lowe, the Smithereens deployed a uniquely retro
obsession with Mod, the late British Invasion pop of John's Children and The
Move, and other artifacts of fifties and sixties culture that lent its music
substance. The title and lyrics of their song, "In a Lonely Place," appear to be
based on the 1950 Humphrey Bogart film of the same name, including the
lyrics, "I was born the day I met her, lived a little when she loved me, died a
little when we broke apart."

The Smithereens featured as the entertainment in the indoor beach party
scene of the Troma film Class of Nuke 'Em High, playing the song "Much Too
Much".

The highest position a Smithereens album attained on the Billboard pop charts
was in 1990, when 11 peaked at #41 on the strength of the single "A Girl Like
You" (which hit #38).

The Smithereens have collaborated with numerous musicians, both in the
studio (Suzanne Vega and Belinda Carlisle) and live (Graham Parker and The
Kinks).

The group, which has long had a reputation for playing excellent live shows,
is still active and tours frequently. Their next studio album is expected to be
released in early 2009.

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