The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
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1. "Strangers When We Meet" 3:46
2. "Listen to Me Girl" 3:00
3. "Groovy Tuesday" 2:39
4. "Cigarette" 2:31
5. "I Don't Want to Lose You" 3:21
6. "Time and Time Again" 3:09
7. "Behind the Wall of Sleep" 3:23
8. "In a Lonely Place" 4:10
9. "Blood and Roses" 3:35
10. "Crazy Mixed-Up Kid" 2:06
11. "Hand of Glory" 2:45
12. "Alone at Midnight" 3:42
Total length: 38:07
The Smithereens Band Members / Musicians
Jim Babjak – guitar, vocals
Dennis Diken – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Pat DiNizio – vocals, guitar
Mike Mesaros – bass guitar, backing vocals
Jeffrey Berman – vibraphone
Frank Christian – acoustic guitar
Marshall Crenshaw (credited as "Jerome Jerome") – Hammond organ and piano, six-string bass
Don Dixon – piano, percussion, backing vocals
Mark Johnson – harmony and backing vocals
Joe Kernich – piano
Kenny Margolis – accordion
John Rokosny – tremolo rhythm guitar
Suzanne Vega – backing vocals
Don Dixon – producer
James A. Ball – associate producer, engineer
Gray Russell – engineer
Carol Cafiero – assistant engineer
Frank Pekoc – assistant engineer
Paul Special – assistant engineer
Greg Calbi – mastering (Sterling Sound, NYC)
Arthur K. Miller – art direction, design
Pat DiNizio – cover concept
Jan Dusing – photography
Especially for You is the 1st full-length album from New Jersey-based rock band The Smithereens, released in July 1986 by Enigma Records.
The album is notable for the hit "Blood and Roses", which has been featured in multiple movie and TV productions. Producer Don Dixon's co-production work on R.E.M.'s Murmur and Reckoning albums added attention to the record's initial release. Two of its songs became hits on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart: "Blood and Roses" reached No. 14, while "Behind the Wall of Sleep" peaked at No. 23. The album reached No. 51 on the US Billboard 200 as well as No. 5 on the UK Indie Chart. It was certified platinum in the US for sales over 1,000,000 copies. The album today is highly regarded by most critics, and was one of Kurt Cobain's favorite albums, as noted in his journal.
The Smithereens are an American rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States. The group formed in 1980 with members Pat DiNizio (vocals & guitar), Jim Babjak (guitar & vocals), Mike Mesaros (bass guitar & vocals), and Dennis Diken (drums & percussion). This original lineup continued until 2006, when Mesaros left the band and Severo Jornacion took over on bass guitar until Mesaros' return in 2016. After DiNizio died in 2017, the band continued performing live shows as a trio (Babjak, Mesaros and Diken) with various guest vocalists.
The Smithereens Discography Full
1986 Especially for You
1988 Green Thoughts
1989 11
1991 Blow Up
1994 A Date with The Smithereens
1999 God Save The Smithereens
2007 Meet The Smithereens!
2007 Christmas with The Smithereens
2008 B-Sides The Beatles
2009 The Smithereens Play Tommy
2011 2011
Live albums
1988 Live
2005 Instant Live
2006 Extended Versions
2008 Live in Concert! Greatest Hits and More
2014 The Smithereens Play The Beatles Washington, D.C. February 11, 1964 Concert
Compilations
1995 Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens
1995 Attack of The Smithereens
1997 The Best of The Smithereens
2004 From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology
2010 Greatest Hits...Revisited
2016 Especially for You - 30th Anniversary
2018 Covers
