The Smithereens are a powerpop/rock group from Carteret, New Jersey. The group formed in 1980 and consists of Pat Dinizio (lead singer/guitar), Jim Babjak (guitar), Mike Mesaros (bass), and Dennis Diken (drums). The group gained some notoriety 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. Along with a basic Eastern-coast roots-rock sound that owed much to the inspirations of DiNizio, including Buddy Holly, The Who, The Clash,
| 1 | The World We Know | Green Thoughts |
| 2 | Blue Period | 11 |
| 3 | It's Alright | Blow Up |
| 4 | White Castle Blues | Especially for You |
| 5 | Cigarette | Especially for You |
| 6 | If The Sun Doesn't Shine | Green Thoughts |
| 7 | Something New | Green Thoughts |
| 8 | Alone at Midnight | Especially for You |
| 9 | Especially For You | Green Thoughts |
| 10 | Only A Memory | Blown to Smithereens: The Best of the Smithereens |
| 11 | Behind the Wall of Sleep | Especially for You |
| 12 | Blues Before And After | 11 |
| 13 | House We Used To Live In | Green Thoughts |
| 14 | Maria Elena | 11 |
| 15 | Hand of Glory | Especially for You |
| 16 | Kiss Your Tears Away | 11 |
| 17 | Evening Dress | Blow Up |
| 18 | Too Much Passion | Blow Up |
| 19 | Over And Over Again | Blow Up |
| 20 | Baby Be Good | 11 |