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 | Strangers When We Meet | Especially for You |
| 2 | Hand of Glory | Especially for You |
| 3 | A Girl Like You | 11 |
| 4 | If The Sun Doesn't Shine | Green Thoughts |
| 5 | Groovy Tuesday | Especially for You |
| 6 | Green Thoughts | Green Thoughts |
| 7 | Top Of The Pops (Fade) | Top Of The Pops (Single) |
| 8 | Cigarette | Especially for You |
| 9 | Indigo Blues | Blow Up |
| 10 | Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong | Blow Up |
| 11 | Top Of The Pops | Blow Up |
| 12 | Something New | Green Thoughts |
| 13 | It's Alright | Blow Up |
| 14 | Drown In My Own Tears | Green Thoughts |
| 15 | Only A Memory - The Smithereens | Green Thoughts |
| 16 | I Don't Want to Lose You | Especially for You |
| 17 | White Castle Blues | Especially for You |
| 18 | Room Without A View | 11 |
| 19 | If You Want The Sun To Shine | Blow Up |
| 20 | Behind the Wall of Sleep | Especially for You |