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 | Crazy Mixed-Up Kid | Especially for You |
| 2 | If You Want The Sun To Shine | Blow Up |
| 3 | If The Sun Doesn't Shine | Green Thoughts |
| 4 | Anywhere You Are | Blow Up |
| 5 | Groovy Tuesday | Especially for You |
| 6 | Spellbound | Green Thoughts |
| 7 | House We Used To Live In | Green Thoughts |
| 8 | Blues Before And After | 11 |
| 9 | William Wilson | 11 |
| 10 | Top Of The Pops (Fade) | Top Of The Pops (Single) |
| 11 | Behind the Wall of Sleep | Especially for You |
| 12 | Something New | Green Thoughts |
| 13 | Get A Hold Of My Heart | Blow Up |
| 14 | The World We Know | Green Thoughts |
| 15 | Indigo Blues | Blow Up |
| 16 | Kiss Your Tears Away | 11 |
| 17 | Baby Be Good | 11 |
| 18 | Elaine | Green Thoughts |
| 19 | Too Much Passion | Blow Up |
| 20 | Alone at Midnight | Especially for You |