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Album Details: Meet the Smithereens!

Release Date:01/22/2007
Label:Koch Records
UPC:099923420422

Track List: Meet the Smithereens!

  1. I Want To Hold Your Hand  
  2. I Saw Her Standing There  
  3. This Boy  
  4. It Won't Be Long  
  5. All I've Got To Do  
  6. All My Loving  
  1. Don't Bother Me  
  2. Little Child  
  3. Till There Was You  
  4. Hold Me Tight  
  5. I Wanna Be Your Man  
  6. Not A Second Time  

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    Meet The Smithereens - A Fitting Tribute

    By Scott Erickson  Jan 9, 2007 | 0 out of 1 found this Meet the Smithereens! review helpful

    Pros: 12 Classic Beatles songs re-recorded by 4 of thier biggest fans

    Cons: Meet The Beatles wasn't a longer album, and neither is this.

    On first hearing the idea of re-recording any album by the Beatles, one would think, "Why Bother?". But, on first listening to New Jersey's own Smithereens take on the The Beatles first Capitol Records release, it's easy to see why ...they bothered. "Meet The Smithereens" is a lovingly recorded tribute to the "Meet The Beatles" album. When you listen to the Smithereens versions of these songs, the first thought that comes to mind is that the songs don't sound like a band trying to sound like the Beatles. They sound like The Smithereens. Drummer Dennis Diken, & bassist Severo "The Thrilla" Jornacion have faithfully & accurately reproduced the lines, licks and fills that Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr laid down back in 1964. Pat DiNizio's vocals sound as youthful & energetic as both The Beatles did originally, and as HE sounded on "Especially For You" in 1986. In addition, this album features the first-ever (on a full Smithereens album) vocal performances of Jim Babjak on "Don't Bother Me" and Dennis Diken on "I Wanna Be Your Man". The album art features great liner notes from noted Beatles Historian, Bruce Spizer, as well as Dennis Diken, Beatles Concert promoter Sid Bernstein, and others. If you are a fan of The Beatles, or The Smithereens, or both, Meet The Smithereens is a MUST-HAVE for your CD Collection. Don't hesitate to MEET THE SMITHEREENS, again! Read more Less

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  • All Music Guide

    Normally the only thing worse than a tribute album is a tribute to an album. And no one—no one—can improve on a Beatles LP. But this veteran New Jersey trio amazingly pull off this cockamamie idea. The group are clearly worshipping disciples (as we all should be) of the Liverpool legends' blockbuster breakthrough, Meet the Beatles, Capitol's January 20, 1964, U.S. version of EMI U.K.'s With the Beatles (with two singles added and five of its six covers subtracted—all five of them later rushed out as part of Capitol's subsequent Beatlemania cashin Second Album). But rather than insipidly recreate a wild rock 'n' roll masterpiece or irreverently recast it as something it isn't, they crash into a perfect middle ground: They reframe it as if it were recorded by The Raspberries, Big Star, Todd Rundgren, Flamin' Groovies, or myriad other meaty, American powerpopsters who updated a thorough Beatles blueprint in the 1970s. George Harrison's “Don't Bother Me” and John Lennon's underappreciated ...classic “Not a Second Time” sound particularly fresh and poignant in this context. And much as he did when he sang The Who's “Behind Blue Eyes” a while back, Pat Dinizio is too smart to oversell the vocals or get carried away by their iconic ubiquity. And his guitars twist the chords into a stinging sharpness. Totally enjoyable and genuinely worthwhile - Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, All Music Guide Read more Less

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The Smithereens

Dressed in leather, brandishing heavy guitars, and an unabashed fetish for British Invasion pop, the Smithereens were an anomaly in the American college rock scene of the late '80s. Lead singer/songwriter Pat DiNizio stood out not only with his strange beatnik goatee, but also because his catchy hooks were haunting, not punchy, and because his lyrics were morose. As tim... Read more
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