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Especially for You is the first full-length album from New Jersey–based rock band The Smithereens, released in July 1986 by Enigma Records. [5]The album is notable for the hit "Blood and Roses", which has been featured in multiple movie and TV productions.
At the time, DiNizio didn't give a lot of thought to the pop imagery in the lyrics, but it "seemed to create a certain interest later on", he said in 1995. [4] The melody came to DiNizio at the same time: "I’m singing the thing to myself for the whole flight, like a mantra, so I don't forget it.
The band had a string of hits in the late 1980s through the mid-1990s, including "Only a Memory", "A Girl Like You" and "Too Much Passion". The Smithereens have collaborated with numerous musicians, both in the studio (Belinda Carlisle, Julian Lennon, Lou Reed, Suzanne Vega) and live (Otis Blackwell, Graham Parker and The Kinks). [2]
"Blood and Roses" was released as the first single from the band's debut album, Especially for You. The single reached number 14 on the US Mainstream Rock Charts as well as number 99 in Australia. The song was released with a music video that features clips of the band interspersed with clips from the 1986 film Dangerously Close.
Live in Concert! Greatest Hits and More is a live album by New Jersey rock band The Smithereens , released in 2008 by Koch Records . The album features music from The Smithereens' four-night stint at The Court Tavern in New Brunswick, New Jersey , which took place January 30 - February 2, 2008.
The Smithereens — also Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros of Carteret — are known for hits like “Blood and Roses, “Behind the Wall of Sleep,” “Only a Memory,” “House We Used to Live In ...
"A Girl Like You" is a song by the American alternative rock group The Smithereens. It is the first single released in support of their third album 11. The song was to be used in the film Say Anything..., but it was ultimately cut because the producers believed the song revealed too much of the story. Backing vocals were provided by Maria Vidal.
"In a Lonely Place" is a song by the American alternative rock group The Smithereens, released in 1986. It is the third single released in support of their debut album Especially for You. It features Suzanne Vega on background vocals, as well as guest musicians Frank Christian on acoustic guitar and Jeffrey Berman on vibraphone.