# From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology

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From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology is a two-disc, career-spanning compilation album by the Smithereens, released in 2004. It features most of the band's singles, as well as album and EP tracks, non-album B-sides and a handful of rarities.

## Overview

The album contains 39 songs spanning 1980 to 1999, and includes five previously unreleased tracks: a 1980 demo of "Elaine"; the surf rock instrumental, "Back to Balboa"; a 1987 live recording of "White Castle Blues"; an alternate mix of "Cut Flowers"; and a 1992 demo of "Love is Gone".
Also included are an alternate mix of "Everything I Have Is Blue", which was only released as a promotional single; two B-sides, "One After 909" and an instrumental mix of "If You Want the Sun to Shine"; and The Smithereens' version of "Downbound Train", originally recorded for the Bruce Springsteen tribute album, One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

## Track listing

Adapted from the album's liner notes.
All tracks written by Pat DiNizio, except where noted.

### Disc one

* "Girls About Town" — 2:53
** from Girls About Town EP (1980)
* "Back to Balboa" (Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, DiNizio, Mike Mesaros) — 1:58
** previously unreleased; recorded summer 1982 at Rock Bite Studio, New York City
* "Much Too Much" (Diken, DiNizio)— 2:24
** from Beauty and Sadness EP (1983); 1988 remix by Ed Stasium
* "Beauty and Sadness" — 3:24
** from Beauty and Sadness EP (1983); 1988 remix by Ed Stasium
* "Blood and Roses" — 3:35
** from Especially for You (1986)
* "Strangers When We Meet" — 3:45
** from Especially for You (1986)
* "In a Lonely Place" — 4:04
** from Especially for You (1986)
* "Behind the Wall of Sleep" — 3:24
** from Especially for You (1986)
* "White Castle Blues" (Live) (Babjak, Robert Banta) — 7:42
** previously unreleased; recorded live May 22, 1987 at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey; album version originally released as bonus track from Especially for You (1986)
* "Cigarette" — 2:27
** from Especially for You (1986)
* "Crazy Mixed-Up Kid" — 2:07
** from Especially for You (1986)
* "Time and Time Again" — 3:06
** from Especially for You (1986)
* "Something New" — 1:56
** from Green Thoughts (1988)
* "Only a Memory" — 3:43
** from Green Thoughts (1988)
* "If the Sun Doesn't Shine" — 3:32
** from Green Thoughts (1988)
* "Drown in My Own Tears" — 3:12
** from Green Thoughts (1988)
* "Especially for You'" (Babjak, DiNizio) — 3:07
** from Green Thoughts (1988)
* "House We Used to Live In" — 4:03
** from Green Thoughts (1988)
* "Elaine" (1980 Demo) — 3:00
** previously unreleased; recorded early 1980 at Odyssey Studio, Long Branch, New Jersey
* "Elaine" — 2:33
** from Green Thoughts (1988)
* "One After 909" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) — 3:36
** B-side to "Top of the Pops" (1991); recorded during the Green Thoughts sessions, December 1987

### Disc two

* "A Girl Like You" — 4:42
** from 11 (1989)
* "Blues Before and After" — 3:15
** from 11 (1989)
* "Blue Period" — 2:57
** from 11 (1989)
* "Yesterday Girl" — 3:27
** from 11 (1989)
* "Cut Flowers" (Honeys Mix) (Babjak, DiNizio) — 3:00
** previously unreleased; alternate mix – album version from 11 (1989)
* "Baby Be Good" — 3:20
** from 11 (1989)
* "Now and Then" (Babjak) — 3:50
** from Blow Up (1991)
* "Too Much Passion" — 4:35
** from Blow Up (1991)
* "Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong" — 2:22
** from Blow Up (1991)
* "If You Want the Sun to Shine" (Instrumental) (DiNizio, Julian Lennon) — 5:50
** B-side to "Too Much Passion" (1992); album version from Blow Up (1991)
* "Top of the Pops" — 4:32
** from Blow Up (1991)
* "Evening Dress" — 3:12
** from Blow Up (1991)
* "Miles from Nowhere" — 4:18
** from A Date with The Smithereens (1994)
* "Love is Gone" (Babjak Studio Demo) (Babjak) — 3:38
** previously unreleased; recorded December 1992 at Trax East Recording Studio, South River, New Jersey; album version from A Date with The Smithereens (1994)
* "Everything I Have Is Blue" (Guitar Mix) — 4:21
** promotional single (1994); remix by Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie; album version from A Date with The Smithereens (1994)
* "She's Got a Way" (Babjak, Diken, DiNizio, Mesaros, Danny Tate) — 3:24
** from God Save The Smithereens (1999)
* "Downbound Train" (Bruce Springsteen) — 3:48
** recorded 24 January 1997 at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois; from One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen (1997)
* "I Believe" (Babjak, Diken, DiNizio, Mesaros, Tate) — 3:12
** from God Save The Smithereens (1999)

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

### The Smithereens

* Pat DiNizio – lead vocals, guitar
* Jim Babjak – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (Disc one, track 9; disc two, track 14)
* Dennis Diken – drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Mike Mesaros – bass, backing vocals