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 | Room Without A View | 11 |
| 2 | Top Of The Pops (LP Version) | Top Of The Pops (Single) |
| 3 | Blue Period | 11 |
| 4 | Cut Flowers | 11 |
| 5 | In a Lonely Place | Especially for You |
| 6 | Cigarette | Especially for You |
| 7 | Get A Hold Of My Heart | Blow Up |
| 8 | Top Of The Pops | Blow Up |
| 9 | Especially For You | Green Thoughts |
| 10 | Spellbound | Green Thoughts |
| 11 | Groovy Tuesday | Especially for You |
| 12 | Something New | Green Thoughts |
| 13 | Now And Then | Blow Up |
| 14 | House We Used To Live In | Green Thoughts |
| 15 | William Wilson | 11 |
| 16 | A Girl Like You | 11 |
| 17 | It's Alright | Blow Up |
| 18 | Strangers When We Meet | Especially for You |
| 19 | Elaine | Green Thoughts |
| 20 | Behind the Wall of Sleep | Especially for You |