God Save The Smithereens is the seventh album

Album

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 by The Smithereens

The Smithereens

The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States. The group formed in 1980 with members Pat DiNizio , Jim Babjak , Mike Mesaros , and Dennis Diken...

. Produced by Don Fleming

Don Fleming (musician)

Don Fleming is an American musician, best known for being the frontman of Velvet Monkeys, B.A.L.L., and Gumball.-Biography:...

, it was originally intended to be a concept album based on the idea of the world ending as soon as the year 2000 started. The album was released in 1999 and a two-disc version with rare demos and live songs was released in 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by The Smithereens, except where noted.

1. "She's Got A Way" - 3:26
2. "House at the End of The World" (The Smithereens, Carrie Akre
   Carrie Akre
   Carrie Akre is a musician best known for her work with Seattle underground bands Hammerbox and Goodness.Since Goodness disbanded in 1998, she has contributed vocals to the project band The Rockfords , and released three solo albums...
   
   ) - 3:36
3. "Everything Changes" - 2:15
4. "Flowers in the Blood" - 3:38
5. The Long Loneliness" - 1:40
6. Someday" - 3:32
7. "The Age of Innocence" - 4:10
8. "Gloomy Sunday
   Gloomy Sunday
   "Gloomy Sunday" is a song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress and published in 1933, as "Vége a világnak" . Lyrics were written by László Jávor, and in his version the song was retitled "Szomorú vasárnap"...
   
   " (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress
   Rezso Seress
   Rezső Seress was a Hungarian pianist and composer. Some sources give his birth name as Rudolf Spitzer.Rezső Seress lived most of his life in poverty in Budapest, when, being Jewish, was taken to a labour camp by the Nazis during the Second World War...
   
   ) - 3:42
9. "I Believe" (The Smithereens, Danny Tate) - 3:13
10. "All Revved Up" - 2:09
11. "Even If I Never Get Back Home" - 2:45
12. "Try" - 4:13
13. "The Last Good Time" - 3:27

Disc One: "God Save The Smithereens"

All songs written by The Smithereens, except where noted.

1. "She's Got A Way" - 3:26
2. "House at the End of The World" (The Smithereens, Carrie Akre
   Carrie Akre
   Carrie Akre is a musician best known for her work with Seattle underground bands Hammerbox and Goodness.Since Goodness disbanded in 1998, she has contributed vocals to the project band The Rockfords , and released three solo albums...
   
   ) - 3:36
3. "Everything Changes" - 2:15
4. "Flowers in the Blood" - 3:38
5. The Long Loneliness" - 1:40
6. Someday" - 3:32
7. "The Age of Innocence" - 4:10
8. "Gloomy Sunday
   Gloomy Sunday
   "Gloomy Sunday" is a song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress and published in 1933, as "Vége a világnak" . Lyrics were written by László Jávor, and in his version the song was retitled "Szomorú vasárnap"...
   
   " (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress
   Rezso Seress
   Rezső Seress was a Hungarian pianist and composer. Some sources give his birth name as Rudolf Spitzer.Rezső Seress lived most of his life in poverty in Budapest, when, being Jewish, was taken to a labour camp by the Nazis during the Second World War...
   
   ) - 3:42
9. "I Believe" (The Smithereens, Danny Tate) - 3:13
10. "All Revved Up" - 2:09
11. "Even If I Never Get Back Home" - 2:45
12. "Try" - 4:13
13. "The Last Good Time" - 3:27
14. "A World Apart" (Demo) - 2:59
15. "This Is the Way the World Ends" (Demo) - 3:44
16. "King of the World" (Demo) - 4:01
17. "Sundown" (Demo) - 3:31
18. "All Revved Up" (Demo) - 2:46
19. "On the Beach" (Demo) - 1:48
20. "House at the End of the World" (The Smithereens, Carrie Akre
    Carrie Akre
    Carrie Akre is a musician best known for her work with Seattle underground bands Hammerbox and Goodness.Since Goodness disbanded in 1998, she has contributed vocals to the project band The Rockfords , and released three solo albums...
    
    ) (EP version) - 4:02
21. "I Want to Tell You
    I Want to Tell You
    "I Want to Tell You" is a song written by George Harrison and originally released by The Beatles on their 1966 album Revolver. Working titles, originating from Harrison's inability to name his songs, were "Laxton's Superb" and "I Don't Know."-Music:"I Want to Tell You" is in the key of A major...
    
    " - 3:12 (George Harrison
    George Harrison
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    )

Disc Two: "Pat DiNizio: Songs and Sounds"

All songs written by Pat DiNizio, except where noted.

1. "Where Am I Going (Jennie's Song)" (Bernard Herrmann
   Bernard Herrmann
   Bernard Herrmann was an American composer noted for his work in motion pictures.An Academy Award-winner , Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo...
   
   ) - 1:46
2. "Nobody But Me" (DiNizio/Springa) - 2:41
3. "124 MPH" - 4:10
4. "Running, Jumping, Standing Still" - 4:04
5. "Everyday World" - 2:48
6. "No Love Lost" - 5:07
7. "A World Apart" - 3:35
8. "Today It's You" - 2:01
9. "Liza" - 3:16
10. "Somewhere Down the Line" - 2:51
11. "You Should Know" (DiNizio/Danny Tate) - 3:41
12. "I'd Rather Have the Blues" (Frank DeVol) - 7:55
13. "A Girl Like You" (Live) - 5:43
14. "Yesterday Girl" (Live) - 3:46
15. "Behind the Wall of Sleep" (Live) - 3:42
16. "She's Got a Way" (Live) - 3:36
17. "Blood and Roses" (Live) - 4:13
18. "Someday Boy" (Demo) - 3:18
19. "Afternoon Tea" (Demo) - 4:05

Personnel

• Jim Babjak
  Jim Babjak
  Jim Babjak , is the lead guitar player and founding member of The Smithereens. He has written and sung several songs for the band...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Dennis Diken
  Dennis Diken
  Dennis Diken co-founded the NJ band The Smithereens. Besides playing with The Smithereens, Dennis is a fill-in DJ on WFMU.As a musician and record producer, Diken has worked with The Smithereens, Ben E. King, Mary Weiss of 1960s girl group The Shangri-Las, Dave Amels, and R...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , vocals
• Pat DiNizio
  Pat DiNizio
  Pat DiNizio , of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, is the lead singer, songwriter, and member of the band The Smithereens, which he formed in 1980 with Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros, from Carteret, New Jersey....
  
   – vocals, guitar
• Mike Mesaros – bass
  Bass guitar
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