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The Smithereens – Especially For You (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1986
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Especially For You is an LP by The Smithereens from 1986 released on the Big Time label.
About this album
Especially For You is the Smithereens’ strongest statement of jangling power pop and hard-edged melody. The New Jersey band turned 1986 into a breakthrough year with a debut that balanced concise songwriting, British Invasion hooks and punchy guitar attack, while keeping the arrangements lean and immediate. Blood and Roses became their best-known song and helped bring the album to a wider audience, but the record’s strength lies in its consistency across tracks such as Behind the Wall of Sleep and In a Lonely Place. It is widely regarded as one of the key American alternative rock debuts of the 1980s.
Genre: Pop & Rock
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: The SmithereensLabel: Big Time – BT 7066Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1986Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Alternative Rock, Indie RockA1 Strangers When We Meet
A2 Listen To Me Girl
A3 Groovy Tuesday
A4 Cigarette
A5 I Don'T Want To Lose You
A6 Time And Time Again
B1 Behind The Wall Of Sleep
B2 In A Lonely Place
B3 Blood And Roses
B4 Crazy Mixed-Up Kid
B5 Hand Of Glory
B6 Alone At Midnight