The Smithereens
11

Descripción

Publicado en 1989, «11» es el título del tercer trabajo de estudio de la banda de rock formada en New Jersey The Smithereens. Producido por Ed Stasium (Ramones, Mötorhead, Living Colour) contiene 10 canciones, entre ellas el single «A girl like you», canción que les valió entrar en el top 40 de singles del Billboard. En el disco colaboran Belinda Carlisle (Go-go’s), el pianista Kenny Margolis o el grupo de pop formado por chicas de los 60 The Honeys haciendo coros en dos temas. Una pequeña joya de finales de los 80’s de un grupo que hubiese merecido más reconocimiento a ivel de popularidad. Reedición del 2018 por Music on CD.

The Smithereens – Pat DiNizio, Jim Babjak, Mike Mesaros & Dennis Diken dip deep into their archives to present COVERS, a tribute to the songs and the artists that shaped their career. The album presents a heavy dose of British Invasion paying homage to the Kinks, the Beatles, the Who and T. Rex. The Smithereens were also influenced by a fair number of homegrown heroes too including Springsteen, Sinatra, Iggy Pop, The Beach Boys and more. The Smithereens are known for writing and playing catchy 1960s-influenced power pop. The group gained publicity when the single «Blood and Roses» from its first album was included on the soundtrack for Dangerously Close, and the music video got heavy rotation on MTV. During the course of their career the Smithereens racked up 2 platinum albums and 1 gold record.

Canciones:

1. A girl like you
2. Blues before and after
3. Blue period
4. Baby be good
5. Room without a view
6. Yesterday girl
7. Cut flowers
8. Williams Nelson
9. Maria Elena
10. Kiss your tears away