Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens

Blown to Smithereens: Best of The Smithereens is the first compilation album by The Smithereens, released April 4, 1995, by Capitol Records. It features the band's best-known songs and radio hits from 1983's Beauty and Sadness EP to the 1994 album, A Date with The Smithereens. The album also includes a cover of The Outsiders 1966 hit, "Time Won't Let Me", recorded for the film Timecop and released as a single in August 1994.

Blown to Smithereens has sold 188,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Discogs.com. for track information see individual albums
 * The Smithereens
 * Pat DiNizio – vocals, guitar
 * Jim Babjak – guitar, backing vocals
 * Mike Mesaros – bass, backing vocals
 * Dennis Diken – drums, percussion, backing vocals
 * "Time Won't Let Me" personnel
 * Jimmy Wood – harmonica
 * Ron Fair – organ, production
 * Bennett Kaufman – production
 * The Smithereens – production
 * Michael C. Ross – engineering
 * Tom Lord-Alge – mix
 * George Marino – mastering (Sterling Sound, NYC)
 * Recorded June 1994 at Record Plant, NYC and Music Grinder, Hollywood, CA
 * Production
 * Wayne Watkins – project director
 * Cheryl Pawelski – compilation producer, compiled by
 * Brett Milano – liner notes
 * Larry Walsh – mastering
 * Tommy Steele – art direction
 * Andy Engel – design
 * Don Miller – cover photography