From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology

'From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology' is a two-disc, career-spanning compilation album by the Smithereens, released in 2004. It features most of the band's singles, as well as album and EP tracks, non-album B-sides and a handful of rarities.

Overview
The album contains 39 songs spanning 1980 to 1999, and includes five previously unreleased tracks: a 1980 demo of "Elaine"; the surf rock instrumental, "Back to Balboa"; a 1987 live recording of "White Castle Blues"; an alternate mix of "Cut Flowers"; and a 1992 demo of "Love is Gone".

Also included are an alternate mix of "Everything I Have Is Blue", which was only released as a promotional single; two B-sides, "One After 909" and an instrumental mix of "If You Want the Sun to Shine"; and The Smithereens' version of "Downbound Train", originally recorded for the Bruce Springsteen tribute album, One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen.

Track listing
Adapted from the album's liner notes.

All tracks written by Pat DiNizio, except where noted.

Disc one

 * 1) "Girls About Town" — 2:53
 * 2) * from Girls About Town EP (1980)
 * 3) "Back to Balboa" (Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, DiNizio, Mike Mesaros) — 1:58
 * 4) * previously unreleased; recorded summer 1982 at Rock Bite Studio, New York City
 * 5) "Much Too Much" (Diken, DiNizio) — 2:24
 * 6) * from Beauty and Sadness EP (1983); 1988 remix by Ed Stasium
 * 7) "Beauty and Sadness" — 3:24
 * 8) * from Beauty and Sadness EP (1983); 1988 remix by Ed Stasium
 * 9) "Blood and Roses" — 3:35
 * 10) * from Especially for You (1986)
 * 11) "Strangers When We Meet" — 3:45
 * 12) * from Especially for You (1986)
 * 13) "In a Lonely Place" — 4:04
 * 14) * from Especially for You (1986)
 * 15) "Behind the Wall of Sleep" — 3:24
 * 16) * from Especially for You (1986)
 * 17) "White Castle Blues" (Live) (Babjak, Robert Banta) — 7:42
 * 18) * previously unreleased; recorded live May 22, 1987 at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey; album version originally released as bonus track from Especially for You (1986)
 * 19) "Cigarette" — 2:27
 * 20) * from Especially for You (1986)
 * 21) "Crazy Mixed-Up Kid" — 2:07
 * 22) * from Especially for You (1986)
 * 23) "Time and Time Again" — 3:06
 * 24) * from Especially for You (1986)
 * 25) "Something New" — 1:56
 * 26) * from Green Thoughts (1988)
 * 27) "Only a Memory" — 3:43
 * 28) * from Green Thoughts (1988)
 * 29) "If the Sun Doesn't Shine" — 3:32
 * 30) * from Green Thoughts (1988)
 * 31) "Drown in My Own Tears" — 3:12
 * 32) * from Green Thoughts (1988)
 * 33) "Especially for You'" (Babjak, DiNizio) — 3:07
 * 34) * from Green Thoughts (1988)
 * 35) "House We Used to Live In" — 4:03
 * 36) * from Green Thoughts (1988)
 * 37) "Elaine" (1980 Demo) — 3:00
 * 38) * previously unreleased; recorded early 1980 at Odyssey Studio, Long Branch, New Jersey
 * 39) "Elaine" — 2:33
 * 40) * from Green Thoughts (1988)
 * 41) "One After 909" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) — 3:36
 * 42) * B-side to "Top of the Pops" (1991); recorded during the Green Thoughts sessions, December 1987

Disc two

 * 1) "A Girl Like You" — 4:42
 * 2) * from 11 (1989)
 * 3) "Blues Before and After" — 3:15
 * 4) * from 11 (1989)
 * 5) "Blue Period" — 2:57
 * 6) * from 11 (1989)
 * 7) "Yesterday Girl" — 3:27
 * 8) * from 11 (1989)
 * 9) "Cut Flowers" (Honeys Mix) (Babjak, DiNizio) — 3:00
 * 10) * previously unreleased; alternate mix – album version from 11 (1989)
 * 11) "Baby Be Good" — 3:20
 * 12) * from 11 (1989)
 * 13) "Now and Then" (Babjak) — 3:50
 * 14) * from Blow Up (1991)
 * 15) "Too Much Passion" — 4:35
 * 16) * from Blow Up (1991)
 * 17) "Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong" — 2:22
 * 18) * from Blow Up (1991)
 * 19) "If You Want the Sun to Shine" (Instrumental) (DiNizio, Julian Lennon) — 5:50
 * 20) * B-side to "Too Much Passion" (1992); album version from Blow Up (1991)
 * 21) "Top of the Pops" — 4:32
 * 22) * from Blow Up (1991)
 * 23) "Evening Dress" — 3:12
 * 24) * from Blow Up (1991)
 * 25) "Miles from Nowhere" — 4:18
 * 26) * from A Date with The Smithereens (1994)
 * 27) "Love is Gone" (Babjak Studio Demo) (Babjak) — 3:38
 * 28) * previously unreleased; recorded December 1992 at Trax East Recording Studio, South River, New Jersey; album version from A Date with The Smithereens (1994)
 * 29) "Everything I Have Is Blue" (Guitar Mix) — 4:21
 * 30) * promotional single (1994); remix by Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie; album version from A Date with The Smithereens (1994)
 * 31) "She's Got a Way" (Babjak, Diken, DiNizio, Mesaros, Danny Tate) — 3:24
 * 32) * from God Save The Smithereens (1999)
 * 33) "Downbound Train" (Bruce Springsteen) — 3:48
 * 34) * recorded 24 January 1997 at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois; from One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen (1997)
 * 35) "I Believe" (Babjak, Diken, DiNizio, Mesaros, Tate) — 3:12
 * 36) * from God Save The Smithereens (1999)

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
 * The Smithereens
 * Pat DiNizio – lead vocals, guitar
 * Jim Babjak – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (Disc one, track 9; disc two, track 14)
 * Dennis Diken – drums, percussion, backing vocals
 * Mike Mesaros – bass, backing vocals


 * Additional musicians
 * Marshall Crenshaw – Hammond organ and piano (Disc one, track 6)
 * Jeffrey Berman – vibraphone (Disc one, track 7)
 * Frank Christian – acoustic guitar (Disc one, track 7)
 * Suzanne Vega – vocals (Disc one, track 7)
 * Joe Kernich – piano (Disc one, track 8)
 * Kenny Margolis – keyboards, piano, organ, accordion, harpsichord
 * Don Dixon – piano, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
 * Marti Jones – backing vocals (Disc one, track 13)
 * Steve Berlin – saxophone (Disc one, track 17)
 * Maria Vidal – backing vocals (Disc two, track 1)
 * Michael Hamilton – guitar, keyboards, Mellotron
 * Belinda Carlisle – vocals (Disc two, track 3)
 * Gerri Sutyak – cello (Disc two, track 3)
 * Ed Stasium – backing vocals, percussion
 * The Honeys – backing vocals (Disc two, tracks 5, 6)
 * The Cowsills – backing vocals (Disc two, track 7)
 * Diana Graselli – backing vocals (Disc two, tracks 8, 11)
 * Alex Acuña – percussion (Disc two, track 8)
 * Sid Paige, Joel Derouin, Berj Garabedian, Michele Richards – violin (Disc two, track 8)
 * Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama, Melissa Hasin – cello (Disc two, track 8)
 * David Campbell – String arrangements (Disc two, tracks 8, 10)
 * Kevin Savigar – keyboards (Disc two, track 10)
 * Maria Vidal – backing vocals (Disc two, track 11)
 * The Grip Weeds – backing vocals (Disc two, track 14)
 * Bill Maryniak – organ (Disc two, track 17)


 * Production personnel
 * The Smithereens – producer (Disc one, track 1; disc two, tracks 13, 15)
 * Andy Shernoff – producer (Disc one, track 2)
 * Alan Betrock – producer (Disc one, tracks 3, 4)
 * Don Dixon – producer (Disc one, tracks 5–8, 10–18, 20, 21; disc two, tracks 13, 15), liner notes
 * Ed Stasium – producer (Disc two, tracks 1–12)
 * Lou Giordano – associate producer (Disc two, tracks 13, 15)
 * Jim Babjak – producer (Disc two, track 14)
 * Don Fleming – producer (Disc two, tracks 16, 18)
 * Mike Mesaros – producer (Disc two, track 17)
 * David English – compilation producer
 * Dennis Diken – supervising producer, track annotations
 * Kevin Bartley – mastering
 * Diana Barnes – art direction
 * Bill Merryfield – design
 * Tim Gabor – illustrations
 * Michael Halsband – photography
 * Deborah Feingold – photography